March 11: Court Orders INEC To Upload Governorship Election Results From Polling Units March 11: Court Orders INEC To Upload Governorship Election Results From Polling Units The Lagos State Division of the Federal High Court on Friday issued an order mandating the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload the results of the March 11 governorship and state House of Assembly elections on its results viewing portal (IReV). The presiding judge, Peter Lifu, gave the order in suit no: FHC/L/CS/370/2023 filed by the Labour Party, its governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and 40 others on Thursday. Mr Lifu held that INEC…
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Naira Falls Massively Against US Dollar Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Naira Falls Massively Against US Dollar Naira exchanged at N461.75 to the United States dollar at the Investors and Exporters window on Friday. The rate represented a further depreciation by 0.08 per cent, compared with the N461.40 which it exchanged to the dollar on Thursday. The open indicative rate closed at N461.33 to the dollar on Friday. An exchange rate of N462.04 to the dollar was the highest rate recorded within the day’s trading before it settled at N461.75. The Naira sold for as low as N446 to…
BREAKING: Six State Governors Withdraw Lawsuit Against Tinubu’s Victory From Supreme Court BREAKING: Six State Governors Withdraw Lawsuit Against Tinubu’s Victory From Supreme Court State governments have withdrawn a lawsuit from Supreme Court that sought to nullify Bola Tinubu’s emergence as Nigeria’s president-elect. Mike Ozekhome, a senior lawyer who filed the action on behalf of six opposition states, said his chambers withdrew the suit because it had been overridden by events. In a statement, Mr Ozekhome said: “The Supreme Court suit between the six states and AG Federation, which was filed during the flawed manual collation of results contrary to…
After Late T.B Joshua, SCOAN Opens First Branch In Nigeria After Late T.B Joshua, SCOAN Opens First Branch In Nigeria The Synagogue Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) has opened its first branch in Nigeria. The branch was opened in Ondo, the home state of its late founder, Prophet TB Joshua. The edifice is sited along Ilesha-Owo Express Way in Akure, the State capital. While commissioning the church, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who was represented by his Deputy, Lucky Ayedatiwa, described the new SCOAN branch in Akure as “a giant stride of the church under the leadership of Pastor Evelyn Joshua with…
Governor Wike Says G5 Govs’ Relationship With APC, LP Ended With Presidential Election Governor Wike Says G5 Govs’ Relationship With APC, LP Ended With Presidential Election Ahead of the March 11 governorship and House of Assembly elections, Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said any form of relationship by the group of five (G5 governors) with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Labour Party (LP) ended with the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections. According to Wike, with the group’s relationship with other parties ended, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would emerge victorious from the March 11…
Singer Portable Releases New Single, Mocks Peter Obi, Praises Tinubu Singer Portable Releases New Single, Mocks Peter Obi, Praises Tinubu Nigerian musician, Portable, has released a new single titled: ‘Obi is a boy’. The lyric of the double-edged track praises the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu while shading the opposition candidate, Peter Obi who came distant third at the poll. The song, a tribute to Tinubu, also mocks the aggrieved LP opposition candidate. Dr Zeh, as he also refers to himself, tagged Obi as a boy while he hailed Tinubu, calling out his nickname, Jagaban, describing him as a father. Portable…
Six Days After Presidential Election, 19,617 Polling Units Results Missing On INEC Portal Six Days After Presidential Election, 19,617 Polling Units Results Missing On INEC Portal At the last check, 11 percent of the February 25 presidential election results had not been uploaded to the dedicated online portal provided by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to the Electoral Act (2022), INEC officials were expected to upload results to the INEC Result Viewing Portal upon the conclusion of voting at each of the 176,846 polling units in the country. On the result dashboard, results from 157,229 polling units had…
Terrorists-Linked Minister Caught Kissing Tinubu’s Certificate Of Return Desperate Terrorists-Linked Minister, Isa Pantami Aligns With Tinubu, Kisses Certificate Of Return
APC Reveals Where Tinubu Will Stay Till May 29 APC Reveals Where Tinubu Will Stay Till May 29 The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, will be moving to the Defence Guest House in the Maitama District of Abuja. According to a tweet by the All Progressive Campaign Council on Thursday, Tinubu will spend the next couple of months in the defense House from where he will move into the Presidential Villa. “The President-elect will be moving into Defence House, in Maitama, FCT, where he will spend the next couple of months, and from where he will move into the Presidential Villa,” a…
CBN Speaks On Old N1000, N500 Notes After Supreme Court’s Ruling CBN Speaks On Old N1000, N500 Notes After Supreme Court’s Ruling Following the Supreme Court judgment extending the deadline for the use of the old banknotes of N200, N500 and N1,000 till December 31, 2023 the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has fixed March 20 and 21st, to review the decision. The two-day 12-man Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting is expected to review the decision of the court and the implications in the economy. Ibom Focus earlier reported that a seven-man panel of Supreme Court in unanimous decision stopped…