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1. Supreme Court Suspends Expiration of Old Naira Notes
The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Friday, 3 March 2023, ordered that old N200, N500, and N1,000 notes remain in circulation till December 31, 2023. This online news platform understands that the apex court also nullified the Federal Government’s naira redesign policy, declaring it as an affront to the 1999 Constitution.
2. Peter Obi Records First Legal Victory Against APC and Tinubu
The 2023 Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Friday, 3 March 2023, secured leave of the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital to have access to all the sensitive materials the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, deployed for the conduct of the presidential election held on February 25. The appellate court, which will sit as the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal, equally ordered the electoral body to also grant the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar access to the election materials.
3. 7 PDP Governors Withdraw Suit Challenging Tinubu’s Election Victory
Seven Peoples Democratic Party-led states, which filed a suit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court challenging the victory of the President-Elect, Bola Tinubu, at Saturday’s presidential poll, have discontinued the suit. In the suit, which had the Attorneys-General of the seven states as plaintiffs and the Attorney-General of the Federation as defendant, the seven states, which include Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Taraba and Sokoto states, had asked the Supreme Court to intervene in the just concluded presidential election, claiming that the declaration of Tinubu did not follow the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 and the Independent National Electoral Commission’s guidelines, according to a ThisDay Live report.
4. Ghanaians Drag Their President for Congratulating Tinubu on 2023 Election
Ghanaians have berated their President for congratulating Tinubu on the 2023 Election. Reacting to Tinubu’s emergence, Ghanian President Nana Akufo-Addo, issued a statement on the micro-blogging site, Twitter, congratulating Nigeria’s President-elect. Apparently displeased with the congratulatory message to Tinubu by their President, Ghanaians took to the comment section of the post to lambaste the President for congratulating Nigeria’s President with some saying “we didn’t ask you to.”
5. 2023 Election: APC Chairman Suspended for Supporting Atiku In The North
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State has suspended its chairman, Haliru Zakari Jikantoro, for alleged anti-party activities. The online news platform understands that the Niger APC confirmed Jikantoro’s suspension in a letter dated March 2, 2023, jointly signed by the Chairman and Secretary of Kashini Ward in Agwara Local Government Area of the state, Amadu Abdullahi Yagode, and Nurudeen Abdullahi.
6. Explosion Rocks Rivers State After Election, Many Feared Dead [Photos]
An explosion has been recorded in Rivers State days after the 2023 Election. Newsone reports that the Rivers State explosion occurred on Friday morning at Rumuekpe under the Emohua Local Government Area of the state.
7. Prominent Politician Sentenced to 27 Years in Jail Ahead of 2023 Elections
Cambodian opposition leader, Kem Sokha was on Friday, March 3, 2023, sentenced to 27 years in jail for treason, a verdict that ruled him out of elections this year and was immediately denounced by the United States as a “miscarriage of justice”. This online news platform understands that the jail term of the prominent politician is coming months before the 2023 Cambodian general elections slated for Sunday, 23rd July 2023.
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