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Leaders of the pan-Esan socio-cultural organisation, Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), and other stakeholders are eagerly awaiting the report of the Implementation Committee, led by revered Constitutional Law Professor, Michael Ikhariale, to resolve the thorny issue of reducing the number of Esans vying for the Edo State Governorship race in 2024. Feelers indicate that the Committee, which is completing its report this weekend, may advocate consensus building as a “winning strategy” to coerce the candidates. The...

Abuja’s FCT In order to prepare for the approaching off-cycle governorship elections in the states of Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun recruiting for Ad-Hoc Staff. The electoral commission emphasized that the registration period will last for five weeks. Ad-hoc personnel registration begins on August 32. According to INEC, its website will be open for registration on Thursday, August 31, 2023, and shut on Monday, October 2, 2023. The...

The Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has asked all Chairmen, Councillors, and elected officials of the state’s Local Government Areas to quit their positions. According to this platform, the order comes after their tenure expires on Wednesday, August 30, 2023. In a statement published by his spokesperson, Kenneth Odusola-Stevenson, the acting governor thanked local government officials while admonishing them to transfer over correctly. The Aiyedatiwa decree will be issued approximately six months before...

The Lagos State House of Assembly said on Monday that some anonymous individuals planned to harm its Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, and other lawmakers over the recent screening and rejection of several cabinet nominees provided by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. During plenary on Monday, Obasa emphasized that the House would not be intimidated, despite “sponsored protests by some civil society groups and activists,” because its action was “in tandem with the constitution.” “Before today, I had been...

Otuekong Franklyn Isong, Chairman of the Center for Human Rights and Accountability Network, CHRAN, Akwa Ibom State, has advised the Akwa Ibom State government to channel the N5 billion released by the Federal Government into the procurement of Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, vehicles. It also advised the government to subsidize transportation costs for civil servants, students, and other residents. Isong, who is also a member of Akwa Ibom State’s Palliatives Committee, stated that the Civil...

According to the Police Service Commission, the Supreme Court has given it permission to be the only entity in charge of hiring constables for the Nigeria Police Force. According to reports, the PSC and the NPF have been involved in a protracted legal dispute over who should be in charge of hiring police constables since former President Muhammadu Buhari approved the hiring of 10,000 constables annually for six years. Ikechukwu Ani, the PSC’s spokesman, claimed...