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2023 elections: APC suspends SGF Boss Mustapha

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The All Progressives Congress, or APC, has suspended Boss Mustapha, the SGF (Secretary to the Government of the Federation).

In his Gwadabawa Ward in Adamawa State, the APC suspended the SGF.

Mustapha contributed very little to the most recent general election, according to Muazu Kabiri, a party official in the Ward.
The All Progressives Congress, or APC, has suspended Boss Mustapha, the SGF (Secretary to the Government of the Federation).

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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, defeated the SGF in both the governorship and presidential elections, according to the letter of suspension from the SGF.

The Adamawa State APC chapter, however, has spoken out against the move, claiming the ward has no authority to suspend Mustapha.

WAEC unveils ‘EDUSTATS’ new database platform

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West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), a regional testing organization, has unveiled a platform that enables access to reliable data and offers solutions for the educational sector.

Head of National Office, Nigerian WAEC, Mr. Patrick Ehidiamen Areghan, stated during a ceremony at the WAEC Office in Lagos that the new product was created to ease stakeholder manual access to data, enhance the delivery of services, and increase revenue for the Council.

According to Areghan, his experiences in 2018 in the US were the inspiration for the database platform. The data base created by Sigma Technologies would revolutionize the educational sector and serve as a research tool, he continued, for a fee similar to the Digital Certificate introduced last year.

“It was created to offer stakeholders, including researchers, funding organizations, governmental organizations, school administrators, and parents, a dependable platform that provides educational insights gathered from various sources and delivered in streamlined graphs, summaries, and dashboards that help them improve their decision. The main advantage of the EDUSTAT by WAEC platform is having access to a thorough Interactive Web Report, he said.

The new world is smarter and more instantaneous, he continued, as you are all aware. No two methods of accessing, compiling, interpreting, or presenting statistical data analysis can be the same.

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“Businesses and organizations alike need every advantage they can get to improve service delivery because of the rapidly changing markets, economic turbulence, shifting political landscape, customer focus, and even the global pandemic, which has increased the demand for statistical analysis among researchers for fact analysis and findings.

“The West African Examinations Council is dedicated to its mission of remaining Africa’s top examining body, providing high-quality and trustworthy educational assessment, encouraging academic and moral excellence, and advancing sustainable human resource development and international cooperation.

Sometimes all it takes is one person to develop a novel strategy that gives the organization a competitive edge in order to satisfy the expanding global demands for corporate organizations. However, it frequently calls for the cooperation of numerous teams and the synthesis of a wide variety of data sources.

BAT reaffirms dedication to gender diversity

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In honor of International Women’s Day, British American Tobacco (BAT) reaffirmed its dedication to gender diversity.

According to the business, the theme of this year’s International Women’s Day (IWD), “Embrace Equity,” is a call to action for advancing women’s opportunities and fostering equity in order to foster harmony, unity, and the success of all.

British American Tobacco in West and Central Africa acknowledges that each of its employees is different and has a range of needs, experiences, and opportunities. By fostering equity, everyone has access to the same opportunities.

“Embracing equity offers a great chance to highlight British American Tobacco’s (BAT) inclusive and diverse culture, which demonstrates the company’s dedication to gender diversity. The company is proud of its diversity and inclusion initiatives; impressively, we received the Brandon Hall Excellence Award for Best Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Strategy on a global scale. We were also included in the 2023 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index for demonstrating a commitment to addressing gender diversity and transparent reporting, the statement said.

“The BAT of tomorrow will be a high growth, consumer goods company, with sustainability and diversity at our core,” the company continued. Our ambitious goals include increasing the percentage of women in senior leadership teams to 40%, the percentage of women in management roles to 45%, and the achievement of at least a 50% spread of nationalities within all significant leadership teams.

It stated that, “in doing this, we understand and are committed to fostering a gender equal-equity workforce which is evident in the independent accreditation from Fair Pay Workplace (FPW) for equitable pay practices,” adding that “this accelerated focus on diversity is crucial in creating a dynamic and inspiring work that will propel BAT into the future and create a better tomorrow for all stakeholders.”

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“Identifying the unique skills set and capabilities, perspectives, ideas, and background of our employees, empowers them and creates an inclusive culture that unites us as one and makes BAT a Great place to work,” said Odiri Erewa-Meggison, director of external affairs for West and Central Africa.

Equity is everyone’s duty, and at BAT, we foster an inclusive workplace that values the particular contributions made by women to the company.

BAT’s Sergio Berlanga, director of human resources, said, “As we strive to transform our business, we need to challenge the status quo and foster innovation. This entails improving recruitment and retention of talent with a broader range of skills, embracing an inclusive workplace, and aiming for even greater gender parity.

The theme #Embrace Equity and a call to action for advancing women’s equality in the workplace and society at large were used this year by BAT employees in West and Central Africa to commemorate International Women’s Day.

Court denies Abba Kyari’s request to have drug charges dropped

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The Federal High Court’s Abuja Division has dismissed an application filed by suspended police chief Abba Kyari seeking an order dismissing the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s charge against him.

Justice Emeka Nwite ruled on Wednesday that the court had the exclusive right and jurisdiction to hear drug-related cases, as enshrined in the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s constitution and the NDLEA Act.

Mr Nwite had adjourned the case for a ruling in the application filed by Mr Kyari and three other co-defendants in the drug-related suit on January 18.

Mr Kyari, ACP Sunday Ubia, Insp Simon Agirigba, and Insp John Nuhu are the applicants.

They had asked the court in fresh motions on notice filed by their lawyers to quash the criminal charge against them because the suit was incompetent, and to stop their trial because they had yet to be subjected to the internal disciplinary action of the Nigeria Police Council and the Police Service Commission, as provided by the constitution.

They claimed that the failure of the NDLEA to await the disciplinary action against them rendered the charge ineffective and deprived the court of jurisdiction to hear it.

However, NDLEA counsel Joseph Sunday objected to the application.

Mr. Sunday contended that the majority of the cases cited by lawyers to the defendants had nothing to do with the Police Service Act, and that the current charge against the defendant was a criminal matter.

He contended that the defendants had not established any condition precedent required for the filing of this charge through their applications, either by affidavit or legal argument.

“To that extent, their application must fail and be devoid of any factual evidence,” NDLEA counsel stated.

Mr. Sunday urged the court to reject the application and proceed with the hearing.

Mr Nwite, who delivered the decision, held that the powers of the PSC did not supersede the powers of the federal high court.

He stated that the subject matter of the case was within the court’s jurisdiction.

The judge claims that section 251(2)(F) and (3) of the constitution give the court the authority to hear and decide the charge.

On September 5, 2022, the NDLEA accused Mr Kyari of failing to disclose assets in a new suit filed at the federal high court.

The NDLEA said in the new 24 charges that Mr Kyari failed to declare his property ownership in various Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and Maiduguri.

The anti-drug agency also stated that over N207 million and €17,598 were discovered in his accounts at three different banks.

 

Biggest losers in Nigeria’s elections in 2023

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THE GENERAL ELECTIONS OF 2023 HAVE PREDOMINANTLY BEEN CONCLUDED, yet they are one of the elections that will be remembered as having recorded some of the most shocking results in Nigeria’s history.

There is little doubt that the formation of the Labour Party (LP) was a pivotal moment and turning point in the history of the nation’s politics, at the very least since the country’s restoration to democratic rule in 1999.

The results of the presidential election were published by the Independent National Electoral Commission, and the party did not win the presidency. But, it is making headway inside the country’s National Assembly with some seats that it gained, despite the fact that it did not win the presidency.

The following is a list of some of the most prominent and significant election losers.
After six attempts, Atiku Abubakar is unsuccessful in gaining the presidency.

Atiku Abubakar, a former vice president, finished in second place in the presidential election that was held on February 25.

Atiku, who is 76 years old, has been running for the highest office in the country for the past 31 years, but he has never been successful.

He received 6,984,520 votes in the election that took place in February, placing him in second place behind Bola Tinubu, the candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), who received 8,794,726 votes.

He does not accept the outcome of the election.

According to a report by the ICIR, the politician who was born in Adamawa has little reason for optimism after his sixth bid for the presidency ended in failure.

Peter Obi was unable to pass through the channel.

Despite this being Peter Obi’s first time competing on the national stage, he did an outstanding job in the election.

He served as governor of Anambra State in the past and finished third in the poll with a total of 6,101,533 votes.

Obi and the majority of those who supported him in the election did not accept the results.

On Tuesday, March 21, the candidate for the LP submitted an official petition to the tribunal presiding over the presidential election.

Governors Ortom, Ugwuanyi, Ishaku, and Lalong, along with Ayade, were defeated.

During the Presidential and National Assembly election that took place on February 25, the ICIR reported that five outgoing governors lost their election to the Senate. These governors were running for a seat in the Senate.

These individuals are Samuel Ortom (from Benue), Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (from Enugu), Darius Ishaku (from Taraba State), and Simon Lalong (from Plateau State), and Ben Ayade (Cross River).

The results of the election of two additional governors to the Senate are not included in the report. They are Kebbi State Governor Abubakar Bagudu and Okezie Ikpeazu, Governor of Abia State.

Bello Matawalle is unable to win reelection.

Lawal Dauda, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), defeated the incumbent governor of Zamfara, Bello Matawalle, in their race for reelection.

Dauda garnered 377,726 votes, which was enough to defeat Matawalle, who received 311, 976 votes.

After the Supreme Court declared that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had violated the state’s constitution by failing to hold a legitimate primary election, Matawalle was appointed governor of the state.

During his time in office, the state was plagued by increased levels of insecurity brought on by banditry.

Ganduje’s party was soundly defeated in the Kano election

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s attempts to ensure that his party will continue to rule the state after his term ends on May 29, 2023 were unsuccessful.

The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate for governorship, Kabir Abba Yusuf, was announced as the winner of the governorship election that took place on March 18.

 

By a significant margin, Yusuf was victorious in his race against the APC candidate, Nasir Gawuna, who was serving as the state’s incumbent deputy governor.

In total, Yusuf received 1,019,602 votes, while Gawuna received 890,705 votes.

Rabiu Kwankwaso, the leader of the NNPP and a former governor of the state who handed over power to his estranged and now humbled deputy, Ganduje, is elevated to a position of power as a result of the election’s outcome.

The incumbent senator and former governor Chimaroke Nnamani was unsuccessful in his bid for reelection.

Due to the murder of the People’s Liberal Party candidate Oyibo Chukwu three days before the election on February 25, the Enugu East senatorial election was unable to take place.

Following a postponement of the election caused by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) so that his party could choose his successor, his brother Kelvin Chukwu ran in his place and ultimately won the election on the new date of March 18th.

He was successful in his challenge to Nnamani, a former governor who had served at least two terms in the Senate.

The previous governor received 48,701 votes, but his opponent from the LP received 69,136, which put an end to his hopes of remaining in the Red Chamber.

Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tanmbuwal’s anointed successor, Saidu Umar, was defeated by Ahmed Aliyu of the APC in the election for Sokoto State governor.

Aliyu triumphed with 453,661 votes, defeating Umar, who received 404,632 votes in the election.

In 2015, during Tambuwal’s first term as governor, Aliyu served as the governor’s deputy.

Tambuwal emerged victorious after a run-off election with a narrow victory of 342 votes over the governor-elect, who had previously served as Tambuwal’s principal.

The candidate chosen by Simon Lalong to run for governor does not win.
Caleb Muftwang, who ran on the platform of the PDP, won the election for governor in Plateau, bringing the state back under the control of the PDP after it had been under the control of the APC since 2015.

Nentawe Yiltwada, a professor and the APC candidate, received a total of 481,370 votes, but Muftwang received 525,299 votes to easily defeat him as the APC candidate.

Ortom is unsuccessful in his bid for the Senate

Ortom is unsuccessful in his bid for the Senate, and he is also unable to install Titus Uba as speaker of the House of Assembly. Samuel Ortom, the governor of Benue State, was unable to install Uba as speaker of the House of Assembly after failing in his bid for the Senate.

Hyacinth Alia, a candidate for the APC and a Catholic priest, was declared the winner of the election by INEC.

Alia received 473,933 votes, defeating Uba of the PDP, who received 223,913 votes and finished in second place in the election.

The Oyetola camp of the APC is losing support.

It is possible that former Governor Adegboyega Oyetola’s political base in Osun has shrunk as a result of the resounding victory that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) achieved in the state House of Assembly election that was held in the state on March 18.

The PDP was victorious in 25 of the state’s 26 House of Assembly elections.

The PDP won every single seat that was up for grabs in 2019, with the exception of three.

The only seat that was won by the APC was the Boripe/Boluwaduro state constituency, which is the home district of the state’s former governor, Gboyega Oyetola.

At the governorship election that took place on July 16, 2022, Adeleke was successful in defeating Oyetola, who was running for re-election.

However, on January 27, 2023, a tribunal declared Adeleke’s election to be invalid because Oyetola challenged the outcome in court and was unhappy with the outcome.

The decision of the tribunal has been challenged by Adeleke.

Yobe Speaker’s hopes of serving for a sixth term are dashed by a 35-year-old
Ahmed Mirwa Lawan, who is 35 years old, had hoped to become Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly for a sixth term. However, his hopes were dashed by a younger man.

Lawan, a candidate for the APC, was unsuccessful in his bid to unseat Lawan Musa, the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

They both ran for the Nguru II Constituency seat in the election.

Since 2003, the Speaker has served as the representative for the constituency.

Musa won the race with 6,648 votes, beating out the Speaker, who received 6,466 votes.

In the meantime, in spite of the results that have been announced by INEC regarding the elections, The ICIR reports that parties who are dissatisfied with the results have the ability to challenge them in court and have the court rule in their favor.

 

Presidential polls: Atiku, PDP files petition against Tinubu’s victory

Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for president of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has formally filed a petition with the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu, the candidate for president of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the President-elect of Nigeria. The petition is directed at the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal.

, in his petition bearing the designation CA/PEPC/03/2023, is requesting that the tribunal overturn Tinubu’s victory and declare him the victor of the presidential election that took place on February 25.

In the first through the fourth respondents, he named the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Tinubu, his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, and the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The petition was submitted just a few hours after the petitions of three further presidential candidates of the Labour Party, (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, were submitted.

The people who filed the case want the tribunal to rule that Tinubu did not win the election fairly since he did not receive a majority of the legitimate votes that were cast for him.

They demand an injunction that compels the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to either retrieve the certificate of return that was issued to the APC candidate or, failing that, hold a new election.

 

Peter Obi moves to give Tinubu same treatment IBB gave Abiola: Bayo Onanuga

Bayo Onanuga has accused Peter Obi of attempting to deal President-elect Bola Tinubu the same hand that retired military dictator Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) dealt MKO Abiola, whose victory in the presidential election was overturned thirty years ago. Bayo Onanuga’s accusation comes after Peter Obi was accused of attempting to deal President-elect Bola Tinubu the same hand.
The media aide to the president-elect claimed that Mr. Obi’s move to challenge the outcome of the presidential election in 2023 could be viewed in the same way that the election of MKO Abiola in 1993 was invalidated by IBB. This claim was made in response to Mr. Obi’s statement that he would challenge the outcome of the election.

In yet another attempt to drive a wedge between Nigerians of Yoruba and Igbo descent, Mr. Onanuga tweeted on Tuesday evening, “Peter Obi of Labour Party seeks the annulment of the election of President-elect Bola Tinubu just like the military annulled MKO Abiola’s election of 12 June 1993.” This was part of Mr. Onanuga’s ongoing campaign to pit Nigerians of Yoruba and Igbo descent against one another.

On the other hand, he stated that Mr. Tinubu and his followers were ready to defend his election victory and that “Team Tinubu would absolutely meet you (Obi) in court.”

Mr. Onanuga has continued to make incendiary anti-Igbo remarks ever since the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won the governorship election in Lagos last Saturday. These remarks endanger the long-standing peaceful co-existence of Yorubas and Igbos.

Mr. Onanuga said in a tweet alongside a photo of Peter Obi, an Igbo from Anambra State who supported Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, a Yoruba from Lagos, in the election that “Let 2023 be the last time of Igbo interference in Lagos politics,” Mr. Onanuga said. “Let 2023 be the last time of Igbo interference in Lagos politics.” “May there not be a reoccurrence in the year 2027.”

Mr. Onanuga only seemed more confident in his description of Igbos as “existential threats to Yorubas,” despite the fact that his colleague Festus Keyamo had reprimanded him for his statements.

 

Kano APC gives INEC 7 days to declare guber election inconclusive

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Abba Kabir Yusuf of the NNPP was declared the winner of the recently concluded governor’s race, but the All Progressive Congress, or APC, in Kano has deemed the results to be invalid and unreliable and unable to withstand the test of time.

At a crowded press conference on Tuesday, Abdul Fagge, the legal advisor for the APC, stated that it was impossible for the election to be deemed successful with more than 270,000 votes being invalidated.

According to Section 65 of the Electoral Law 2022, he declared: “We have written to INEC to revisit and cancel the hasty, incorrect, and self-serving declaration of the NNPP as the election’s winner, and declared the conduct inconclusive.”
He claimed that since then, they have written to INEC requesting that they review the elections in accordance with electoral law provisions and declare them inconclusive within seven days.

According to Fagge, the INEC Returning Officer acted egotistically and in violation of the law.

He pointed out that since elections in Kano clearly descended into violence, if INEC could declare elections in Kebbi and Adamawa states inconclusive due to violence and excessive voting, it should do the same for those in Kano.

Alhassan Ado Doguwa, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, compared the National Assembly election with the governorship election, of which the former has been deemed inconclusive, in his remarks during the briefing.

Doguwa noted that 12 of the 13 polling places were closed due to violence and excessive voting, and he has since accepted his faith while awaiting the election’s reruns.

 

PDP’s Lawal thanks Zamfara people, opponents after defeating Gov Matawalle

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Dauda Lawal, the newly elected governor of Zamfara State, thanked the state’s citizens for their support in the election on Saturday.

Governor Bello Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress, APC, lost to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who received 377,726 votes to 311,976 for Matawalle.

The mission to free Zamfara from poverty, insecurity, and other problems has begun, according to a statement released by Lawal on Tuesday.
The banker vowed to keep his campaign promises and ensure everyone’s comfort, prosperity, and respect for the law.

“Zamfara State will be a reference point for new ideas, tenacity, dynamism, and limitless possibilities under my leadership,” he said.

Lawal praised the fathers of the kings, the clergy, the government, market women, the men, “and most especially our resilient and dynamic youths.”

The newly elected governor also praised security forces for upholding law and order and for acting quickly to address a variety of issues before, during, and after the election.

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Lawal commended all PDP participants, backers, “my political opponents for our hard-won victory,” as well as the media for its coverage.

“I want to thank each and every one of you for your continued support. Our far-off aspiration has become a near reality, the statement added.

Breaking: Supporters of Labour Party storm INEC office [PHOTOS]

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Supporters of the Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate for Enugu State, Chijoke Edeoga, stormed the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Enugu on Tuesday, insisting that the party had won the March 18 election.

According to reports, Casmir Agbo, the Enugu State Chairman of the Labour Party, stated to the press that they were protesting because they did not want the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to manipulate the election outcome.

It should be noted that INEC had suspended collation of the governorship election due to discrepancies in the results from two local governments, Nkanu East and Nsukka, until the matter was resolved.

Following that, the Labour Party petitioned INEC regarding the Nkanu East LGA results.

“We are here because the PDP is attempting to manipulate the governorship election.” We easily won in all 17 local government areas.

“We won by over 11,000 votes. We’ve seen the outcomes. “The only issue is Nkanu East,” Agbo explained.