FACT CHECK: Can Nigerians print a permanent voters card from a business centre after they have registered with INEC? A Twitter User with the name Kc Solotino @KSolotino said “If you know you couldn’t collect your PVC, print your details from the inec verification portal, go to any business centre and print your voters card. VERDICT: FALSE The Nigerian Electoral Act 2022 empowers only the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a voter’s card. Section 16, Subsection(1) of the Nigerian Electoral 2022 stated that the Commission (INEC) shall design, cause to be printed and control the issuance of voters’…
Author: Adekunle Taofeek
The Nigeria University Commission (NUC) has ordered that all universities should be closed for the 2023 general election. The education regulatory body noted that the order was sequel to a letter it received from the Ministry of Education. In a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centres, the tertiary education regulatory body stated that Vice-Chancellors and chief executives of inter-university centres should close their respective Institutions from Wednesday 22nd February 2023 to Tuesday 14th March 2023 The News Chronicle understands that there have been several calls from various quarters and stakeholders to declare an election…
The Deputy governor tenders his resignation letter a few days before the general election scheduled for 25th of February 2023. The News Chronicle understands that there has been no love lost between Governor Aminu Tambul and his deputy. The deputy governor, who is currently the Sokoto Central senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is expected to be received by President Muhammadu Buhari into the APC later today. Dan Iya tendered his resignation in a letter to the PDP Chairman of Kware Ward, Kware Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The letter reads: “I write to notify you of…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mike Ozekhome, has clarified that the Supreme Court of Nigeria only paused the new naira note policy. Ozekhome who appeared on Channels Television on Wednesday night in an interview monitored by The News Chronicle noted that the apex court will still have to decide on the matter. It would be recalled that a seven-man panel of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, led by Justice John Okoro in a unanimous ruling granted an interim injunction restraining the Federal Government from implementing the CBN’s February 10 deadline for the swapping of the old naira notes with the…
A chieftain of the Labour Party, Ibrahim Abdulkarim has stated that Northern Nigerians will vote for the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi. Ibrahim noted that Peter Obi will get more votes in the northern region than the southern region because northerners are angry and tired of insecurity, illiteracy, and unemployment, amongst other issues that bedeviled them. Speaking on Channels TV Special Election Programme, the 2023 Verdict which was monitored by The News Chronicle, the chieftain who is also the Director General of a voters coalition initiative, Big Tent Nigeria stated that the north has suffered the consequence of…
A coalition of civil rights organisations (CSOs) have kicked against the Supreme Court Judgement that suspended the new naira note policy. The CSOs noted that the judgement is a setback for a cashless economy. The News Chronicle earlier reported that the Supreme Court of Nigeria temporarily suspended the CBN’s new currency policy and extended the deadline for the currency swap beyond February 10, 2023. This development is coming a day after Kaduna, Zamfara and Kogi State governments instituted a suit against the Federal Government and the CBN noting that the policy is causing more hardship for Nigerians. The three state…
As the 2023 general election draws closer, Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi has sought the support of Nigerians to emerge as the next president of the country. The former governor of Anambra State who is one of the leading presidential candidates has once again promised to turn Nigeria around if given the opportunity. Peter Obi stated this at a public presentation of the book, “Peter Obi: Many Voices One Perspective” in Abuja. The presidential candidate noted that Nigerians are passing through a tough time. He however added that despite the challenges, the country still has a good prospect…
A spokesperson to the PDP Presidential Candidate, Daniel Bwala has stated that the All Progressive Congress is afraid of losing the 2023 presidential thus the call to shift the 2023 election by an additional four weeks. The PDP spokesperson who spoke on Arise Interview monitored by The News Chronicle noted that Nigerians are tired of the failures and inability of the ruling party to better their lives. Speaking on an array of issues, Daniel Bwala noted that the People’s Democratic Party PDP will win the 2023 presidential election and assured that his party will reposition the country. He added that…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Abiodun Owonikoko has stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Commercial Banks are violating citizens right by either limiting cash withdrawal below the legal threshold or making naira notes unavailable to citizens who want to access it. The Senior Advocate of Nigeria who spoke on Arise News interview monitored by The News Chronicle noted that the apex bank went against an established law for limiting individual withdrawal to N500,000 and N5 million for individuals and organisations respectively or making naira notes unavailable to people after they have trusted the banks with…
Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has alleged that the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, plans to scuttle the general election with the Naira Swap Policy. The governor who spoke yesterday at a campaign rally in Kano stated that the Naira Swap policy is a fighting back strategy. Speaking at the rally where he presented the party flag to the APC governorship candidate in Kano State, the governor disclosed that the CBN governor is still grieving about his failed ambition to emerge as the presidential candidate of the ruling party. The News Chronicle could recall that the campaign posters of the apex…
The former Director of Civil Organisation for the APC Presidential Campaign Council has stated that ‘something is wrong with the APC Presidential Candidate which makes him unfit to be the next Nigerian President’. Hajia Najaatu Mohammed disclosed this in an interview with Arise TV, monitored by The News Chronicle. Speaking further on the mental capacity of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead Nigeria, the former Campaign Director recalled that the APC Presidential Candidate made another gaffe in Osun state where he promised that students will spend eight years in school instead of four years. The News Chronicle could recall that…
