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Nigerians owe North four more years in presidency – Ango Abdullahi

February 17, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Nigerians owe North four more years in presidency - Ango Abdullahi Elder statesman and former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello...

Naira scarcity, petrol scarcity plot for interim government led by retired general – El-Rufai

February 17, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Naira scarcity, petrol scarcity plot for interim government led by retired general - El-Rufai Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has...

El-Rufai dares Buhari, says all old Naira notes remain legal tender in Kaduna

February 17, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

El-Rufai dares Buhari, says all old Naira notes remain legal tender in Kaduna Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has...

President Buhari to address Nigerians 7am today

February 16, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

President Buhari to address Nigerians 7am today President Muhammadu Buhari will make a national broadcast at 7 am on Thursday....

PAP: Contradictions surrounding Ndiomu's suspension of Niger Delta ex-agitators’ scholarship scheme

Niger Delta traditional rulers back Ndiomu, call on stakeholders to work for betterment of PAP

February 14, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Niger Delta traditional rulers back Ndiomu, call on stakeholders to work for betterment of PAP Traditional rulers from Delta, Balyesa,...

BREAKING: South West Labour Party collapses structure into APC

February 13, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

BREAKING: South West Labour Party collapses structure into APC The Labour Party (LP) in the Southwest has collapsed its entire...

Kano Labour Party governorship candidate joins APC, endorses Tinubu

February 13, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Kano Labour Party governorship candidate joins APC, endorses Tinubu The Kano State governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Bashir Bashir,...

Against its earlier stance, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline for the conduct of primaries by political parties. The commission made the adjustments on Friday after a meeting with Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), an umbrella body for the 18 registered political parties in Nigeria. The deadline has been postponed till June 9, an extension by six days from June 3 it earlier fixed for the activities. Before the latest development, the IPAC had requested for an extension of the deadline by at least 37 days more, a move the INEC on at least three different fora opposed. “I hereby reiterate the position of the Commission that there will be no review of the timelines. There are so many inter-related activities that are associated with the timelines which must be carried out. “Any review to extend the timeline for one activity will affect other activities and put unnecessary pressure on political parties and the Commission. This will ultimately result in more complications than what the extension seeks to achieve. Therefore, the Commission will not review the timelines,” the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, reiterated two weeks ago. However, bowing to pressure from the party, Mr Yakubu, in a statement released on Friday night, said an extension of the date would not hurt its schedule of activities. As explained by the chairman, the newly approved six-day extension will afford the parties to conclude outstanding primaries and prepare the list of candidates and upload their affidavits on the commission’s portal. He said the extension covers political parties who have not conducted their primaries. “However, based on the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election, the parties have now pleaded with the Commission to use the 6 days between 4th and 9th June 2022 to conclude outstanding primaries and prepare to upload the list of candidates and their affidavits on the INEC Candidates Nomination Portal. The Commission did not schedule any specific activity during this period. The idea is to simply give parties time to compile the list and personal particulars of their nominated candidates before uploading the same to the INEC Candidates Nomination Portal from 10th – 17th June 2022. “The Commission has decided to allow the request of the political parties since the six-day period does not conflict with the next scheduled activity which is the submission of the list of nominated candidates or any of the subsequent timelines which remain sacrosanct. However, this request is granted in respect of outstanding primaries only without prejudice to those already concluded by political parties. The Commission will not monitor already concluded primaries,” Mr Yakubu explained. He noted some political parties’ reluctance to submit their nominees for the training on the use of the INEC portal despite the commission’s provision to train four officials from each of the 18 political parties for the same purpose

BREAKING: Voting will not hold in 240 polling units across 28 States, says INEC

February 13, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

BREAKING: Voting will not hold in 240 polling units across 28 States, says INEC The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...

Kano State Government shuts down supermarket rejecting old Naira notes

February 12, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Kano State Government shuts down supermarket rejecting old Naira notes Kano state government, through the Consumer Protection Council, on Sunday,...

Federal Government orders petrol stations to provide POS machines

February 9, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Federal Government orders petrol stations to provide POS machines The Federal Government Thursday directed all petrol stations to make point...

President Buhari swears in 7 new ministers, reshuffles cabinet

Buhari approves Presidential Transition Council, signs executive order 14

February 9, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Buhari approves Presidential Transition Council, signs executive order 14 President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition...

BREAKING: President Buhari appoints Okoro as pioneer rector for Federal Polytechnic Orogun

BREAKING: President Buhari appoints Okoro as rector for Federal Polytechnic, Orogun

February 6, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

BREAKING: President Buhari appoints Okoro as rector for Federal Polytechnic, Orogun President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday appointed Dr. Duke Okoro...

Machina loses as Supreme Court affirms Lawan as Yobe APC senatorial candidate [FULL DETAILS]

February 6, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

BREAKING: Machina loses as Supreme Court affirms Lawan as Yobe APC senatorial candidate The supreme court has affirmed Ahmed Lawan,...

CLARK TO OKOWA: Account for N250 billion 13% oil derivation funds you collected from FG or risk prosecution

PANDEF blows hot, gives Okowa 48 hours to retract attacks on Edwin Clark

February 6, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

PANDEF blows hot, gives Okowa 48 hours to retract attacks on Edwin Clark The Pan-Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has asked...

Fuel marketers plan shutdown on Monday over enforcement of N195/litre pump price

February 5, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Fuel marketers plan shutdown on Monday over enforcement of N195/litre pump price Independent marketers of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called...

CLARK TO OKOWA: Account for N250 billion 13% oil derivation funds you collected from FG or risk prosecution

February 3, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

CLARK TO OKOWA: Account for N250 billion 13% oil derivation funds you collected from FG or risk prosecution Ijaw national...

Banks will accept old naira notes after February 10 deadline – Emefiele

January 31, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Banks will accept old naira notes after February 10 deadline - Emefiele The Governor of the Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele,...

Nigeria Railway Corporation suspends 8am train ride in Delta State

Nigerian Railway Corporation suspends Abuja-Kaduna service

January 27, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Nigerian Railway Corporation suspends Abuja-Kaduna service The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the Abuja-Kaduna rail services after a train...

Edo modular refinery commences operation

January 25, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Edo modular refinery commences operation The Edo modular refinery has commenced operation at its 6,000 barrels per day (bpd) plant...

OLD NAIRA NOTES: No going back on January 31 deadline, CBN Governor insists

January 24, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

OLD NAIRA NOTES: No going back on January 31 deadline, CBN Governor insists ...Says 90 days enough to deposit old...

NNPC launches app to monitor crude oil theft, pipeline vandalism

FEC approves N1.9 trillion for NNPCL to reconstruct 44 roads across Nigeria

January 19, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

FEC approves N1.9 trillion for NNPCL to reconstruct 44 roads across Nigeria The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday gave...

Onslaught against crude oil theft gathers steam as Ajube, joint special forces nabs a syndicate in Ondo high sea

January 17, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Onslaught against crude oil theft gathers steam as Ajube, joint special forces nabs a syndicate in Ondo high sea The...

2023 PRESIDENCY: National Rescue Movement drags Peter Obi to court over dual citizenship

January 16, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

2023 PRESIDENCY: National Rescue Movement drags Peter Obi to court over dual citizenship The National Rescue Movement has dragged the...

The apex court, Supreme Court, on Friday dethroned the Obong of Calabar, Édidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V, after years of legal tussle. In the judgment written by Justice Amina Augie and read by Justice Akomaye Agim, the court upheld the judgment of the Appeal Court, Calabar, and ordered for a fresh election. The deposed Obong is still qualified to contest and this will be the fourth time he had to step down for selection exercise. That Etubom Anthony Ani, and others in a suit filed by his lead counsel, Mr. Joe Agi(SAN), sued Etubom Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu and others in their capacities as members of the Etuborns’ Traditional Council for jettisoning the screening process of the Western Calabar under the then Chairman, Etubom Abasi-Otu, now the Obong of Calabar, that had screened and selected Etubom Ani as their sole candidate. Etubom Ani had instituted the suit immediately after the Etuboms’ Conclave met and declared Etubom Abasi Otu as the Obong-elect, not after he had been crowned the Obong of Calabar. High Court of Cross River state judgement of Justice Obojor A. Ogar had sacked Abasi Otu as the Obong of Calabar on January 30, 2012 in favour of Etubom Anthony Ani and jettisoned the Appeal Court’s judgement that was in favour of the deposed Obong. However, the Obong and others challenged the High Court judgement at the Appeal Court, Calabar, and was again sacked by the court and a fresh election ordered Delivering judgment on June 4, 2013, the Lead Judge then, Justice Garba Lawal, who is now a Justice of the Supreme Court, ordered that: “That the 1st appellant, Abasi Otu, was traditionally qualified and eligible to vote and be voted for as the Obong of Calabar under Exhibit 1/20 at the time of the selection process.” Hence, the Appeal Court set aside the selection process that produced Etubom Ani as candidate and also set aside the March 31 proclamation of Etubom Abasi Otu as Obong, ordered by the Etuboms’ Conclave of the Palace of the Obong of Calabar, whose mandate it is under Article 5(a) (ii) (iv) of Exhibit 1/20, to do so. The court ordered it “to conduct another process of selecting a new Obong of Calabar, in accordance with the provisions of Exhibit 1/20 and in strict compliance with the rules of natural justice.” The summary of the judgment made available to newsmen in Calabar immediately after it was delivered on January 13, 2023, states that fresh election will be held in accordance with the 2002 constitution of the Palace, in line with equity and actual justice. At private residence of the Obong at Adiabo, some of the Etuboms who gathered there in for an emergency meeting sang a song that “till tomorrow Edidem Ekpo Okon will still win them till tomorrow”. This is the first time in the history of the throne that the apex court will dethrone an Obong.

Supreme Court dethrones Obong of Calabar

January 13, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Supreme Court dethrones Obong of Calabar The apex court, Supreme Court, on Friday dethroned the Obong of Calabar, Édidem Ekpo...

BREAKING: INEC extends deadline for PVC collection till Jan 29

January 12, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

BREAKING: INEC extends deadline for PVC collection till Jan 29 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended the deadline...

INEC registers 93.4m voters for 2023 polls as Lagos leads with over 7m

January 11, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

INEC registers 93.4m voters for 2023 polls as Lagos leads with over 7m The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says...

INSECURITY: 2023 elections may be cancelled or postponed, INEC warns

January 10, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

INSECURITY: 2023 elections may be cancelled or postponed, INEC warns The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned that the...

2023 PROPHECY: Former President Goodluck Jonathan will return as Head of Interim Government – Abuja-based pastor

January 7, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

2023 PROPHECY: Former President Goodluck Jonathan will return as Head of Interim Government - Abuja-based pastor A famous Abuja-based pastor,...

President Buhari to inaugurate NDDC board today

January 4, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

President Buhari to inaugurate NDDC board today President Muhammadu Buhari will, today, inaugurate the Board of the Niger Delta Development...

BREAKING: Edwin Clark endorses Peter Obi for President

January 3, 2023 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

BREAKING: Edwin Clark endorses Peter Obi for President Chief Edwin Clark, an Ijaw national leader and convener of PANDEF, has...

2022: Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello's Special Message to Nigerians

HOSTCOM demands creation of NDDC in Kogi state

December 19, 2022 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

HOSTCOM demands creation of NDDC in Kogi state The Host Communities of Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM), has intensified...

DELTA 2023: Omo-Agege governorship campaign train to storm Gbaramatu kingdom on Tuesday

December 18, 2022 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

DELTA 2023: Omo-Agege governorship campaign train to storm Gbaramatu kingdom on Tuesday In furtherance of his ward to ward visitation,...

Federal Government declares Dec 26, 27, Jan 2 as public holidays

December 16, 2022 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Federal Government declares Dec 26, 27, Jan 2 as public holidays THE Federal Government has declared December 26, 27, 2022...

NDDC: Senate screens Lauretta Onochie, 14 others

December 15, 2022 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

NDDC: Senate screens Lauretta Onochie, 14 others The Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Niger Delta on Thursday screened...

Publish how you spent N625bn derivation paid by the federal government – SERAP tells Niger Delta governors

December 12, 2022 GbaramatuVoice Newspaper

Publish how you spent N625bn derivation paid by the federal government - SERAP tells Niger Delta governors ...Says nine states...

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