FAAC Shares N656, 602bn April Revenue to FG, States, LGs

Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total  of N636, 602 Billion April 2022 Federation Account revenue to the federal government, states and local government councils.   This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Committee’s  virtual meeting in May 2022.  Citing the communique, the Director (Information, Press and Public Relations), Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Henshaw Ogubike said theN656.602 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N461.189 billion,  distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N166, 522 billion, and N8.891 billion being Excess bank charges recovered as

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Sanwo-Olu Emerges Lagos APC Governorship Candidate, Mustapha, Oluwo Disqualified from Exercise

Segun James The Governor of Lagos state, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate for Lagos state. Sanwo-Olu’s emergence followed the disqualification of his opponents, Olawale Oluwo and Olufemi Mustapha from participating in the exercise by the election  committee of the party. The Chairman Electoral Committee of Lagos, Governorship Primary, Shettima Yuguda, who confirmed this said that 1,225 delegates from 245 wards across the State were eligible to vote but only 1,198 were officially accredited for the exercise. The total voters accredited were 1,198 of which 1,170 votes were valid and 12 voided. The

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Sadiq Wali emerges Kano PDP factional gov candidate

The eldest son of Ambassador Aminu Wali, Alhaji Sadiq Wali, has won the factional PDP governorship primaries conducted on Wednesday night. Wali polled 455 to beat other contestants such as the serial governorship contender, Ibrahim El Amin Little, who scored 322 votes to become second in the race. Yusuf Dangwani had 276 votes while Mustapha Getso and Jafa’ar Bello polled 25 votes each. Muhyi Magaji Rimingado and Mu’azu Magaji Dan Sarauniyya have withdrewn from the governorship contest.In an interview with some of the aspirants who did not want their names mentioned, they described the contest as free and fair and

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2023 elections’ll be fair, Buhari insists

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, expressed his commitment to seeing candidates with integrity prevail in next year’s general elections. He also said he is determined to ensure peaceful and fair elections in 2023. The President said this when he received in audience an All Progressives Congress aspirant vying for the Kano Central Senatorial district seat, Senator Basheer Lado. Lado’s meeting with the President comes a day before the senatorial primary elections of the APC holding Friday, May 27, 2022. Addressing State House Correspondents after his meeting with the President, he said “As you are aware, Kano

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Powerful individuals excluded me from APC gov primary, Ambode’s man cries out

An All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in Lagos State, Wale Oluwo, has protested his exclusion from the primary of the party held on Thursday at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, formerly known as Onikan Stadium, in the Lagos Island area of the state. In a statement on Thursday, Oluwo said the screening committee of the party worked with powerful individuals to prevent him from the primary. Oluwo, a former Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources and an ally of ex-governor Akinwunmi Ambode, however, said “the will of the people will not be subverted”. “These discomforted powerful individuals have even gone to

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Buhari, Aisha depart Abuja days to APC presidential primary

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Thursday, departed Abuja to participate in the African Union Extra-ordinary Session of Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, with a special focus on security. The President’s Chopper lifted off from the State House helipad at 03:30 pm for the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. According to a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, President Buhari will join other Heads of State and Government to deliberate on Humanitarian Challenges, Hopes and Challenges in Africa, and participate in the adoption of the Assembly Declaration on

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Supreme Court Reserves Judgement On 2022 Electoral Act

The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in a suit filed by President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney General of the Federation, seeking an interpretation of Section 84(12) of the electoral act, 2022. The seven-man panel led by Justice Mohammed Dattijo, says the date will be communicated to the parties involved in the suit. The Apex Court arrived at this conclusion, after taking arguments from parties and adopting their processes. At the proceedings on Thursday, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), and the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), brought an application, seeking to be joined as interested parties. APGA, however, opted out

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Katsina PDP, APC hold gov primaries

The Peoples Democratic Party in Katsina State on Thursday held its governorship primary, earlier scheduled for Wednesday. The Returning officer for the exercise, Chika Nwosu, attributed the delay to “some challenges”, which he said, had been surmounted. He told newsmen shortly before the commencement of the exercise at the PDP State Secretariat along Katsina/ Kano road, Katsina that all the four contestants in the governorship primary and party chieftains agreed to the commencement of the exercise. Nwosu said,”We have everything in place for the exercise. Very soon, accreditation of delegates will start which will be followed by voting while the

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EFCC secures conviction of two impersonators in Oyo

An Oyo State High Court has convicted one Timothy Oluwaseun Oni and Abdulwahab Oladimeji Muhammed on a separate one amended charge bordering on criminal impersonation.   The court presided over by Justice Bayo Taiwo, convicted the defendants after they pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against them by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Head, Media and Publicity of EFCC,Wilson Uwujaren said this in a statement on Thursday. Justice Taiwo, after considering the facts of the cases and the evidence by the prosecution, held that the prosecution had proved the cases and sentenced the

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BREAKING: APC committee bars Sanwo-Olu’s challenger from primary venue

The Lagos State Governorship Primary Election Committee of the All Progressives Congress, on Thursday, barred one of the aspirants from the venue of the primary at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, formerly Onikan Stadium, Lagos Island, The PUNCH authoritatively reports.   Our correspondent learnt that the committee prevented one of the contenders of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Abdul-Ahmed Mustapha, from the venue. Mustapha, a former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Minerals Resources in Lagos, resigned 14 months ago and had picked up the N50m governorship form of the party. It was gathered that the committee chaired by a former deputy governor

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