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He warned senators to take their assignments with respect and not rely on hearsay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On July 7, 2026, a coalition of civil society organisations stormed the National Assembly, protesting against the nomination of Professor Fasina.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The protesters called on the Senate not to confirm the nominee over allegations of sexual harassment, human rights violations and victimisation currently before the court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The coalition insisted that its campaign was aimed at promoting accountability, protecting victims of workplace sexual harassment, and preserving Nigeria’s credibility in the international community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to them, Professor Fasina had pending cases before the National Industrial Court in Lagos and Abuja and argued that the Senate should allow the judicial process to run its course before considering his confirmation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Speaking on behalf of the coalition, Amira Adeyemo, a lawyer, said the protest was not driven by personal animosity but by a desire to protect Nigeria’s integrity and uphold justice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I am here as a concerned Nigerian and a member of civil society, not because I have any personal vendetta against Professor Abayomi Sunday Fasina. 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gives NNPC auditors seven days to defend N210tn unexplained entries","The Senate Public Accounts Committee has given the external auditors of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) one\nread more Senate gives NNPC auditors seven days to defend N210tn unexplained entries","\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002FNNPC-LOGO-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"NNPC LOGO\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002FNNPC-LOGO-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002FNNPC-LOGO-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002FNNPC-LOGO-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002FNNPC-LOGO-237x165.jpg 237w, 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href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbusinessday.ng\u002Fnews\u002Farticle\u002Fsenate-gives-nnpc-auditors-seven-days-to-defend-n210tn-unexplained-entries\u002F\">Senate gives NNPC auditors seven days to defend N210tn unexplained entries\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","senate-gives-nnpc-auditors-seven-days-to-defend-n210tn-unexplained-entries",{"id":60,"createdAt":61,"updatedAt":62,"name":63,"slug":64},[64,1695,1696,1697,1698,1699,1700,1701,1702,1703],"gives","nnpc","auditors","seven","days","defend","n210tn","unexplained","entries","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F03\u002FNNPC-LOGO-1024x712.jpg",{"id":1706,"createdAt":1707,"updatedAt":1708,"name":1709,"image":1710,"slug":1711},"14e4aefc-8e81-4eac-8d69-034e04098722","2026-03-25T11:41:56.050Z","2026-04-20T08:54:29.000Z","Business 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Basin deadline to reconcile accounts","…warns of budget sanctions The Senate Committee on Finance on Wednesday directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration\nread more Senate gives NAFDAC, Ogun-Osun River Basin deadline to reconcile accounts","\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002FFallen-titans-Big-political-names-set-to-exit-the-Senate-in-2027-large.png\" alt=\"Insecurity: Senate approves N403.1bn Police Trust Fund budgets \" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002FFallen-titans-Big-political-names-set-to-exit-the-Senate-in-2027-medium.png 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002FFallen-titans-Big-political-names-set-to-exit-the-Senate-in-2027-284x162.png 284w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002FFallen-titans-Big-political-names-set-to-exit-the-Senate-in-2027-254x145.png 254w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002FFallen-titans-Big-political-names-set-to-exit-the-Senate-in-2027-210x120.png 210w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002FFallen-titans-Big-political-names-set-to-exit-the-Senate-in-2027-100x57.png 100w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002FFallen-titans-Big-political-names-set-to-exit-the-Senate-in-2027-285x163.png 285w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002FFallen-titans-Big-political-names-set-to-exit-the-Senate-in-2027.png 700w\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" class=\" pl\" \u002F>\u003Cp>…warns of budget sanctions The Senate Committee on Finance on Wednesday directed the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>read more \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbusinessday.ng\u002Fnews\u002Farticle\u002Fsenate-gives-nafdac-ogun-osun-river-basin-deadline-to-reconcile-accounts\u002F\">Senate gives NAFDAC, Ogun-Osun River Basin deadline to reconcile accounts\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","senate-gives-nafdac-ogun-osun-river-basin-deadline-to-reconcile-accounts",{"id":60,"createdAt":61,"updatedAt":62,"name":63,"slug":64},[64,1695,1729,1730,1731,1732,1733,1734,1735],"nafdac","ogunosun","river","basin","deadline","reconcile","accounts","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002FFallen-titans-Big-political-names-set-to-exit-the-Senate-in-2027-large.png",{"id":1706,"createdAt":1707,"updatedAt":1708,"name":1709,"image":1710,"slug":1711},25,"https:\u002F\u002Fbusinessday.ng\u002Fnews\u002Farticle\u002Fsenate-gives-nafdac-ogun-osun-river-basin-deadline-to-reconcile-accounts\u002F",{"id":1741,"createdAt":1742,"updatedAt":1743,"title":1744,"excerpt":1745,"content":1746,"slug":1747,"topic":1748,"tags":1749,"image":1756,"author":73,"feed":1757,"views":1758,"type":82,"readTime":83,"externalSourceUrl":1759},"409bd942-407f-4ea1-b137-d88dd79b5784","2026-07-16T10:28:13.647Z","2026-07-16T14:02:11.000Z","FRSC Act: Senate raises traffic fines by 300%","Nigerian motorists and commuters will soon pay more for traffic offences as the Senate has passed amendments to the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Act introducing stiffer penalties.\nThe post FRSC Act: Senate raises traffic fines by 300% appeared first on Vanguard News.","\u003Cimg width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Fsenate-1024x540.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"e-transmission of results\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Fsenate-1024x540.webp 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Fsenate-300x158.webp 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Fsenate-768x405.webp 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Fsenate.webp 1044w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>…reinforces N50,000 penalty for hawking, preaching in buses\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>…says amendment to check recklessness, commercial activities in vehicles\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>By John Alechenu\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Nigerian motorists and commuters will soon pay more for traffic offences as the Senate has passed amendments to the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Act introducing stiffer penalties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Details of the FRSC Act (Amendment) Bill obtained by Vanguard, on Thursday, showed that fines for several offences were raised by up to 300%. The bill also reinforces penalties for offences, including a N50,000 fine for preaching or selling products inside public vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to the provision, any person found trading, hawking or preaching in commercial buses will be liable. On conviction, the offender will pay a N50,000 fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Senators who debated the bill, titled Federal Road Safety Corps Act (Amendment), 2026 (HBs. 1401 & 1604 – For Concurrence), which was first read in the Senate on July 1, 2025, argued that the increase was necessary to check recklessness on Nigerian roads and reduce crashes caused by distractions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Our roads have become marketplaces and crusade grounds. This cannot continue. The penalties must hurt enough to change behaviour,” one lawmaker said during plenary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Other offences affected by the hike include driving under the influence of alcohol, use of phone while driving, overloading, seatbelt violation and driving without a valid licence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The second schedule of the amended Act, which will take effect after presidential assent, lists 52 offences and their penalties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Driving under the influence of alcohol, which previously attracted a N5,000 fine, will now attract a N100,000 fine or two years imprisonment or both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The provision states: “A person who, while driving or attempting to drive, or when in charge of a motor vehicle, is under the influence of intoxicating drugs or alcohol above the legal limit or to such an extent as to be incapable of having proper control of such motor vehicle, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of N100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It is also an offence to refuse to cooperate with FRSC officials when they request a preliminary roadside breath test based on reasonable suspicion. The offence attracts a fine of N50,000 or six months imprisonment or both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Failure to obey traffic lights, road signs, pavement or road markings will now attract a N100,000 fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Speed limit violations will also attract N100,000, up from the previous N5,000. The same N100,000 fine applies to reckless driving, which also carries a two-year jail term or both.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Senate said the review was aimed at strengthening FRSC’s capacity to enforce road safety laws and protect lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Transport operators and commuters are expected to feel the impact most, especially in Abuja, Lagos and other major cities where hawking and preaching in buses is common.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>FRSC has, in recent years, complained that weak penalties encourage traffic violations. With the amendment, offenders will have to dig deeper into their finances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Ffrsc-act-senate-raises-traffic-fines-by-300\u002F\">FRSC Act: Senate raises traffic fines by 300%\u003C\u002Fa> appeared first on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\">Vanguard News\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","frsc-act-senate-raises-traffic-fines-by-300percent",{"id":60,"createdAt":61,"updatedAt":62,"name":63,"slug":64},[1750,1751,64,1752,1753,1754,1755],"frsc","act","raises","traffic","fines","300","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F02\u002Fsenate-1024x540.webp",{"id":75,"createdAt":76,"updatedAt":77,"name":78,"image":79,"slug":80},15,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Ffrsc-act-senate-raises-traffic-fines-by-300\u002F",{"status_code":4,"message":73,"data":1761,"meta":2303},[1762,1792,1885,1974,2061,2153,2235],{"topic":1763,"posts":1764},{"id":1266,"createdAt":1267,"updatedAt":1267,"name":1268,"slug":1269},[1765],{"id":1766,"createdAt":1767,"updatedAt":1768,"title":1769,"excerpt":1770,"content":1771,"slug":1772,"topic":1773,"tags":1774,"image":1783,"author":73,"feed":1784,"views":1758,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":1791},"0aaed7af-2bfe-4d73-9397-83a063b8ac3e","2026-07-08T20:13:00.553Z","2026-07-13T12:37:07.000Z","PFIPC: Reps investigate ‘fake’ agency’s ₦1.3bn budget claims","The House of Representatives is investigating the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) over N1.3bn budget claims, alleging it’s a ‘fak\n\nRead More: https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fpfipc-reps-investigate-fake-agencys-%e2%82%a61-3bn-budget-claims\u002F","\n\nThe House of Representatives is investigating the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) over N1.3bn budget claims, alleging it’s a ‘fak\n\nRead More: 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Nigeria","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.oneclickafrica.com\u002Fmedia\u002Ffeed\u002Ff63ca011-8a2c-4617-b784-b78e461d5bb1.png","punch-nigeria","https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fpfipc-reps-investigate-fake-agencys-%e2%82%a61-3bn-budget-claims\u002F?utm_source=rss.punchng.com&utm_medium=web",{"topic":1793,"posts":1794},{"id":1219,"createdAt":1220,"updatedAt":1220,"name":1221,"slug":1222},[1795,1818,1841,1863],{"id":1796,"createdAt":1797,"updatedAt":1797,"title":95,"excerpt":1798,"content":1799,"slug":1800,"topic":1801,"tags":1802,"image":1813,"author":73,"feed":1814,"views":1815,"type":82,"readTime":1816,"externalSourceUrl":1817},"e8bbf7fd-45d1-4c5b-8a5c-5755f726cb98","2026-07-16T13:51:00.727Z","…Says anti-student policies won’t stay By Adesina Wahab The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has warned the management of Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State against sending students away from the campus or stopping them from registering for academic activities because of inability to pay tuition fees, saying that would amount to being insensitive to […]\nThe post Don’t send students away because of fees, NANS warns Federal University, Wukari appeared first on Vanguard News.","\u003Cimg width=\"461\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F01\u002Fnansd-461x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Don’t send students away because of fees, NANS warns Federal University, Wukari\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F01\u002Fnansd-461x1024.jpeg 461w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F01\u002Fnansd-691x1536.jpeg 691w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>…Says anti-student policies won’t stay\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>By Adesina Wahab\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has warned the management of Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State against sending students away from the campus or stopping them from registering for academic activities because of inability to pay tuition fees, saying that would amount to being insensitive to the plight of the students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>The association, in a statement by the National President, Akinteye Babatunde Afeez, said the fact that the students are awaiting the payment of their tuition fees by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFund, should be enough for the school to exercise caution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>This is just as the association warned that anti-student policies would not be allowed to thrive in the university.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>“The national leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has received with great discontent and strong resentment, the position of the management of the Federal University, Wukari, directing students who are unable to pay their school fees to defer their semester or academic session, while further warning that failure to either pay tuition fees or formally secure approval for deferment would result in the forfeiture of both the semester and the entire academic session.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>“The management also stated that students who defer without approval or absent themselves without an approved deferment would be barred from registering for the next academic session. We strongly decry this position, as it is insensitive, anti-student, and contrary to the ideals of accessible and inclusive education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>“Humanity must always precede our personal dispositions in the management of institutions. This decision is cruelty in its purest form. At a time when the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has introduced the NELFUND initiative to make education accessible to ordinary Nigerians and every young Nigerian who aspires to pursue higher education, it is disheartening that the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Wukari is the very one frustrating students and keeping them out of school because of financial challenges that the initiative was designed to address.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>“As the apex leadership of Nigerian students, we strongly condemn the position of the management of Federal University, Wukari for adopting a stance that is not student-friendly. This is a direct attack on Nigerian students and the education sector at large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>“It is on record that many of these students have already applied for NELFUND, which means the management will receive the tuition fees as soon as NELFUND disburses the funds. It is therefore inhumane for the Vice-Chancellor and the entire management of the institution to deny students the opportunity to write their examinations despite the assurance that NELFUND will certainly disburse the funds in due course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>“It is also on record that even when many students go out of their way to pay their fees before NELFUND disbursements, several institutions fail to refund them promptly. It was only recently, following sustained pressure from the leadership of NANS, that many of these institutions began processing refunds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>“According to reports available to us, over 5,000 students have been affected by this decision. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Considering the sheer number of students involved and the willingness of the Vice-Chancellor to deny them access to education, it is evident that his policies are anti-student. More importantly, his actions undermine the very essence of the NELFUND initiative of the President Tinubu whose vision is to ensure that every deserving Nigerian, regardless of financial circumstances, has access to quality education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>“Let it be unequivocally stated that there is no circumstance under which the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) will fold its arms and watch over 5,000 students be denied the opportunity to sit for their examinations on account of late registration, despite having secured funding for their tuition through NELFUND.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>“Our position, as the apex leadership of Nigerian students, is clear and unambiguous: if these students are not allowed to complete their registration and sit for their examinations, then the examinations should not proceed for anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>“We shall continue to resist every policy and action that is detrimental to the interests and welfare of Nigerian students. We therefore call on the Vice-Chancellor, as a matter of utmost urgency and importance, to immediately reverse this decision, and ensure that all affected students are allowed to register and participate in their examinations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cbr>“Failure to comply with this demand will leave the leadership of NANS with no option but to relocate its National Secretariat to the Federal University, Wukari to resist the anti-student policies that the Vice-Chancellor continues to champion until justice is done and the rights of the affected students are restored.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Fdont-send-students-away-because-of-fees-nans-warns-federal-university-wukari\u002F\">Don’t send students away because of fees, NANS warns Federal University, Wukari\u003C\u002Fa> appeared first on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\">Vanguard News\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","dont-send-students-away-because-of-fees-nans-warns-federal-university-wukari",{"id":1219,"createdAt":1220,"updatedAt":1220,"name":1221,"slug":1222},[1803,1804,1805,1806,1807,1808,1809,1810,1811,1812],"dont","send","students","away","fees","nans","warns","federal","university","wukari","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F01\u002Fnansd-461x1024.jpeg",{"id":75,"createdAt":76,"updatedAt":77,"name":78,"image":79,"slug":80},0,4,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Fdont-send-students-away-because-of-fees-nans-warns-federal-university-wukari\u002F",{"id":1819,"createdAt":1820,"updatedAt":1688,"title":1821,"excerpt":1822,"content":1823,"slug":1824,"topic":1825,"tags":1826,"image":1832,"author":73,"feed":1833,"views":1713,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":1840},"8e904435-a020-45fb-a430-15dd02914573","2026-07-16T13:17:01.257Z","Google Accuses EU Of Undermining Europeans’ Privacy","The EU demanded on Thursday that Google must share search data with other search engines and open up its Android operating system to rival AI services. \nThe post Google Accuses EU Of Undermining Europeans’ Privacy appeared first on Channels Television.","\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Google accused the EU Thursday of putting Europeans’ privacy at risk after Brussels told the US giant to share search data and open up its Android operating system to AI rivals.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Today’s decisions risk undermining vital privacy and security guardrails for millions of Europeans,” Google’s head of global affairs, Kent Walker, said.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch1>\u003C\u002Fh1>\u003Cp>READ ALSO: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.channelstv.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F16\u002Fshare-search-data-open-android-to-ai-rivals-eu-tells-google\u002F\">Share Search Data, Open Android To AI Rivals, EU Tells Google\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The EU demanded on Thursday that Google must share search data with other search engines and open up its Android operating system to rival AI services.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>“Thanks to these measures we hope to see emerging alternatives to Google Search and Google’s AI services, such as Gemini, and that users in the EU can enjoy greater choice of services,” EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen said.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp> \u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>AFP\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.channelstv.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F16\u002Fgoogle-accuses-eu-of-undermining-europeans-privacy\u002F\">Google Accuses EU Of Undermining Europeans’ Privacy\u003C\u002Fa> appeared first on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.channelstv.com\">Channels Television\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","google-accuses-eu-of-undermining-europeans-privacy",{"id":1219,"createdAt":1220,"updatedAt":1220,"name":1221,"slug":1222},[1827,1828,1829,1830,1831],"google","accuses","undermining","europeans","privacy","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.channelstv.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2023\u002F12\u002Fgoogle-.jpg",{"id":1834,"createdAt":1835,"updatedAt":1836,"name":1837,"image":1838,"slug":1839},"ed016172-c891-43d9-9b19-f0ec12e59317","2026-03-25T11:56:29.230Z","2026-05-14T10:07:32.000Z","Channels 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insisting that the country is still chasing the […]\nThe post 40 years after SAP: Experts, CSOs fault privatisation of Govt services appeared first on Vanguard News.","\u003Cimg width=\"324\" height=\"188\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002Ftinububah-e1779777661573.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"40 years after SAP: Experts, CSOs fault privatisation of Govt services\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002Ftinububah-e1779777661573.jpg 324w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002Ftinububah-e1779777661573-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>.Say Nigeria still chasing wrong cure\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>By Omeiza Ajayi\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ABUJA: Forty years after the Federal Government embraced the International Monetary Fund IMF induced Structural Adjustment Programme SAP, leading economists, civil society leaders and development experts have faulted the continued wholesale privatisation of government services under the reform, insisting that the country is still chasing the wrong cure for its economic troubles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The verdict was delivered on Thursday at a high-level conference on “Forty Years of Structural Adjustment Programme SAP in Nigeria: History, Impact and the Way Forward,” held in Abuja.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The brainstorming session was organised by the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) alongside ActionAid Nigeria, the Centre for Democracy and Development CDD, the Social Development Action Trust SDA-Trust, the Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation FEF, the Centre for Information Technology and Development CITAD, and the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre CISLAC.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Some of those who spoke at the event include the Founding Executive Director, African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD), Dr Otive Igbuzor; Political economist, Professor Adebayo Olukoshi; lawyer and pro-democracy activist, Ayo Obe; Head of Programmes and Policy, ActionAid Nigeria, Celestine Okwudili Odo, who represented the Country Director, Andrew Mamedu; International development expert, Dr Hussaini Abdu; and Director, Centre for Development, CITAD, Dauda Garuba.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In his welcome address, Founding Executive Director of Centre LSD, Dr Otive Igbuzor, said the conference was convened to interrogate what SAP, introduced in July 1986 by the Ibrahim Babangida military administration, had actually achieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Igbuzor said 40 years after its introduction, “SAP has not achieved its objectives. The major thing it has done is that it has increased market economy in Nigeria.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He argued that the experiences of other nations offered Nigeria a clear lesson, noting that “from history of other countries from the United States of America to the United Kingdom to Japan to Singapore to China to Rwanda, all these countries have shown that if you want to have development there must be state capacity, a developmental state that will steer the market and other forces.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Igbuzor called for a fundamental rethink of strategy, stressing that “we need to rethink our policy to put industrialization at the forefront to ensure that agriculture is supported manufacturing is supported enabling environment electricity infrastructure is provided so that Nigeria can develop like other countries.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Delivering the keynote address, political economist, Professor Adebayo Olukoshi, situated SAP within the broader Washington Consensus that shaped International Monetary Fund IMF and World Bank lending conditions across Africa in the 1980s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He noted that Nigeria “continues to confront many of the structural challenges that SAP was intended to address—dependence on crude oil, weak industrialisation, unemployment, poverty, inequality, external vulnerability and fragile State institutions,” four decades after the reform began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Olukoshi outlined eight lessons from the experience, chief among them that “markets and States are complements rather than substitutes,” and warned that “weak States cannot regulate markets effectively, cannot coordinate industrial transformation, cannot provide quality education, cannot build infrastructure, and cannot protect vulnerable citizens.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He called for a new development paradigm anchored on a “democratic developmental State,” productive economic transformation, human capital investment, democratic governance and regional integration through the African Continental Free Trade Area AfCFTA.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Lawyer and pro-democracy activist Ayo Obe drew a direct line between SAP and the current administration’s economic policies, describing President Bola Tinubu’s reforms as another attempt at the same project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Asked whether there was any semblance between the two, she said, “as far as I am concerned Tinubu’s reforms are another attempt to see whether we can do SAP but get it right if you look at the policies such as floating of the Naira, removal of subsidies those are core principles of SAP.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>She added that Nigeria had no choice but to work with its history, noting that “we have to start from where we are, where we have had 40 years of policies some of which have worked, some of which have not and we have to take what we have and go forward with that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Representing ActionAid Nigeria’s Country Director, Andrew Mamedu, the organisation’s Head of Programmes and Policy, Celestine Okwudili Odo, described SAP as simply “austerity”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He said the policy’s emphasis on “cutting down on government spending, rolling back the state, prioritising businesses instead of humans” had left ordinary Nigerians exposed, recalling that after the 2023 fuel subsidy removal, “some families were saying that they can no longer even afford three square meals, while their children go to school without food.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Odo questioned the celebration of macroeconomic stabilisation amid rising poverty, asking, “the economy is growing, GDP is growing but the real people who live within that economy are struggling to earn their living. So you question that pattern of growth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He rejected calls for a compromise with austerity, pointing to Europe and America as models where governments still fund social welfare, stating that “even in America, when you talk about agriculture we come to EU up to 35% on subsidies and all that so that will give us empirical evidence to question the essence of this.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>International development expert, Dr Hussaini Abdu argued that SAP was never a menu of policies to be selectively applied but an ideologically driven system rooted in the Washington Consensus that has persisted under different names since 1986.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He said the resulting over-reliance on private provision had steadily hollowed out public institutions, particularly in education and health, observing that “we have more private universities in Nigeria than we have public universities and we are fighting over one another to ensure that our children go to those schools.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Abdu warned that governments pursuing market logic over public service obligations weaken the state itself, saying “market is about profits, governance is about service,” and that when the state overemphasises the market, “it weakens the state, the state becomes irresponsible, it becomes the least provider.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Director of the Centre for Development, Dauda Garuba, likened Nigeria’s journey to a traveller who has taken a wrong path, adding that the lessons of the last forty years were unambiguous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“If we need development, we just go back to democratic development of states and that is a state that will enable every individual to be part of its development.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He rejected the notion that the failures of governance should lead to the state’s further withdrawal, asking pointedly, “if you are renouncing the government based on the fact that things are not functioning well, we can as well tell ourselves that even governance is not functioning well. Do we privatize governance so that the political class will go home and rest”?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to him, the way forward requires Nigeria to “retrace our steps and take our country back to where we want it and that is giving the opportunity for the state to play a key role in the direction of things for our country.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F40-years-after-sap-experts-csos-fault-privatisation-of-govt-services\u002F\">40 years after SAP: Experts, CSOs fault privatisation of Govt services\u003C\u002Fa> appeared first on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\">Vanguard News\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","40-years-after-sap-experts-csos-fault-privatisation-of-govt-services",{"id":1219,"createdAt":1220,"updatedAt":1220,"name":1221,"slug":1222},[1851,1852,1853,1854,1855,1856,1857,1858],"years","sap","experts","csos","fault","privatisation","govt","services","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F05\u002Ftinububah-e1779777661573.jpg",{"id":75,"createdAt":76,"updatedAt":77,"name":78,"image":79,"slug":80},6,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F40-years-after-sap-experts-csos-fault-privatisation-of-govt-services\u002F",{"id":1864,"createdAt":1865,"updatedAt":1866,"title":1867,"excerpt":1868,"content":1869,"slug":1870,"topic":1871,"tags":1872,"image":1881,"author":73,"feed":1882,"views":1883,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":1884},"00edc04b-1426-4df2-b4a5-c3c48f22731b","2026-07-16T12:23:00.738Z","2026-07-16T13:25:23.000Z","Selar founder accuses LIRS of hounding company with backdated royalty demands","Douglas Kendyson, founder and CEO of Selar, an African creator economy platform, has publicly accused the Lagos State Inland Revenue\nread more Selar founder accuses LIRS of hounding company with backdated royalty demands","\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002F2023\u002F02\u002FDouglas-Kendyson-1.png\" alt=\"Inside Selar’s rise: The platform fuelling Africa’s creator economy\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002F2023\u002F02\u002FDouglas-Kendyson-1-300x171.png 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002F2023\u002F02\u002FDouglas-Kendyson-1.png 700w\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" class=\" pl\" \u002F>\u003Cp>Douglas Kendyson, founder and CEO of Selar, an African creator economy platform, has publicly accused the Lagos State Inland Revenue\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>read more \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbusinessday.ng\u002Flife-arts\u002Farticle\u002Fselar-founder-accuses-lirs-of-hounding-company-with-backdated-royalty-demands\u002F\">Selar founder accuses LIRS of hounding company with backdated royalty demands\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","selar-founder-accuses-lirs-of-hounding-company-with-backdated-royalty-demands",{"id":1219,"createdAt":1220,"updatedAt":1220,"name":1221,"slug":1222},[1873,1874,1828,1875,1876,1877,1878,1879,1880],"selar","founder","lirs","hounding","company","backdated","royalty","demands","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002F2023\u002F02\u002FDouglas-Kendyson-1.png",{"id":1706,"createdAt":1707,"updatedAt":1708,"name":1709,"image":1710,"slug":1711},2,"https:\u002F\u002Fbusinessday.ng\u002Flife-arts\u002Farticle\u002Fselar-founder-accuses-lirs-of-hounding-company-with-backdated-royalty-demands\u002F",{"topic":1886,"posts":1887},{"id":1286,"createdAt":1287,"updatedAt":1287,"name":1288,"slug":1289},[1888,1916,1936,1958],{"id":1889,"createdAt":1890,"updatedAt":1891,"title":1892,"excerpt":1893,"content":1894,"slug":1895,"topic":1896,"tags":1897,"image":1907,"author":73,"feed":1908,"views":83,"type":82,"readTime":1816,"externalSourceUrl":1915},"13045fe8-8a0d-495e-ad6c-f8aef81cea5b","2026-07-14T12:39:01.000Z","2026-07-14T15:13:20.000Z","Wole Soyinka @92: Varsity Don Calls for Democracy that Delivers Security, Economic Prosperity","Funmi Ogundare Former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Kashere (FUK), Gombe State, Prof. Umaru Pate, has said democracy will only have real meaning for Nigerians if it extends beyond the","\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" >\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp>Funmi Ogundare\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University Kashere (FUK), Gombe State, Prof. Umaru Pate, has said democracy will only have real meaning for Nigerians if it extends beyond the conduct of periodic elections to deliver improved security, economic prosperity, social justice and accountable governance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Pate made this known at the 18th Wole Soyinka Centre media lecture series themed, ‘Beyond the Ballot: Measuring Democracy Through Security, Welfare, Accountability and Public Trust’; and public presentation of the 2025 Journalism and Civic Space Status Report to celebrate Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka at 92, in Lagos on Monday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In his keynote, he argued that while democracy is universally defined by constitutional order, elections and political parties, its true value lies in addressing the everyday concerns of citizens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He stressed that although Nigerians overwhelmingly support democracy, public satisfaction with how it functions remains low because governments have struggled to meet citizens’ expectations in critical areas such as security, economic development and infrastructure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to him, democracy can be viewed from two perspectives: procedural democracy, which focuses on elections, constitutionalism and separation of powers, and substantive democracy, which concerns the delivery of human security, economic welfare, social justice, accountability and public trust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Democracy remains a concept if substantive matters are not addressed. It only becomes meaningful when it improves the lives of citizens,” he stated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The don recalled a nationwide survey conducted ahead of the 2015 general election, saying that he was part of a research team commissioned by then vice-president-elect, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to identify Nigerians’ expectations of the incoming administration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He said the survey identified security as the country’s foremost concern, followed by the economy, corruption, infrastructure and education.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Pate who is also a Professor of Communication at Bayero University, Kano, noted that while successive administrations have made efforts in these areas, Nigerians continue to assess democracy largely by improvements in their daily lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He cited findings from the Afrobarometer survey across 39 African countries, which showed that while about two-thirds of Africans prefer democracy to other forms of government, only about 37 per cent were satisfied with how democracy worked in their respective countries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to him, “This reflects a gap between citizens’ commitment to democratic ideals and the actual outcomes of democratic governance.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The communication scholar also referenced findings from the 2024 African Young People Survey, which revealed that many young Africans are considering emigrating due to corruption and limited opportunities, warning that such sentiments pose serious questions about the future of democracy on the continent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Pate identified historical grievances, identity politics, social and economic exclusion, youth unemployment, weak institutions and governance deficits as major factors undermining democratic consolidation in Nigeria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He argued that: “Identity politics has continued to shape political participation, often placing greater emphasis on ethnicity, religion and place of origin than on competence and shared national values.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He also expressed concern over the collapse of local government institutions in many parts of the country, saying that grassroots governance had previously played a significant role in resolving community disputes, providing basic services and creating economic opportunities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The professor warned that: “Misinformation, hate speech and divisive narratives amplified through digital platforms are worsening existing social tensions. Nigeria’s challenge is no longer the absence of information but the abundance of false information and the scarcity of public attention.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He further linked insecurity to rising poverty, hunger, unemployment, environmental challenges and weak governance, arguing that conflicts discourage investment, reduce agricultural productivity and deepen economic hardship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Maintaining that security remains Nigerians’ greatest expectation of government, Pate noted that the country continues to grapple with insurgency, banditry, kidnapping, communal conflicts, separatist agitations and urban crime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He called for stronger institutions, inclusive governance and policies that address the root causes of insecurity and inequality, insisting that democracy would only endure if it delivers peace, opportunity and improved living conditions for all Nigerians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In his remarks, the Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Lagos, Michael Deleen, expressed concern over the rising level of poverty in Nigeria, attributing it largely to challenges in the country’s education system and democratic governance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He said education remains critical to empowering citizens, adding that informed and educated people are better equipped to make decisions based on knowledge rather than circumstance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He therefore urged the government to prioritise addressing the nation’s education and governance challenges, noting that doing so would help reduce poverty and promote sustainable development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The event featured a review and unveiling of the 2025 civic space status report and panel discussions examining how sophisticated surveillance technologies, institutionalised harassment and shrinking press freedoms are threatening journalists’ safety and the public’s right to information. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The sessions also explored democracy beyond periodic elections, emphasising the need to assess it through good governance, accountability, responsiveness and public trust in institutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","wole-soyinka-92-varsity-don-calls-for-democracy-that-delivers-security-economic-prosperity",{"id":1286,"createdAt":1287,"updatedAt":1287,"name":1288,"slug":1289},[1898,1899,1900,1901,1902,1289,1903,1904,1905,1906],"wole","soyinka","varsity","don","calls","delivers","security","economic","prosperity","https:\u002F\u002Fglobal.ariseplay.com\u002Famg\u002Fwww.thisdaylive.com\u002Fuploads\u002F1000993148.jpg",{"id":1909,"createdAt":1910,"updatedAt":1911,"name":1912,"image":1913,"slug":1914},"676b27a5-8a43-458d-91ba-45c07367106b","2026-03-26T09:35:16.600Z","2026-04-20T09:31:29.000Z","This Day","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.oneclickafrica.com\u002Fmedia\u002Ffeed\u002F9fa91fe1-7788-42ef-8d40-5d5ef6e5261e.png","this-day","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thisdaylive.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F14\u002Fwole-soyinka-92-varsity-don-calls-for-democracy-that-delivers-security-economic-prosperity\u002F",{"id":1917,"createdAt":1918,"updatedAt":1919,"title":1920,"excerpt":1921,"content":1922,"slug":1923,"topic":1924,"tags":1925,"image":1932,"author":73,"feed":1933,"views":1934,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":1935},"cf6af9f3-9396-4c5d-ae36-89cc7c69877d","2026-07-13T17:16:00.867Z","2026-07-15T17:15:46.000Z","Nigeria’s democracy needs a new professional ethic for reporting religion – Dapo","Dapo Olorunyomi, a media chief executive has says that Nigeria’s democracy needs a new professional ethic for reporting religion, refering\nread more Nigeria’s democracy needs a new professional ethic for reporting religion – Dapo","\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FUntitled-design-35-large.png\" alt=\"Nigeria’s democracy needs a new professional ethic for reporting religion – Dapo\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FUntitled-design-35-medium.png 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FUntitled-design-35-284x162.png 284w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FUntitled-design-35-254x145.png 254w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FUntitled-design-35-210x120.png 210w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FUntitled-design-35-100x57.png 100w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FUntitled-design-35-285x163.png 285w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FUntitled-design-35.png 700w\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" class=\" pl\" \u002F>\u003Cp>Dapo Olorunyomi, a media chief executive has says that Nigeria’s democracy needs a new professional ethic for reporting religion, refering\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>read more \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbusinessday.ng\u002Fnews\u002Farticle\u002Fnigerias-democracy-needs-a-new-professional-ethic-for-reporting-religion-dapo\u002F\">Nigeria’s democracy needs a new professional ethic for reporting religion – Dapo\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","nigerias-democracy-needs-a-new-professional-ethic-for-reporting-religion-dapo",{"id":1286,"createdAt":1287,"updatedAt":1287,"name":1288,"slug":1289},[1926,1289,1927,1928,1929,1930,1383,1931],"nigerias","needs","professional","ethic","reporting","dapo","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FUntitled-design-35-large.png",{"id":1706,"createdAt":1707,"updatedAt":1708,"name":1709,"image":1710,"slug":1711},7,"https:\u002F\u002Fbusinessday.ng\u002Fnews\u002Farticle\u002Fnigerias-democracy-needs-a-new-professional-ethic-for-reporting-religion-dapo\u002F",{"id":1937,"createdAt":1938,"updatedAt":1939,"title":1940,"excerpt":1941,"content":1942,"slug":1943,"topic":1944,"tags":1945,"image":1954,"author":73,"feed":1955,"views":1956,"type":82,"readTime":83,"externalSourceUrl":1957},"f357a82f-6a24-44f3-a3c3-e08b31cacc63","2026-07-12T07:16:00.923Z","2026-07-14T17:23:51.000Z","Igbo Leaders of Thought warn against weakening opposition, urge judiciary to safeguard democracy","By Anayo Okoli ENUGU — The Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), a socio-political group comprising intellectuals, traditional rulers and other stakeholders from the South-East, has expressed concern over what it described as the weakening of opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections, warning that a vibrant opposition is essential for democratic governance. In a […]\nThe post Igbo Leaders of Thought warn against weakening opposition, urge judiciary to safeguard democracy appeared first on Vanguard News.","\u003Cimg width=\"313\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F03\u002FNDIGBO.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Igbo Leaders of Thought warn against weakening opposition, urge judiciary to safeguard democracy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F03\u002FNDIGBO.png 313w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F03\u002FNDIGBO-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>By Anayo Okoli\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ENUGU — The Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), a socio-political group comprising intellectuals, traditional rulers and other stakeholders from the South-East, has expressed concern over what it described as the weakening of opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections, warning that a vibrant opposition is essential for democratic governance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In a statement signed by its President, Prof. Elochukwu Amucheazi, and Secretary, Prof. Jerry Chukwuokolo, the group cautioned that actions perceived as limiting opposition activities could undermine the credibility of the 2027 elections and the country’s democratic process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The group referenced recent concerns raised by the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi, regarding his security and business interests, as well as court rulings affecting some opposition parties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ILT also referred to previous remarks attributed to Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo concerning Peter Obi’s security during a visit to the state, and alleged that gunshots were fired during one of Obi’s political engagements in Edo earlier this year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to the group, weakening opposition parties could have adverse consequences for Nigeria’s democratic development and political stability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The democracy Nigerians enjoy today is the product of years of struggle against military rule,” the statement said, adding that the country requires a strong opposition to deepen democratic governance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The group also expressed concern over what it described as the use of state institutions, including the judiciary, security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in ways that could hinder opposition parties from effectively participating in the electoral process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It warned against a situation where Nigeria could drift towards a de facto one-party state, arguing that democracy thrives on political pluralism, competition and the protection of dissenting voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Citing historical examples, ILT recalled the political crises of the First and Second Republics, as well as the violence that followed the 2011 presidential election, urging political leaders to learn from history and avoid actions capable of triggering instability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The group also criticised recent judicial decisions affecting opposition parties, particularly a Federal High Court judgment in Lokoja involving the NDC, arguing that the judiciary should uphold constitutional principles and strengthen democratic institutions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ILT welcomed the NDC’s decision to challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal and encouraged other political parties dissatisfied with court judgments to seek legal redress through established judicial processes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The group further called on Nigerians to defend democratic values and urged the judiciary to continue playing an impartial role in strengthening democracy and the rule of law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It also appealed to the international community, including the United States and the European Union, to closely observe the processes leading to the 2027 general elections to promote transparency and public confidence in the electoral process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Figbo-leaders-of-thought-warn-against-weakening-opposition-urge-judiciary-to-safeguard-democracy\u002F\">Igbo Leaders of Thought warn against weakening opposition, urge judiciary to safeguard democracy\u003C\u002Fa> appeared first on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\">Vanguard News\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","igbo-leaders-of-thought-warn-against-weakening-opposition-urge-judiciary-to-safeguard-democracy",{"id":1286,"createdAt":1287,"updatedAt":1287,"name":1288,"slug":1289},[1946,1947,1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1296,1953,1289],"igbo","leaders","thought","warn","weakening","opposition","urge","safeguard","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F03\u002FNDIGBO.png",{"id":75,"createdAt":76,"updatedAt":77,"name":78,"image":79,"slug":80},20,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Figbo-leaders-of-thought-warn-against-weakening-opposition-urge-judiciary-to-safeguard-democracy\u002F",{"id":1959,"createdAt":1960,"updatedAt":1961,"title":1962,"excerpt":1963,"content":1964,"slug":1965,"topic":1966,"tags":1967,"image":1954,"author":73,"feed":1971,"views":1972,"type":82,"readTime":83,"externalSourceUrl":1973},"1c475245-9e28-4b65-b7ca-60cafe0eed8d","2026-07-12T02:41:01.096Z","2026-07-15T07:31:57.000Z","Igbo leaders warns against suppression of opposition, says it destroys democracy","The Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), an elite assembly of Southeastern Nigerian intellectuals, traditional rulers and stakeholders, has condemned what it calls the systematic suppression of the opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections...\nThe post Igbo leaders warns against suppression of opposition, says it destroys democracy appeared first on Vanguard News.","\u003Cimg width=\"313\" height=\"181\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F03\u002FNDIGBO.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Igbo leaders warns against suppression of opposition, says it destroys democracy\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F03\u002FNDIGBO.png 313w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F03\u002FNDIGBO-300x173.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp> By Anayo Okoli\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), an elite assembly of Southeastern Nigerian intellectuals, traditional rulers and stakeholders, has condemned what it calls the systematic suppression of the opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general elections, warning that no democracy develops without a vibrant opposition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ILT cautioned that if the clampdown on the opposition is not urgently checked, it could seriously diminish the integrity of the 2027 general elections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The group’s position came amid the recent alarm raised by the presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, Mr. Peter Obi, over his safety and systematic frustration of his businesses, as well as the several judicial pronouncements against the key opposition parties aimed at destabilizing their preparations for the 2027 polls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ILT also recalled that Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State, had in the past warned Mr. Peter Obi, threatening that his security was not guaranteed in his state, and noted that actually when he visited Edo State early this year for political activities, gunshots were fired at him and others in his  entourage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to the group, the emasculation of the opposition could wreck Nigeria’s hard fought democracy and cause serious political instability in the country.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ILT, in a statement signed by Prof. Elochukwu Amucheazi, the President and Prof. Jerry Chukwuokolo, the Secretary, also frowned at the use of state institutions, including the judiciary, security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to incapacitate the opposition parties, to make them unable to compete with the ruling party for the 2027 general elections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The democracy we are enjoying in Nigeria did not come on a platter. It is a product of a long-drawn political struggle against military rule. Ironically, those in power in Nigeria today, who do not want the opposition to breathe, pride themselves as key players in the struggle for the restoration of democracy in Nigeria. The same people who claim to be champions of democracy are emasculating the opposition”, the group noted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The Igbo Leaders of Thought strongly condemns the ongoing suppression of opposition in Nigeria. If not curbed, it could derail plans for the 2027 general election, cause serious political instability, and derail our hard won democracy. Nigeria cannot afford another major political crisis arising from election. The country suffered dearly because of the mistakes of past elections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat the mistakes” ILT warned, and remained Nigerians of the violent political protest (Operation Wetie) that took place in 1962 in Western Nigeria which triggered a chain of events, including bloodletting and burning of properties, which eventually led to the first military coup in Nigeria on January 15, 1966.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“In the Second Republic, a disputed governorship election triggered a devastating political upheaval in Ondo State, resulting in widespread burning of properties and loss of severally lives, ultimately paving the way for another military intervention in 1983.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“If we cannot remember what happened in the First and Second Republics, we should be able to remember the political violence that trailed the 2011 presidential election, which according to Human Rights Watch, claimed over 800 lives in Northern Nigeria, including innocent youth corps members. We are not in any way trying to engage in scare mongering, but just appealing to those in authority in Nigeria to do what is right.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Figbo-leaders-warns-against-suppression-of-opposition-says-it-destroys-democracy\u002F\">Igbo leaders warns against suppression of opposition, says it destroys democracy\u003C\u002Fa> appeared first on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\">Vanguard News\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","igbo-leaders-warns-against-suppression-of-opposition-says-it-destroys-democracy",{"id":1286,"createdAt":1287,"updatedAt":1287,"name":1288,"slug":1289},[1946,1947,1809,1968,1951,1969,1970,1289],"suppression","says","destroys",{"id":75,"createdAt":76,"updatedAt":77,"name":78,"image":79,"slug":80},9,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Figbo-leaders-warns-against-suppression-of-opposition-says-it-destroys-democracy\u002F",{"topic":1975,"posts":1976},{"id":1279,"createdAt":1280,"updatedAt":1281,"name":1282,"slug":1283},[1977,1997,2015,2039],{"id":1978,"createdAt":1979,"updatedAt":1980,"title":1981,"excerpt":1982,"content":1983,"slug":1984,"topic":1985,"tags":1986,"image":1994,"author":73,"feed":1995,"views":1816,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":1996},"f14f91b5-2243-4aab-a035-c86fbb7342d8","2026-07-15T11:10:01.680Z","2026-07-15T15:27:59.000Z","Ex-Gombe SDP gov candidate defects to PDP, backs Pantami","Former Gombe SDP governorship candidate, Kelmi Lazarus, defects to the PDP, declaring support for Professor Isa Ali Pantami ahead of the election.\n\nRead More: https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fex-gombe-sdp-gov-candidate-defects-to-pdp-backs-pantami\u002F","\n\nFormer Gombe SDP governorship candidate, Kelmi Lazarus, defects to the PDP, declaring support for Professor Isa Ali Pantami ahead of the election.\n\nRead More: https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fex-gombe-sdp-gov-candidate-defects-to-pdp-backs-pantami\u002F","ex-gombe-sdp-gov-candidate-defects-to-pdp-backs-pantami",{"id":1279,"createdAt":1280,"updatedAt":1281,"name":1282,"slug":1283},[1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1283,1992,1993],"exgombe","sdp","gov","candidate","defects","backs","pantami","https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FGombe_1784113728.webp",{"id":1785,"createdAt":1786,"updatedAt":1787,"name":1788,"image":1789,"slug":1790},"https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fex-gombe-sdp-gov-candidate-defects-to-pdp-backs-pantami\u002F?utm_source=rss.punchng.com&utm_medium=web",{"id":1998,"createdAt":1999,"updatedAt":2000,"title":2001,"excerpt":2002,"content":2003,"slug":2004,"topic":2005,"tags":2006,"image":2012,"author":73,"feed":2013,"views":1816,"type":82,"readTime":1883,"externalSourceUrl":2014},"77443d16-5e1f-4167-8559-2b330db51209","2026-07-15T02:53:00.931Z","2026-07-15T08:14:51.000Z","George: Democracy Under Siege, PDP Will Not Be Captured Through Judicial Misuse","Segun James Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has warned that the nation was under political siege by the ruling All Progressives Congress","\u003Cdiv style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" >\u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Segun James\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, has warned that the nation was under political siege by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) with a calculated attempt to undermine democracy through the misuse of state institutions and judicial processes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The elder statesman had reacted to the judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja which upheld the order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the state congresses conducted by committees constituted by the David Mark-led caretaker leadership of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to him, the recent developments pointed to a dangerous pattern of political interference designed to weaken opposition parties ahead of the 2027 general election.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“What is unfolding before our eyes is nothing short of an assault on constitutional democracy. There appears to be a deliberate attempt to weaponise institutions of state against opposition political parties because some people are afraid of allowing Nigerians to freely choose their leaders. That is not democracy. That is political intimidation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>George described Abdulrahman Mohammed, the chairman of the Nyesom Wike-backed faction of the PDP, as someone who lacked the democratic pedigree and political experience required to lead a party of the PDP stature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Let me be absolutely clear. There is nothing dishonourable about being a driver. Honest labour deserves dignity and respect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“However, nobody becomes the National Chairman of one of Africa’s largest political parties by executive fiat or political manipulation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Leadership is earned through years of sacrifice, service, loyalty, commitment and democratic legitimacy. The issue is not that this man was once a driver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The issue is that someone with no known democratic pedigree, no recognised history of building the PDP, no record of leadership within its structures and no visible contribution to the party’s growth is suddenly being projected as National Chairman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Who knows him in our democratic struggle? Where was he when this party was founded in 1998? What sacrifice has he made for the PDP? Leadership cannot be manufactured overnight simply because powerful interests have decided to impose someone on a political party.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Every discerning Nigerian can see what is happening. This is not about promoting one individual. This is about infiltrating, destabilising and ultimately destroying the PDP from within. Those behind this agenda are attempting to use one man as a vehicle to weaken the opposition.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n","george-democracy-under-siege-pdp-will-not-be-captured-through-judicial-misuse",{"id":1279,"createdAt":1280,"updatedAt":1281,"name":1282,"slug":1283},[2007,1289,2008,1283,2009,2010,2011],"george","siege","captured","judicial","misuse","https:\u002F\u002Fglobal.ariseplay.com\u002Famg\u002Fwww.thisdaylive.com\u002Fuploads\u002FOlabode-George.png",{"id":1909,"createdAt":1910,"updatedAt":1911,"name":1912,"image":1913,"slug":1914},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.thisdaylive.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F15\u002Fgeorge-democracy-under-siege-pdp-will-not-be-captured-through-judicial-misuse\u002F",{"id":2016,"createdAt":2017,"updatedAt":2018,"title":2019,"excerpt":2020,"content":2021,"slug":2022,"topic":2023,"tags":2024,"image":2030,"author":73,"feed":2031,"views":1816,"type":82,"readTime":1883,"externalSourceUrl":2038},"09976014-68de-47cc-a6e8-58dbc3e4da06","2026-07-14T15:17:00.325Z","2026-07-14T20:05:07.000Z","‘I will continue to criticise Ebonyi govt where necessary’ – PDP guber candidate","The 2027 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ebonyi, Chief Ifeanyi-Chukwuma Odii, has dismissed allegations by the member representing Ikwo\u002FEzza South Federal Constituency, Mr Chinedu Ogah, that he has been sponsoring cyberbullying campaigns against Ebonyi government. Odii, also known as “AnyiChuks” in a statement to journalists in Abakaliki on Tuesday, described the […]\n‘I will continue to criticise Ebonyi govt where necessary’ – PDP guber candidate","\u003Cimg width=\"1271\" height=\"849\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002FIfeanyi-Chukwuma-Odii.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002FIfeanyi-Chukwuma-Odii.jpg 1271w, https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002FIfeanyi-Chukwuma-Odii-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002FIfeanyi-Chukwuma-Odii-1024x684.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1271px) 100vw, 1271px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp>The 2027 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ebonyi, Chief Ifeanyi-Chukwuma Odii, has dismissed allegations by the member representing Ikwo\u002FEzza South Federal Constituency, Mr Chinedu Ogah, that he has been sponsoring cyberbullying campaigns against Ebonyi government.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Odii, also known as “AnyiChuks” in a statement to journalists in Abakaliki on Tuesday, described the allegation as baseless and an attempt to criminalise legitimate criticism and divert attention from issues of governance in the state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He maintained that demanding accountability from elected public officials was a constitutional right of citizens and should not be misconstrued as cyberbullying or cyberstalking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Since when did asking questions become cyberbullying? Since when did demanding a scorecard become cyberstalking?” Odii asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He noted that Ebonyi people deserved to know how public resources allocated to the state had been utilised, insisting that citizens had the right to demand transparency and good governance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to him, criticism of government policies and performance is an essential feature of democracy and should not be interpreted as an attack on any individual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The PDP governorship candidate also denied allegations that he was influencing officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to register underage voters, describing the accusation as reckless, defamatory and without evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He urged the lawmaker to forward any evidence in his possession to the appropriate security agencies instead of making what he described as unsubstantiated allegations in the media.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The PDP candidate pledged to continue criticising the government in areas requiring improvement and commend it where it performs well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Odii added that he would continue to advocate transparency, accountability and inclusive development, stressing that responsible opposition was vital to democratic governance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Odii said he would not be intimidated into silence, adding that the people of the state would ultimately determine the outcome of the 2027 governorship election.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ogah, at a press conference recently accused Odii of sponsoring cyberbullying and propaganda against the Ebonyi government led by Governor Nwifuru\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F14\u002Fi-will-continue-to-criticise-ebonyi-govt-where-necessary-pdp-guber-candidate\u002F\">‘I will continue to criticise Ebonyi govt where necessary’ – PDP guber candidate\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","i-will-continue-to-criticise-ebonyi-govt-where-necessary-pdp-guber-candidate",{"id":1279,"createdAt":1280,"updatedAt":1281,"name":1282,"slug":1283},[2025,2026,507,1857,2027,2028,1283,2029,1990],"continue","criticise","where","necessary","guber","https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2022\u002F05\u002FIfeanyi-Chukwuma-Odii.jpg",{"id":2032,"createdAt":2033,"updatedAt":2034,"name":2035,"image":2036,"slug":2037},"87678139-216f-4786-b9b2-a4e8155e5649","2026-03-25T11:55:31.204Z","2026-04-20T09:36:57.000Z","Daily Post","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.oneclickafrica.com\u002Fmedia\u002Ffeed\u002F9efc788c-30f4-47fa-8efc-4edb5cfd560a.png","daily-post","https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F14\u002Fi-will-continue-to-criticise-ebonyi-govt-where-necessary-pdp-guber-candidate\u002F",{"id":2040,"createdAt":2041,"updatedAt":2042,"title":2043,"excerpt":2044,"content":2045,"slug":2046,"topic":2047,"tags":2048,"image":2058,"author":73,"feed":2059,"views":1861,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":2060},"fd019fe0-53de-43c3-b480-049371e7862c","2026-07-13T09:08:00.998Z","2026-07-16T11:45:06.000Z","Turaki’s group shut out, Wike’s PDP celebrates candidates’ upload on INEC’s platform","…Wike rules out PDP’s presidential candidate challenging Tinubu Indications have emerged that despite spending huge sums of money to purchase\nread more Turaki’s group shut out, Wike’s PDP celebrates candidates’ upload on INEC’s platform","\u003Cimg src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002FUntitled-design-2025-02-12T030934.585-1.png\" alt=\"1,470 candidates’ fate uncertain as Wike-led PDP gets approval to upload candidates\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002FUntitled-design-2025-02-12T030934.585-1-300x171.png 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002FUntitled-design-2025-02-12T030934.585-1-284x162.png 284w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002FUntitled-design-2025-02-12T030934.585-1-254x145.png 254w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002FUntitled-design-2025-02-12T030934.585-1-210x120.png 210w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002FUntitled-design-2025-02-12T030934.585-1-100x57.png 100w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002FUntitled-design-2025-02-12T030934.585-1-285x163.png 285w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002FUntitled-design-2025-02-12T030934.585-1.png 700w\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" class=\" pl\" \u002F>\u003Cp>…Wike rules out PDP’s presidential candidate challenging Tinubu Indications have emerged that despite spending huge sums of money to purchase\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>read more \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fbusinessday.ng\u002Fpolitics\u002Farticle\u002Fturakis-group-shut-out-wikes-pdp-celebrates-candidates-upload-on-inecs-platform\u002F\">Turaki’s group shut out, Wike’s PDP celebrates candidates’ upload on INEC’s platform\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","turakis-group-shut-out-wikes-pdp-celebrates-candidates-upload-on-inecs-platform",{"id":1279,"createdAt":1280,"updatedAt":1281,"name":1282,"slug":1283},[2049,2050,2051,2052,1283,2053,2054,2055,2056,2057],"turakis","group","shut","wikes","celebrates","candidates","upload","inecs","platform","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.businessday.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F02\u002FUntitled-design-2025-02-12T030934.585-1.png",{"id":1706,"createdAt":1707,"updatedAt":1708,"name":1709,"image":1710,"slug":1711},"https:\u002F\u002Fbusinessday.ng\u002Fpolitics\u002Farticle\u002Fturakis-group-shut-out-wikes-pdp-celebrates-candidates-upload-on-inecs-platform\u002F",{"topic":2062,"posts":2063},{"id":1252,"createdAt":1253,"updatedAt":1254,"name":1255,"slug":1256},[2064,2084,2104,2126],{"id":2065,"createdAt":2066,"updatedAt":2067,"title":2068,"excerpt":2069,"content":2070,"slug":2071,"topic":2072,"tags":2073,"image":2081,"author":73,"feed":2082,"views":1883,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":2083},"a7fa7aaa-c7e6-4fce-bfe4-46300b9846e1","2026-07-16T07:49:00.625Z","2026-07-16T12:21:43.000Z","Next UK PM urged to end Labour Party’s ‘boys club’","As Andy Burnham prepares to be UK’s next PM, he faces calls to ensure women get half of top jobs in his cabinet and end the Labour Party’s ‘boys club’.\n\nRead More: https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fnext-uk-pm-urged-to-end-labour-partys-boys-club\u002F","\n\nAs Andy Burnham prepares to be UK’s next PM, he faces calls to ensure women get half of top jobs in his cabinet and end the Labour Party’s ‘boys club’.\n\nRead More: https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fnext-uk-pm-urged-to-end-labour-partys-boys-club\u002F","next-uk-pm-urged-to-end-labour-partys-boys-club",{"id":1252,"createdAt":1253,"updatedAt":1254,"name":1255,"slug":1256},[2074,2075,2076,2077,2078,2079,2080],"next","urged","end","labour","partys","boys","club","https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002FAFP__20260622__B7VW9MF__v1__Mockup__BritainPolitics-1200x630.webp",{"id":1785,"createdAt":1786,"updatedAt":1787,"name":1788,"image":1789,"slug":1790},"https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fnext-uk-pm-urged-to-end-labour-partys-boys-club\u002F?utm_source=rss.punchng.com&utm_medium=web",{"id":2085,"createdAt":2086,"updatedAt":2087,"title":2088,"excerpt":2089,"content":2090,"slug":2091,"topic":2092,"tags":2093,"image":2100,"author":73,"feed":2101,"views":2102,"type":82,"readTime":1816,"externalSourceUrl":2103},"7598c0e5-c678-4566-9db9-aeed6d97c114","2026-07-16T07:01:00.660Z","2026-07-16T13:31:53.000Z","FG unveils new labour reform agenda, seeks employers’ support","\"Our emphasis has remained on preventing disputes before they escalate into industrial actions capable of disrupting productivity and economic activities\"\nThe post FG unveils new labour reform agenda, seeks employers’ support appeared first on Vanguard News.","\u003Cimg width=\"593\" height=\"305\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FScreenshot_20260716_075320_Samsung-Notes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"FG unveils new labour reform agenda, seeks employers’ support\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FScreenshot_20260716_075320_Samsung-Notes.jpg 593w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FScreenshot_20260716_075320_Samsung-Notes-300x154.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>By Victor Ahiuma-Young\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>As Nigeria continues to navigate sweeping economic reforms and the changing realities of the global workplace, the Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to overhauling the nation’s labour administration to make it more responsive, inclusive and investment-friendly. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Read Also:\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2022\u002F08\u002Fgunmen-invade-kogi-market-kill-one-abduct-another\u002F\" type=\"post\" id=\"1897513\">Gunmen invade Kogi market, kill one, abduct another\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>At the heart of the reforms is a renewed emphasis on industrial peace, modern labour laws, workforce development and stronger collaboration with employers to drive sustainable economic growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The government believes that creating millions of jobs for Nigeria’s growing population will require more than public sector interventions. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It says a thriving private sector, supported by progressive labour policies and a stable industrial relations environment, remains indispensable to achieving the objectives of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It was against this backdrop that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Muhammadu Dingyadi, speaking at a public forum in Lagos, unveiled the Federal Government’s labour reform agenda and appealed to employers to partner with government in creating jobs, promoting decent work and strengthening enterprise competitiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to him: “The success of these reforms depends significantly on a vibrant private sector. Government alone cannot create all the jobs our growing population requires. Sustainable employment will continue to come from businesses that invest, innovate, expand production and create opportunities for Nigerians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The success of these reforms depends significantly on a vibrant private sector. Government alone cannot create all the jobs our growing population requires. Sustainable employment will continue to come from businesses that invest, innovate, expand production and create opportunities for Nigerians. This is why the Federal Government remains committed to improving the ease of doing business, strengthening investor confidence and promoting policies that encourage enterprise growth.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Minister explained that the Ministry of Labour and Employment had continued to reposition labour administration as a strategic instrument for economic development through stronger dispute resolution mechanisms and social dialogue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment fully appreciates that economic reforms can only achieve their intended objectives where there is industrial peace, mutual trust and effective collaboration among government, employers and workers. Consequently, the Ministry has continued to reposition labour administration as a strategic instrument for economic development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Over the past three years, the Ministry has strengthened the machinery for the prevention and settlement of trade disputes through enhanced conciliation, mediation and social dialogue. Our emphasis has remained on preventing disputes before they escalate into industrial actions capable of disrupting productivity and economic activities. This approach has contributed to improved industrial relations across several sectors of the economy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The Ministry has also intensified labour inspection activities to promote compliance with labour laws, improve occupational safety and health standards and ensure decent working conditions. We recognise that safe and healthy workplaces are not merely legal requirements; they are fundamental drivers of productivity, innovation and business sustainability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“In furtherance of the Federal Government’s employment agenda, the Ministry has continued to strengthen public employment services, labour market information systems, career guidance and employment facilitation programmes to improve labour market efficiency and connect job seekers with employment opportunities. \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>We are equally working with employers, development partners and other stakeholders to bridge skills gaps and promote employability, particularly among young Nigerians”, Dr Dingyadi stressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Minister also announced ongoing labour law reforms to reflect changes in the global workplace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He said: “As part of our commitment to modernising labour administration, the Ministry is advancing labour law reforms to ensure that Nigeria’s legal framework responds effectively to the realities of a changing world of work characterised by digital transformation, platform employment, new forms of work organisation and emerging occupational safety challenges.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“I therefore encourage employers to continue promoting constructive social dialogue, strengthening collective bargaining, investing in workforce development, embracing workplace diversity and inclusion, ensuring equal opportunities, eliminating discrimination, preventing child labour and forced labour within supply chains, and maintaining the highest standards of occupational safety and health.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Ffg-unveils-new-labour-reform-agenda-seeks-employers-support\u002F\">FG unveils new labour reform agenda, seeks employers’ support\u003C\u002Fa> appeared first on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\">Vanguard News\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","fg-unveils-new-labour-reform-agenda-seeks-employers-support",{"id":1252,"createdAt":1253,"updatedAt":1254,"name":1255,"slug":1256},[2094,2077,2095,2096,2097,2098,2099],"unveils","reform","agenda","seeks","employers","support","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FScreenshot_20260716_075320_Samsung-Notes.jpg",{"id":75,"createdAt":76,"updatedAt":77,"name":78,"image":79,"slug":80},5,"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Ffg-unveils-new-labour-reform-agenda-seeks-employers-support\u002F",{"id":2105,"createdAt":2106,"updatedAt":2107,"title":2108,"excerpt":2109,"content":2109,"slug":2110,"topic":2111,"tags":2112,"image":2118,"author":73,"feed":2119,"views":1883,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":2125},"ab86147d-898f-431a-a555-79e2753f7799","2026-07-15T13:05:00.360Z","2026-07-15T17:26:36.000Z","Oryx yazindua mwongozo wa usalama wa LPG","Kampuni ya Oryx Tanzania imezindua Kitabu cha Mwongozo wa Matumizi Salama ya Gesi ya LPG na kusaini makubaliano ya ushirikiano wa miaka mitatu na Chama cha Skauti Tanzania, hatua inayolenga kuimarisha elimu ya matumizi salama ya gesi ya kupikia kwa wananchi kupitia mtandao wa vijana wa Skauti nchini.","oryx-yazindua-mwongozo-wa-usalama-wa-lpg",{"id":1252,"createdAt":1253,"updatedAt":1254,"name":1255,"slug":1256},[2113,2114,2115,2116,2117],"oryx","yazindua","mwongozo","usalama","lpg","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mwananchi.co.tz\u002Fresource\u002Fimage\u002F5527842\u002Flandscape_ratio4x3\u002F400\u002F300\u002F7e32cb3fd301be369cf06198c71ddd44\u002FvH\u002Forxy-pic.jpg",{"id":2120,"createdAt":2121,"updatedAt":2121,"name":2122,"image":2123,"slug":2124},"c50c370f-baf2-4000-ba1f-82fe6fdcbf87","2026-05-14T10:49:46.253Z","Mwananchi","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.oneclickafrica.com\u002Fmedia\u002Ffeed\u002F6c844d1c-094a-4f47-9500-a7ac1de11a21.png","mwananchi","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mwananchi.co.tz\u002Fmw\u002Fhabari\u002Fkitaifa\u002Foryx-yazindua-mwongozo-wa-usalama-wa-lpg-5527446",{"id":2127,"createdAt":2128,"updatedAt":2129,"title":2130,"excerpt":2131,"content":2132,"slug":2133,"topic":2134,"tags":2135,"image":2144,"author":73,"feed":2145,"views":2102,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":2152},"46f652fc-716b-458a-bcc9-6cae9e2d523a","2026-07-15T03:45:00.461Z","2026-07-15T15:13:44.000Z","Akpabio hints at Electoral Act review after lawmakers lose party primaries","Mr Akpabio says lawmakers have become unintended victims of the Electoral Act they enacted.\nThe post Akpabio hints at Electoral Act review after lawmakers lose party primaries appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.","\u003Cimg width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2025\u002F10\u002FSenate-President-Akpabio.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Senate President Akpabio\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2025\u002F10\u002FSenate-President-Akpabio.jpeg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2025\u002F10\u002FSenate-President-Akpabio.jpeg?resize=523%2C349&ssl=1 523w, https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2025\u002F10\u002FSenate-President-Akpabio.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2025\u002F10\u002FSenate-President-Akpabio.jpeg?resize=750%2C500&ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \u002F>\u003Cp>Mr Akpabio says lawmakers have become unintended victims of the Electoral Act they enacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fnews\u002Ftop-news\u002F895401-akpabio-hints-at-electoral-act-review-after-lawmakers-lose-party-primaries.html\">Akpabio hints at Electoral Act review after lawmakers lose party primaries\u003C\u002Fa> appeared first on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.premiumtimesng.com\">Premium Times Nigeria\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","akpabio-hints-at-electoral-act-review-after-lawmakers-lose-party-primaries",{"id":1252,"createdAt":1253,"updatedAt":1254,"name":1255,"slug":1256},[2136,2137,2138,1751,2139,2140,2141,2142,2143],"akpabio","hints","electoral","review","lawmakers","lose","party","primaries","https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2025\u002F10\u002FSenate-President-Akpabio.jpeg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1",{"id":2146,"createdAt":2147,"updatedAt":2148,"name":2149,"image":2150,"slug":2151},"82956691-2abe-4af9-a899-8e05365755d0","2026-03-25T11:53:52.744Z","2026-04-20T09:35:20.000Z","Premium TImes","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.oneclickafrica.com\u002Fmedia\u002Ffeed\u002Fe87505b6-faaa-44e3-b31e-8a5481a8e8fd.webp","premium-times","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fnews\u002Ftop-news\u002F895401-akpabio-hints-at-electoral-act-review-after-lawmakers-lose-party-primaries.html",{"topic":2154,"posts":2155},{"id":1232,"createdAt":1233,"updatedAt":1234,"name":1235,"slug":1236},[2156,2181,2203,2218],{"id":2157,"createdAt":2158,"updatedAt":2159,"title":2160,"excerpt":2161,"content":2161,"slug":2162,"topic":2163,"tags":2164,"image":2172,"author":73,"feed":2173,"views":1713,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":2180},"fc743930-7a9e-4a27-86e4-65599ba90d74","2026-07-16T13:05:00.781Z","2026-07-16T13:31:57.000Z","NDC Central Regional Chairman apologises over Obaatanpa Radio attack","Central Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Richard Asiedu, has apologised to Obaatanpa Radio, the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and the wider media fraternity following an incident at the Kasoa-based radio station.","ndc-central-regional-chairman-apologises-over-obaatanpa-radio-attack",{"id":1232,"createdAt":1233,"updatedAt":1234,"name":1235,"slug":1236},[1236,2165,2166,2167,2168,2169,2170,2171],"central","regional","chairman","apologises","obaatanpa","radio","attack","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.modernghana.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcontent\u002F716202614146-rvmypcb553-social-gja-apology-scaled.jpg",{"id":2174,"createdAt":2175,"updatedAt":2176,"name":2177,"image":2178,"slug":2179},"f13df7d3-f6ac-4539-a9ca-59286b640a02","2026-05-03T07:40:35.471Z","2026-05-08T12:22:17.000Z","Modern Ghana","https:\u002F\u002Fapi.oneclickafrica.com\u002Fmedia\u002Ffeed\u002Fb78acc3f-4261-4dc4-b9df-63e6a24be56d.jpg","modern-ghana","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.modernghana.com\u002Fnews\u002F1511189\u002Fndc-central-regional-chairman-apologises-over-obaa.html",{"id":2182,"createdAt":2183,"updatedAt":2184,"title":2185,"excerpt":2186,"content":2187,"slug":2188,"topic":2189,"tags":2190,"image":2200,"author":73,"feed":2201,"views":1816,"type":82,"readTime":1883,"externalSourceUrl":2202},"dcd63796-6f38-47c0-9c12-966ae9837988","2026-07-16T05:59:00.148Z","2026-07-16T13:28:53.000Z","APC’s Nentawe meets Kano NDC senator, Rufai Hanga, reveals discussion details","National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nentawe Yilwatda, has disclosed that his meeting with Senator Rufai Hanga, a chieftain of the New Democratic Congress, NDC, in Kano State, focused on promoting peace, unity and the future of the state. Yilwatda made this known in a post on his X handle on Thursday after paying what […]\nAPC’s Nentawe meets Kano NDC senator, Rufai Hanga, reveals discussion details","\u003Cimg width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FAPCs-Nentawe-meets-Kano-NDC-senator-Rufai-Hanga.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FAPCs-Nentawe-meets-Kano-NDC-senator-Rufai-Hanga.jpg 1200w, https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FAPCs-Nentawe-meets-Kano-NDC-senator-Rufai-Hanga-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FAPCs-Nentawe-meets-Kano-NDC-senator-Rufai-Hanga-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FAPCs-Nentawe-meets-Kano-NDC-senator-Rufai-Hanga-1000x600.jpg 1000w, https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FAPCs-Nentawe-meets-Kano-NDC-senator-Rufai-Hanga-590x354.jpg 590w, https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FAPCs-Nentawe-meets-Kano-NDC-senator-Rufai-Hanga-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp>National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Nentawe Yilwatda, has disclosed that his meeting with Senator Rufai Hanga, a chieftain of the New Democratic Congress, NDC, in Kano State, focused on promoting peace, unity and the future of the state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yilwatda made this known in a post on his X handle on Thursday after paying what he described as a courtesy visit to the senator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to the APC chairman, the discussion centred on the need for political leaders to work together in the interest of Kano State and Nigeria, irrespective of party differences.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He said leaders have a shared responsibility to promote peace, strengthen democratic values and prioritise the welfare of citizens above partisan interests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Yilwatda added that Nigeria’s progress depends on building bridges of understanding and encouraging constructive dialogue across political divides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He expressed optimism that such engagements would contribute to a more united, peaceful and prosperous Kano State and Nigeria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He wrote: “Today, I paid a courtesy visit to Senator Rufai Hanga, one of the leading stalwarts of the NDC in Kano State.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Our discussions were cordial and focused on the unity, peace, stability, and future of Kano State. Regardless of political affiliation, leaders share a common responsibility to promote peace, strengthen democratic values, and work together in the best interest of our people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Nigeria’s progress is best served when we build bridges of understanding, encourage constructive dialogue, and place the welfare of citizens above partisan considerations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“Together, we can continue to foster a more united, peaceful, and prosperous Kano State and Nigeria.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F16\u002Fapcs-nentawe-meets-kano-ndc-senator-rufai-hanga-reveals-discussion-details\u002F\">APC’s Nentawe meets Kano NDC senator, Rufai Hanga, reveals discussion details\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","apcs-nentawe-meets-kano-ndc-senator-rufai-hanga-reveals-discussion-details",{"id":1232,"createdAt":1233,"updatedAt":1234,"name":1235,"slug":1236},[2191,2192,2193,481,1236,2194,2195,2196,2197,2198,2199],"apcs","nentawe","meets","senator","rufai","hanga","reveals","discussion","details","https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FAPCs-Nentawe-meets-Kano-NDC-senator-Rufai-Hanga.jpg",{"id":2032,"createdAt":2033,"updatedAt":2034,"name":2035,"image":2036,"slug":2037},"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F16\u002Fapcs-nentawe-meets-kano-ndc-senator-rufai-hanga-reveals-discussion-details\u002F",{"id":2204,"createdAt":2205,"updatedAt":2206,"title":2207,"excerpt":2208,"content":2209,"slug":2210,"topic":2211,"tags":2212,"image":2215,"author":73,"feed":2216,"views":83,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":2217},"3102728b-7a84-46b7-a72e-c25a47bca2cf","2026-07-15T23:59:00.563Z","2026-07-16T05:36:37.000Z","NDC candidate seeks balanced representation","An NDC candidate for Esan West Constituency, Rev Olu Martins, urges Senator Seriake Dickson to ensure equity and fairness in Edo politics for 2027 polls.\n\nRead More: https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fndc-candidate-seeks-balanced-representation\u002F","\n\nAn NDC candidate for Esan West Constituency, Rev Olu Martins, urges Senator Seriake Dickson to ensure equity and fairness in Edo politics for 2027 polls.\n\nRead More: https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fndc-candidate-seeks-balanced-representation\u002F","ndc-candidate-seeks-balanced-representation",{"id":1232,"createdAt":1233,"updatedAt":1234,"name":1235,"slug":1236},[1236,1990,2097,2213,2214],"balanced","representation","https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002FSeriake-Dickson_1784159813.webp",{"id":1785,"createdAt":1786,"updatedAt":1787,"name":1788,"image":1789,"slug":1790},"https:\u002F\u002Fpunchng.com\u002Fndc-candidate-seeks-balanced-representation\u002F?utm_source=rss.punchng.com&utm_medium=web",{"id":2219,"createdAt":2220,"updatedAt":2221,"title":2222,"excerpt":2223,"content":2224,"slug":2225,"topic":2226,"tags":2227,"image":2232,"author":73,"feed":2233,"views":1816,"type":82,"readTime":1883,"externalSourceUrl":2234},"f453dd0e-eb40-47c0-b605-9ca331159c2a","2026-07-15T14:05:00.503Z","2026-07-15T18:20:08.000Z","2027: ADC condemns attack on NDC members in lmo","The African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Imo State, has condemned the violent attack on members of Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, who were holding a meeting at Umuoyima Town Hall, in Owerri Municipal local government Area of the state on Tuesday evening. ADC said to eyewitness accounts, indicated that over 20 armed thugs in a fully […]\n2027: ADC condemns attack on NDC members in lmo","\u003Cimg width=\"882\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002FADC.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002FADC.jpg 882w, https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002FADC-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002FADC-590x354.jpg 590w, https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002FADC-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp>The African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Imo State, has condemned the violent attack on members of Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, who were holding a meeting at Umuoyima Town Hall, in Owerri Municipal local government Area of the state on Tuesday evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>ADC said to eyewitness accounts, indicated that over 20 armed thugs in a fully loaded bus invaded the meeting venue, and unleashed mayhem on peaceful citizens. Guns, knives, and other dangerous weapons were displayed1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Many were injured and properties including chairs and public address systems belonging to the NDC were reportedly destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>A statement issued on Wednesday by the party’s state Publicity Secretary, Mac-Donald Amadi in Owerri, condemned the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“We condemn this barbaric act in the strongest possible terms.We are all brothers and sisters. Imo State is our common home. Politics should not turn us into enemies.The blood of any Imolite is too precious to be spilled on the altar of ambition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Holy Bible reminds us in Psalm 62:11.God has spoken once, twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God. Power is given by God, and to God alone belongs the authority to enthrone and dethrone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“If the purpose of seeking power is to develop our state, to build our roads, schools, and hospitals, and to wipe tears from the eyes of our people, then there is absolutely no need to kill ourselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“ADC believes politics must be played according to the tenets of democracy, with ideas, with civility, and with respect for the sanctity of human life.Thuggery, intimidation, and violence have no place in a democracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“We urge all political actors, stakeholders, and youths in Imo State to reject violence. Let us debate issues, not attack persons.Let us campaign with our manifesto, not with weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“We will continue to uphold the rule of law and the fear of God in all our day to day activities. We will not be provoked into violence. We will not sponsor thugs. Our mandate is to serve, not to shed blood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The party called on the security agencies to immediately investigate the attack, arrest the perpetrators and their sponsors, and ensure that justice is done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F15\u002F2027-adc-condemns-attack-on-ndc-members-in-lmo\u002F\">2027: ADC condemns attack on NDC members in lmo\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","2027-adc-condemns-attack-on-ndc-members-in-lmo",{"id":1232,"createdAt":1233,"updatedAt":1234,"name":1235,"slug":1236},[2228,1263,2229,2171,1236,2230,2231],"2027","condemns","members","lmo","https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F06\u002FADC.jpg",{"id":2032,"createdAt":2033,"updatedAt":2034,"name":2035,"image":2036,"slug":2037},"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F15\u002F2027-adc-condemns-attack-on-ndc-members-in-lmo\u002F",{"topic":2236,"posts":2237},{"id":1239,"createdAt":1240,"updatedAt":1241,"name":1242,"slug":1243},[2238,2257,2271,2287],{"id":2239,"createdAt":2240,"updatedAt":2240,"title":91,"excerpt":2241,"content":2242,"slug":2243,"topic":2244,"tags":2245,"image":2254,"author":73,"feed":2255,"views":1815,"type":82,"readTime":1883,"externalSourceUrl":2256},"299db541-8307-4ab3-8f9d-c38121408831","2026-07-16T13:56:01.731Z","The Court of Appeal in Abuja has validated the guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on the conduct of the 2027 general election. In a unanimous judgment on Thursday, the appellate court voided and set aside the May 20 judgment of the Federal High Court which nullified the Guidelines. In the lead judgment […]\nAppeal Court validates INEC guidelines on 2027 elections, voids high court judgment","\u003Cimg width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F08\u002FCourt.jpeg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F08\u002FCourt.jpeg 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F08\u002FCourt-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp>The Court of Appeal in Abuja has validated the guidelines of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on the conduct of the 2027 general election.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In a unanimous judgment on Thursday, the appellate court voided and set aside the May 20 judgment of the Federal High Court which nullified the Guidelines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>In the lead judgment delivered by Justice Adebukola Banjoko, the Court of Appeal held that the Youth Party YP which instituted the case against INEC lacked legal power, (locus standi) to do what it did.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Justice Banjoko said that the party did not explain how the guidelines affected it and it’s members in the conduct of its primary election for the nomination of candidates for the 2027 poll.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Court also held that the YP failed to establish how the Guidelines affected the submission of its nominated candidates to INEC.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The three Justices unanimously agreed that Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court, who on May 20 nullified the guidelines on the ground that it violated some provisions of the Electoral Act, did so in gross errors and led to miscarriage of justice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>INEC which filed an application against the high court decision had argued that the lower court erred in law when it failed to pronounce on the jurisdictional issue of the suit being hypothetic and academic, and a denial of fair hearing to the appellant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>INEC through its lead Counsel Dr Alex Izinyom had asked the Court of Appeal to set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court which nullified part of the election guidelines put in place by the agency for the conduct of the 2027 general election.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Details later…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F16\u002Fappeal-court-validates-inec-guidelines-on-2027-elections-voids-high-court-judgment\u002F\">Appeal Court validates INEC guidelines on 2027 elections, voids high court judgment\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","appeal-court-validates-inec-guidelines-on-2027-elections-voids-high-court-judgment",{"id":1246,"createdAt":1247,"updatedAt":1247,"name":1248,"slug":1249},[2246,2247,2248,1243,2249,2228,2250,2251,2252,2247,2253],"appeal","court","validates","guidelines","elections","voids","high","judgment","https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F08\u002FCourt.jpeg",{"id":2032,"createdAt":2033,"updatedAt":2034,"name":2035,"image":2036,"slug":2037},"https:\u002F\u002Fdailypost.ng\u002F2026\u002F07\u002F16\u002Fappeal-court-validates-inec-guidelines-on-2027-elections-voids-high-court-judgment\u002F",{"id":2258,"createdAt":2259,"updatedAt":2259,"title":106,"excerpt":2260,"content":2261,"slug":2262,"topic":2263,"tags":2264,"image":2268,"author":73,"feed":2269,"views":1815,"type":82,"readTime":2102,"externalSourceUrl":2270},"a4fb0389-462d-4108-a054-ee1d30f14a4a","2026-07-16T13:35:01.711Z","The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, vacated the judgment that nullified the timelines the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued for the 2027 general elections.\nThe post Breaking: Appeal Court restores INEC’s timetable for 2027 elections appeared first on Vanguard News.","\u003Cimg width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Fdownload-2-1024x731.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Court of Appeal, Abuja\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Fdownload-2-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Fdownload-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Fdownload-2-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Fdownload-2-58x41.jpg 58w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Fdownload-2-260x186.jpg 260w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Fdownload-2-182x130.jpg 182w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Fdownload-2-560x400.jpg 560w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Fdownload-2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>By Ikechukwu Nnochiri\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, vacated the judgment that nullified the timelines the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) issued for the 2027 general elections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The appellate court, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel, upheld as meritorious, an appeal the electoral body filed to challenge the judgment the Federal High Court delivered on May 20.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>According to the appellate court, the trial court failed to follow binding precedents, adding that the Revised Timetable the INEC issued for the general elections is legally considered subsidiary legislation to the 2026 Electoral Act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It held that such subsidiary legislation has the same force of law as the Electoral Act, adding that the INEC acted within its statutory powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The appellate court maintained that every deadline in the Revised Timetable for the 2027 general elections fell within the ambit of the Electoral Act.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>INEC had in its notice of appeal dated May 25, raised nine grounds it urged the appellate court to consider and vacate the high court judgment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Aside from its contention that the high court erred in law when it failed to determine a jurisdictional issue it raised, INEC maintained that the legal action the Youth Party (YP) initiated against it was not only hypothetical but academic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It argued that failure of the trial court to make pronouncements on the issues resulted in the denial of fair hearing to the Appellant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>More so, INEC insisted that the high court erred in law when it held that: “It is clear from the wordings of Sections 29(1), 82 and 84 of the Electoral Act, 2026, the following can be understood. Section 29(1) of the Electoral Act, 2026 mandates Political Parties to submit the names of candidates in prescribed forms of the candidates who emerged from their valid primaries which such a political party intends to sponsor at\u003Cbr>the elections, not later than 120 days before the date of the General Election.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“What is required of Political Parties to do under the Electoral Act, 2026 is to notify the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) 21 days before the holding of its primaries, congresses or conventions, days before the holding of its primaries, congresses or conventions, or any conference or meeting convened for the election of its executive committees, other governing bodies for nominating candidates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>“The Defendant is not mandated to impose a timeframe for political parties to conduct their primaries provided that it will be done and submitted not later than the 120 days provided by the Electoral Act, 2026. See Section 82(1) of the Electoral Act, 2026.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>INEC argued that the verdict of the trial court was against the weight of evidence that was placed before it by the parties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It prayed the appellate court for an order allowing the appeal and setting aside the judgment\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The electoral body further urged the Court of Appeal to strike out YP’s case on the ground that it lacked the locus standi (legal right) to institute and maintain the action it said was merely academic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It will be recalled that the high court had in the judgment that was delivered by Justice Mohammed Umar, invalidated the timeline the INEC issued for the conduct of primaries and the nomination of candidates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The court also set aside INEC’s May 10 deadline requiring political parties to submit a register and database of all their members as a condition for qualifying to participate in the general elections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>It held that the time frame the Commission imposed for political parties to conduct their primaries and to submit, withdraw, or replace the names and particulars of their candidates for the general elections “is inconsistent with the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2026.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The judgment followed YP’s suit to compel the electoral body to comply with the Electoral Act 2026’s 120-day pre-election deadline for submitting party registers and candidates’ personal particulars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>INEC was listed as the sole defendant in YP’s suit marked: FHC\u002FABJ\u002FCS\u002F517\u002F2016.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The plaintiff had prayed the court to declare that, upon a proper consideration and interpretation of the provisions of Sections 29, 82, and 84(1) of the Electoral Act, 2026, the powers of INEC to receive notice of party primaries and the personal particulars of candidates, and its duty to attend, observe, and monitor such primaries, do not extend to fixing or prescribing the timetable within which political parties may conduct their primary elections for the purpose of nominating candidates for the 2027 general elections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>While agreeing with the YP, Justice Umar declared that in view of the provisions of Section 29(1) of the Electoral Act, 2026, which requires political parties to submit the personal particulars of their candidates not later than 120 days to an election, “INEC cannot lawfully abridge or limit that statutory period by prescribing a shorter timeframe in its 2027 election timetable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Likewise, the court held that in line with Section 31 of the Electoral Act 2026, which permits political parties to withdraw and substitute candidates not later than 90 days before the conduct of an election, INEC lacks the power to abridge or limit that statutory period by fixing an earlier deadline for the withdrawal and replacement of candidates in its 2027 election timetable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Justice Umar further held that, by the provisions of Section 32 of the Electoral Act, 2026, INEC does not possess the statutory power to publish the final list of candidates for the 2027 general election before the 60-day minimum period prescribed by law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Fbreaking-appeal-court-restores-inecs-timetable-for-2027-elections\u002F\">Breaking: Appeal Court restores INEC’s timetable for 2027 elections\u003C\u002Fa> appeared first on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\">Vanguard News\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","breaking-appeal-court-restores-inecs-timetable-for-2027-elections",{"id":1246,"createdAt":1247,"updatedAt":1247,"name":1248,"slug":1249},[2265,2246,2247,2266,2056,2267,2228,2250],"breaking","restores","timetable","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2019\u002F09\u002Fdownload-2-1024x731.jpg",{"id":75,"createdAt":76,"updatedAt":77,"name":78,"image":79,"slug":80},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Fbreaking-appeal-court-restores-inecs-timetable-for-2027-elections\u002F",{"id":2272,"createdAt":2273,"updatedAt":1688,"title":2274,"excerpt":2275,"content":2276,"slug":2277,"topic":2278,"tags":2279,"image":2284,"author":73,"feed":2285,"views":1713,"type":82,"readTime":1816,"externalSourceUrl":2286},"f0e91c63-24f2-4e67-b561-e30eda87bb8b","2026-07-16T13:16:01.252Z","Court to deliver judgment in Turaki-led PDP suit against INEC, others","The Federal High Court in Abuja will on Friday deliver judgment in a suit filed by Sen. Adolphus Wabara-led Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the leadership of Mr Kabir Turaki, SAN.\nThe post Court to deliver judgment in Turaki-led PDP suit against INEC, others appeared first on Vanguard News.","\u003Cimg width=\"600\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F04\u002FTuraki.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Court to deliver judgment in Turaki-led PDP suit against INEC, others\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F04\u002FTuraki.jpg 600w, https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F04\u002FTuraki-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \u002F>\n\u003Cp>The Federal High Court in Abuja will on Friday deliver judgment in a suit filed by Sen. Adolphus Wabara-led Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the leadership of Mr Kabir Turaki, SAN.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The judgment, which is before Justice Salim Ibrahim, will be delivered at 4 p.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that hearing notices have been sent to parties in the leadership crisis suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Justice Ibrahim had, on July 7, reserved judgment in the matter after counsel to the parties adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against the suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The judge had said that the judgment date would be communicated to the parties 24 hours in advance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>NAN reports that members of the Wabara-led BoT had filed the fresh suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They are seeking an order of the court compelling the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise the PDP interim National Working Committee’s faction led by Turaki on its official website.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The plaintiffs also sought an order directing the electoral umpire to forthwith update its records and publish on its official website the interim NWC of the party as forwarded to it by the plaintiffs and its National Executive Committee (NEC).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They said the names of members of the Turaki-led NWC were forwarded to the electoral umpire via their letters dated May 4.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>NAN reports that the originating summons, marked FHC\u002FABJ\u002FCS\u002F1159\u002F2026, was filed on June 4 by a team of lawyers led by Chief Chris Uche, SAN.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The BoT members, who are plaintiffs in the suit, are ex-Senate President Adolphus Wabara; BoT Secretary, former Gov. Muazu Babangida Aliyu of Niger; ex-Minister of Information, Prof. Jerry Gana and PDP chieftain, Olabode George, as 1st to 4th plaintiffs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Others are former Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Maryam Ciroma; also an ex-Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Zainab Maina; member of BoT and NEC, Dame Esther Uduehi and PDP as 5th to 8th plaintiffs respectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They sued INEC as the sole defendant in the suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>But the PDP faction, loyal to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, approached the court and challenged the jurisdiction of the court to hear the suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>On the last adjourned date, although Uche announced appearance for the first to eighth plaintiffs, another lawyer, Sunday Ameh, SAN, who came from Wike’s camp, also announced his representation for the eighth plaintiff (PDP).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The Wike-backed PDP executive led by the National Chairman, Alhaji Abdulrahman Mohammed; Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, National Secretary and Kamardeen Ajibade, National Legal Adviser, all sought to be joined in the suit as 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants respectively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They were represented in court by Emmanuel Ukala, SAN, while Joseph Daudu, SAN, appeared for Austin Nwachukwu, former Imo PDP chairman; Abraham Amah and George Turner, who sought to join the suit as fifth to seventh defendants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>They prayed the court to dismiss the suit in its entirety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The plaintiffs’ counsel had informed the court that the suit is time-bound based on INEC’s revised timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 general elections which gave July 17 as ultimatum for uploading of candidates’ names for the 2027 general elections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>All the defendants, including INEC, filed preliminary objections and counter affidavits, praying the court to dismiss the case in its entirety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Ameh, who also appeared for the 8th plaintiff (PDP), said they were contesting the presence of PDP as a plaintiff before the court because the party did not authorise Uche to file the suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He said it was against the development that they filed a notice of change of counsel and a motion seeking an order striking out the PDP (8th plaintiff)’s name from the suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He said the ruling of the court would determine whether the PDP’s name ought to be in the suit or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Adopting his processes, Ameh said he filed a motion for change of counsel and a motion on notice seeking the striking out of the name of the 8th plaintiff from the suit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>Responding, Uche opposed Ameh’s application.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>The lawyer prayed the court to dismiss the application as being misconceived and frivolous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>He also urged the court to dismiss the application for a change of counsel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>NAN reports that issues of joinder, preliminary objections and the substantive suit were all heard before the judge reserved judgment and ruling on the main suit and pending applications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp>(NAN)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Fcourt-to-deliver-judgment-in-turaki-led-pdp-suit-against-inec-others\u002F\">Court to deliver judgment in Turaki-led PDP suit against INEC, others\u003C\u002Fa> appeared first on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\">Vanguard News\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","court-to-deliver-judgment-in-turaki-led-pdp-suit-against-inec-others",{"id":1239,"createdAt":1240,"updatedAt":1241,"name":1242,"slug":1243},[2247,2280,2253,2281,1283,2282,1243,2283],"deliver","turakiled","suit","others","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.vanguardngr.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F04\u002FTuraki.jpg",{"id":75,"createdAt":76,"updatedAt":77,"name":78,"image":79,"slug":80},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.vanguardngr.com\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Fcourt-to-deliver-judgment-in-turaki-led-pdp-suit-against-inec-others\u002F",{"id":2288,"createdAt":2289,"updatedAt":2290,"title":2291,"excerpt":2292,"content":2293,"slug":2294,"topic":2295,"tags":2296,"image":2300,"author":73,"feed":2301,"views":1883,"type":82,"readTime":1713,"externalSourceUrl":2302},"5ed133a5-0f6f-40d9-bd5b-b349b57dc84a","2026-07-16T09:08:00.337Z","2026-07-16T13:43:52.000Z","2027: Labour Party uploaded candidates’ names before INEC deadline – Spokesperson","The party said it uploaded its candidate on INEC portal on 10 July.\nThe post 2027: Labour Party uploaded candidates’ names before INEC deadline – Spokesperson appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.","\u003Cimg width=\"882\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2026\u002F01\u002FGnUB3AMWIAA7asp.jpg?fit=882%2C588&ssl=1\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"Labour Party\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2026\u002F01\u002FGnUB3AMWIAA7asp.jpg?w=882&ssl=1 882w, https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2026\u002F01\u002FGnUB3AMWIAA7asp.jpg?resize=524%2C349&ssl=1 524w, https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2026\u002F01\u002FGnUB3AMWIAA7asp.jpg?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2026\u002F01\u002FGnUB3AMWIAA7asp.jpg?resize=750%2C500&ssl=1 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 882px) 100vw, 882px\" \u002F>\u003Cp>The party said it uploaded its candidate on INEC portal on 10 July.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The post \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fnews\u002Fmore-news\u002F895789-2027-labour-party-uploaded-candidates-names-before-inec-deadline-spokesperson.html\">2027: Labour Party uploaded candidates’ names before INEC deadline – Spokesperson\u003C\u002Fa> appeared first on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.premiumtimesng.com\">Premium Times Nigeria\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","2027-labour-party-uploaded-candidates-names-before-inec-deadline-spokesperson",{"id":1239,"createdAt":1240,"updatedAt":1241,"name":1242,"slug":1243},[2228,2077,2142,2297,2054,2298,1243,1733,2299],"uploaded","names","spokesperson","https:\u002F\u002Fi0.wp.com\u002Fmedia.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Ffiles\u002F2026\u002F01\u002FGnUB3AMWIAA7asp.jpg?fit=882%2C588&ssl=1",{"id":2146,"createdAt":2147,"updatedAt":2148,"name":2149,"image":2150,"slug":2151},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.premiumtimesng.com\u002Fnews\u002Fmore-news\u002F895789-2027-labour-party-uploaded-candidates-names-before-inec-deadline-spokesperson.html",{"total":2304,"limit":1934,"page":1713,"total_pages":1883,"has_next":2305,"has_previous":2306},10,true,false]