Nigeria withholds repatriation of $450m foreign airlines’ revenue, says IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says Nigeria is withholding about $450 million in revenue earned by foreign airlines operating in the country. Kamil Al Awadhi, vice-president for Africa and the Middle East, IATA, said this on Sunday, at the opening of its 78th annual general meeting and world air transport summit in […]
Oyebanji meets Buhari, says APC didn’t buy votes during Ekiti governorship poll
Biodun Oyebanji, governor-elect of Ekiti state, says the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not involved in vote-buying in the recently-concluded governorship election. There were incidents of widespread vote-buying during the election which took place on Saturday. Speaking with state house correspondents on Monday, Oyebanji said that as far as he is concerned, […]
INEC: No presidential candidate indicated placeholder when submitting nomination forms
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the concept of “placeholder” for vice-presidential candidates “has no place in our constitutional and legal framework”. Following the completion of presidential primaries of political parties, INEC set June 17 as the deadline for the nomination of vice-presidential candidates. In order to beat the deadline, some […]
Mbaka distances self from protest by loyalists, says he’s submissive to Catholic church
Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), has asked his followers to refrain from any form of protest as a result of the ban placed on his ministry by the Catholic diocese of Enugu. On June 16, TheCable reported that Mbaka described Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party […]
EXTRA: Okotie asks Tinubu, Atiku, Obi to allow him succeed Buhari
Chris Okotie, founder of the Household of God Church, says the presidential candidates of the leading political parties should allow him to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking with reporters on Sunday, Okotie urged them to drop their presidential bids and support him to head an interim government. In his appeal, Okotie specifically […]
Court stops INEC from ending voter registration on June 30
The federal high court in Abuja has stopped the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from ending continuous voter registration (CVR) on June 30. The electoral umpire had fixed June 30 as the deadline for the suspension of CVR across the country ahead of the 2023 general election. To push for an extension, […]
FACT CHECK: Did Sanusi author viral write-up on Atiku, Tinubu and Obi?
A write-up that analysed the motives of three presidential candidates in the 2023 elections has been broadly shared on social media. The post, which is said to have been authored by Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, former governor of the central bank of Nigeria (CBN), asserted that none of the candidates are in the race […]
Orubebe resigns from PDP, says party not ready to regain power in 2023
Godsday Orubebe, former minister of Niger Delta Affairs, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Orubebe communicated his resignation in a letter addressed to Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the PDP. The former minister said his resignation is effective immediately, and that he has notified his ward chairman in […]
INVESTIGATION: How illegal mining fuels poverty, river pollution, sacred grove desecration in Osun
He first observed the previously colourless river turning brown in July 2019 while catnapping at the riverbank after fishing for the day. Prior to his discovery, Razaq Femi made at least N5,000 in daily returns from fishing along the coast of the river. But by November 2019, when the colour change had come to […]
PROFILE: Biodun Oyebanji, the long-serving public officer who’ll be next Ekiti governor
Like the warm spring running through the veins of his hometown of Ikogosi-Ekiti, Biodun Oyebanji has set a record. The Ikogosi is a bubbly spring that distorts human understanding of nature with its natural gush of hot and cold water. Oyebanji is the first person in Ekiti’s 26-year history to lead a ruling political […]