By Aluta News Feb. 1, 2023 The Supreme Court on Wednesday fixed Feb. 6 for judgment in the long drawn legal battle over the authenticity of the Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC. Entangled in the legal battle for the Senatorial ticket is the incumbent Senate’s President, AhmadContinue Reading
By Aluta News Feb. 1, 2023 Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have decried the scarcity of the new naira notes and high charges by POS operators in the territory. The residents, who spoke in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gwagwalada, Kuje andContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 1, 2023 The National Institute For Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS),has called for sustained activism for the passage of 1999 Constitutional alteration pending bills, especially bills on local government financial and administrative autonomy. NILDS Director- General, Prof. Abubakar Suleiman, made the call in Abuja on Wednesday , atContinue Reading
By Bridget Ikyado A former Vice Chancellor of two Universities, Prof. Nuhu Yaqub, says the choice of leaders Nigerians make in the forthcoming general election will have a great impact on the future of the country. Yaqub, a former Vice Chancellor of University of Abuja and Sokoto State University,Continue Reading
By Bridget Ikyado The Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) has asked politicians and their agents to be civil and respectful in their utterances, while canvassing for votes ahead of the general election. The Secretary General of CSN, the Very Rev. Fr. Zacharia Samjumi made call, while addressingContinue Reading
By Bridget Ikyado Some Christian leaders want Nigeria and other Africa nations planning to elect new leaders to shun ethnicity, corruption and vote for record proven leaders for the growth of the continent. They made the call at a three-day conference in Abuja organised by Nigeria Langham Preaching, a globalContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 31, 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Olusegun Awolowo as Secretary, National Action Committee on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) for a tenure of four years. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, who confirmed this in a statement kn TuesdayContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 31, 2023 The Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday struck out a suit seeking to compel INEC to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards or Voter Identification Number at the 2023 general elections. The Incorporated Trustees of the International Society for Civil Liberties and RuleContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 31, 2023 President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to tighten security around the nation’s borders before and after the general elections. Interior minister Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this in Katsina on Tuesday while inaugurating the Katsina State headquarters of the service. “The orderContinue Reading
By Aluta News Jan. 31, 2023 Twenty-nine Nigerian referees are to officiate as FIFA match officials in the year 2023. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the referees will receive their badges at a special ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday. Seven of them will be badged as centreContinue Reading
