KADUNA INSECURITY: AT LEAST 10 STUDENTS KIDNAPPED IN KACHIA LGA.

No fewer that 10 students have been reportedly kidnapped by yet-to-be identified men in Kachia Local government area of Kaduna state.

This is treason’— FG warns Peter Obi against fanning insurrection

 ‘This is treason’— FG warns Peter Obi against fanning insurrection

The Federal Government has admonished the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi from inciting people to violence over the outcome of the Presidential elections.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed gave the admonition in Washington DC during his official engagements with some international media organisations.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister is in Washington to engage with international media organisations and Think-tanks on the just concluded 2023 polls

NAN also reports that the minister had so far engaged respectively with the “Washington Post”, Voice of America, Associated Press and Foreign Policy Magazine.

During the respective interactions with the media organisations, the minister said it was wrong for Obi on one breadth to seek redress in court over the outcome of the polls and on another breadth inciting people to violence.

“Obi and his Vice, Datti Ahmed cannot be threatening Nigerians that if the President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is sworn-in on May 29, it will be the end of democracy in Nigeria.

“This is treason. You cannot be inviting insurrection, and this is what they are doing.

“Obi’s statement is that of a desperate person, he is not the democrat that he claimed to be.

“A democrat should not believe in democracy only when he wins the election,” he said.

The minister said in challenging the election results, there was no pathway to victory for either Obi or Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

According to the minister, both Obi and Atiku failed to meet the constitutional requirements to be declared as president.

“The constitution has stringent criteria for anybody who wants to be president of the country.

“Not only must he has the plurality of vote cast in an election, he must also have scored one-quarter of votes cast in at least 25 states.

“Only the President-elect met the criteria by scoring 8.79 million votes and having one-quarter of all the vote cast in 29 states of the federation,” he said

The minister said Atiku who came second with 6.9 million votes was only able to make one-quarter of the votes cast in 21 states.

He said Obi came third with 5.8 million votes but won only one-quarter of votes cast in 15 states.

“You cannot win an election in a poll where you came to a distant third position and failed to meet constitutional requirements.

“Peter Obi, while complaining of fraud has not disowned his victory in Lagos,” he said.

Elaborating on his mission to the U.S., the minister said he was there to correct the negative narratives being promoted by naysayers and opposition on the election.

He said the opposition, having lost in the election was alleging fraud, calling for its cancellation and constitution of the interim government.

“We have come here to balance that skewed narratives and to tell the world unambiguously that the just concluded general elections in Nigeria is the fairest, most transparent and authentic in the history of Nigeria.

“The election is the fairest and credible because of the introduction of the Bimodal Voters Verification System (BVAS) which I regard as a game changer.

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BVAS technology had helped to weed out ghost and illegal voters, eliminate multiple voting and return sanity to the elections.

Relying on the INEC report, the minister said BVAS, during the polls, worked 97 per cent giving unparalleled credibility to the elections.

Anti-Tinubu Ibom Air Passenger Arraigned, Remanded In Prison

Anti-Tinubu passenger aboard an Abuja-Lagos flight, Mr Obiajulu Uja,  has been arraigned before the Zuba Magistrates’ Court, Abuja and remanded in prison custody.

His lawyer,  Ejike Ugwu, disclosed this on Monday.

I Know The People Who Leaked Peter Obi’s Call With Oyedepo, They Are Even My Friends – Pat Utomi.

Labour Party Chieftain, Professor Pat Utomi has come out to speak on Peter Obi’s alleged leaked phone call with Oyedepo where he reportedly begged Oyedepo to help him canvass for support from the Christian community.

Just In: Send. Uzor Kalu Loses Wife

Dr. IfeomaUzor Kalu, wife of former governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has died.

A statement personally signed by the former Abia State governor said Dr. Ifeoma died in the United States of America.

JUST IN: PLATEAU STATE HIGH COURT REINSTATES IMPEACHED FORMER SPEAKER NUHU ABOK AS SPEAKER OF THE STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

The Plateau State High Court has reinstated the impeached former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Nuhu Abok, as Speaker of the State Assembly.

Justice Nafisatu Musa of the State High Court 6 passed the judgment in Jos, the state capital.

Mr Nuhu Abok was impeached by 16 of the 24 state lawmakers in October 2021 following a vote of no confidence passed against him.

In its judgment, the court upheld the submissions of the complainants that the impeachment was illegal and therefore null and void

The Court then awarded the sum of N1.5 million as the cost of appearance and N138,000 as the cost of filing the matter against the defenders.

 

The next line of action will be determined by the parties involved.

 

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FG to launch Digital Postcode in June 2023

The Federal Government has concluded plans to launch the Digital Postcode system in Nigeria in June 2023.

The Postmaster General of the Federation/CEO, NIPOST, Adeyemi Adepoju disclosed this at the end of the Two Day Workshop/ Retreat on the Digital Postcode System in collaboration with the National Population Commission, NPC, National Space Research & Development Agency, and  Office of the Surveyor General of the Federation other partners held in Keffi, Nasarawa state.

Kaduna Government Imposes 24-Hour Curfew on Chikun LGA

The Kaduna State government has on Monday imposed a 24-hour curfew on Sabon Garin, Nasarawa-Tirkaniya area of Chikun Local council.

This is following a breakdown of law and order which allegedly led to the killing of two citizens in an incident of gang violence. 

VIDEOS: PDP, APC Supporters Clash at INEC Hqs in Port Harcourt

 

Rivers State members of the People's Democratic Party PDP had earlier  embarked on peaceful protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission's Headquarters in Port Harcourt

The party members among the litany of their requests were demanding for joint inspection of election materials and documents, as well as the  release of certified true copies of 2023 governorship election results to them by INEC.

VIDEO: Breaking : Live Pictures From Portable Court Trial

These are live pictures of Nigerian artiste PORTABLE as he appeared in court in Lagos today 

Portable is being arraigned for refusing to honor Police invitations over a petition written against him