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The Federal Government has inaugurated the inter-ministerial Presidential Inauguration Committee with a view to coordinating activities leading to the inauguration of the president on May 29. Inaugurating the committee Thursday in Abuja, Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF recalled that about four years ago, “the Buhari Administration came on board with the promise of Change built on economy, security and anti-corruption. The Government has since 2015 committed itself to working hard to achieve sustainable economic growth, as well as a secure and corruption free nation”. He said “preparatory to the inauguration of the new Administration, Mr. President approved the constitution of this Presidential Inter-Ministerial Inauguration Committee (PIC-2019) to plan, organize and execute all approved programmes for the series of activities that would be undertaken”. While the SGF would serve as chairman of the committee, the members include several ministers, permanent secretari...

The current governor of Imo state and the senator elect in the just concluded National Assembly election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mr Rochas Okorocha, Wednesday asked the commission to hand him over his certificate, noting that the commission cannot seize his certificate because of a mere petition against him. Okorocha made this known when some of his supporters marched to the government house to protest. Recall that INEC removed his name from the list of senators-elect who will receive their various certificates on Thursday. The commission argued that the governor was declared winner under duress. In view of the above therefore, Okorocha opined, “I wonder why INEC will withhold my certificate for a frivolous reason, without hearing from me. I am not a violent person and those who know me know that,” he said. “This is why we have peace in Imo state. The Returning Officer could not have done that under duress under the watchful eyes of the Po...

AHEAD of the inauguration of the 9th Senate, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu  Abdullahi (APC, Niger North), has allayed fears of Nigerians on possible leadership crisis in the 9th Senate as it was in the 8th. Speaking with journalists shortly after collecting his Certificate of Return from Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  as senator-elect, yesterday, Abdullahi said the required lessons to be learned from the leadership squabbles of the 8th Senate had been learned, and would not repeat itself. “I was a key player in the leadership configuration of the 8th Senate and the attendant crises that followed, as one of the 43 returnees now, the lessons learned will be used to prevent the mistakes of the past from happening,’’ he said.  Senate Meanwhile, strong indications emerged, yesterday, that the fight for who becomes the presiding officers has taken a new dimension. This time, former governor of Kano State, Senato...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Imo State has admitted that the presidential and national assembly elections in the state were fraught with irregularities and expressed regret over the challenges that almost marred the polls. Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC of the state, Prof. Francis Ezeonu made the commission’s position known in the state, yesterday at the Imo INEC Interactive Meeting with Stakeholders in Owerri, the state capital. Disclosing that there were a few hitches that impeded the timely deployment of materials on the Election Day to some areas, Prof. Ezeonu stressed that the meeting created a forum for the commission to review what happened on the Feb. 23 elections across the state. He alleged that there were deliberate efforts to frustrate the use of Registration Area Centres (RACs); in some places as the commission’s water tanks were carted away soon after delivery. He said, “Wires used in reticulating electricity at the ce...

Chief Uche Emenike, today thanked God for his mercy and benovolence to him, for saving his life,from an aliment that almost cost his life. In this interview, he thanked God for keeping him. https://youtu.be/JF0aBg-LKBU

Otolo Youth Forum, has endorsed the candidature of Dr Obinna Ngonadi of YPP, for the forthcoming House of assembly election, for Nnewi North state constituency. In a communiqué issued at Otolo Nnewi today, and signed by the Chairman, Godwin Ayasa, states thus. Having analysed the forthcoming house of assembly election, with its peculiarities and the direction which Nnewi and it's stakeholders have taken, we as a group have no other option than to cue into the direction of light, which is the candidature of Dr Obinna Ngonadi and the YPP. Continuing, they stressed that since their brother Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Uba, having won the senatorial seat under YPP, there is need to support Dr Obinna Ngonadi of YPP so that the dividends of democracy can filter into Nnewi, for the development of our community, as he is a tested and trusted brand. They further stated that, hence Dr Patrick Ifeanyi Uba,who is the senator elect and Dr Cletus Ibeto is solidly behind the candidature of Dr...

The Senior Special  Assistant to governor Willie Obiano, on Information, strategy and communication, says he is hopeful that INEC is prepared and ready for tomorrow's general elections in Nigeria and Anambra state, in particular. He made this assertion today at Ihiala local government council, while interacting with newsmen. He stressed that INEC is one of the public institutions in Nigeria that has evolved over the years, and is gradually marching towards perfection, with the modalities they have put on ground for this election. He was of the view that APGA is the party to beat and the brand, APGA,will speak volumes of the government's grassroot achievements In the last four years on the saddle of leadership in the state. He therefore called on Ndi Anambra to vote all APGA candidates as a measure to continue encouraging the governor for all he has done for the people. On the election for the Federal House of Reps for Ihiala,his consituency, he maintained that APGA w...

Chief Kingsley Moghalu, presidential candidate of the Young People’s Party (YPP),has maintained that the endorsement of a particular candidate by Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo is in vain, and will not amount to the voting partner of Igbo bloc votes in the coming presidential election on Saturday. Moghalu disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on Wednesday in Awka. He said youths in the South East are now wise to know who to vote for, and Ohanaeze will not sway or compel them on what to do, this time around. “We in the South East now know that our elders in Ohanaeze have been economical with the truth, they tell us what they want us to believe for reasons best known to them. “This time around the youths in the region have decided to vote for candidates that appeal to them in terms of development plans for the country,” he said. Moghalu said he has done much for Nigerians to deserve their votes in Feb. 23, poll, going by his contribution to the development of th...

The living faith Church Nnewi branch, has been fingered in acts of intimidation, injustice and blatant abuse of the fundamental human rights of Dr Samuel Ojiako and family, who are foundation members of the church in Anambra state. As the fourth estate of the realm, this newspaper company took it upon itself to carefully investigate the matter for over a month now, which has led to many findings of what the matter is, and what actually transpired. We are not a court of law neither are we standing in for anyone, but for the abuse melted out to the children. We gathered through our correspondent who was an eye witness, at the scene of, Dr Ojiako's children locked out, at their school, Kingdom Heritage Model Schools, Nnewi, which precisely happened on the 17th of January 2019. For reasons of clarity we investigated, and found out that accusing fingers pointed at the school management and the Church Nnewi, for either  lacking the professional ethics of human management, in schoo...

In this exclusive interview with  Nigerian Notch, the YPP Presidential candidate lampooned INEC for falling in it's responsibility and gave insight of what the norm should be in a democracy. Sir, the last minute postponement of elections, hours to the election by INEC, what is your take on it? The last minute postponement of the elections, without even the courtesy of informing Nigerians 48hrs or 72hrs to the time,but people work up preparing to vote,and only to hear that they will not vote is utter disrespect, and shows the incompetence, occasioned by performance failure that INEC has shown by this act. This calls for a consequence. The Chairman of INEC must resign. In a civilized country, this cannot happen. This country has become a banana republic, and we must stop our slide into anarchy. How can this happen, #640 Billion budget, four years of notice, that INEC will conduct another election and at the very last minute, this is what we get. This is why we need a new ...