{"id":26000,"date":"2023-03-09T05:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T05:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/09\/todays-headlines-buhari-hails-osinbajo-at-66-calls-him-torchbearer-for-the-youths-ensure-credible-elections-or-resign-groups-tells-inec-chair\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T05:00:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T05:00:51","slug":"todays-headlines-buhari-hails-osinbajo-at-66-calls-him-torchbearer-for-the-youths-ensure-credible-elections-or-resign-groups-tells-inec-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/03\/09\/todays-headlines-buhari-hails-osinbajo-at-66-calls-him-torchbearer-for-the-youths-ensure-credible-elections-or-resign-groups-tells-inec-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"Today&#8217;s Headlines: Buhari hails Osinbajo at 66, calls him \u2018torchbearer\u2019 for the youths, Ensure credible elections or resign, Groups tells INEC chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><strong>Buhari hails Osinbajo at 66, calls him \u2018torchbearer\u2019 for the youths.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: TheCable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on his 66th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>In a congratulatory message by Femi Adesina, his spokesperson, Buhari commended Osinbajo for the sterling services he has rendered to Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ensure credible elections or resign, groups tell INEC chair.<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a62ff1325ef24bc99e0c068218ca1f12\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Punch Newspapers. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Southern and Middle Belt Alliance has asked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and senior officials of the commission to resign if he cannot guarantee that Saturday\u2019s governorship and states House of Assembly elections will be free, fair and credible.<\/p>\n<p>SMBA, in a statement on Tuesday by its spokesperson, Rwang Pam Jr., lamented that the alleged failure of INEC, police and Department of State Services to competently perform their constitutional duties during the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections has not only brought international disgrace to Nigeria, but equally failed to protect the mandate of millions of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peter Obi commiserate with victims, task govt to investigate incident.<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/e5847d6bc8194a06b0662e56c160105e\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Daily Post Nigeria. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate in February 25 election, Peter Obi, has reacted to the fire outbreak at Akere Spare Parts Market in Olodi-Apapa, Ajegunle, Lagos, which destroyed properties worth millions of Naira.<\/p>\n<p>Obi\u2019s reaction came in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Obi commiserated with all those affected by the fire disaster, calling on the government and relevant authorities to investigate the cause of the fire outbreak in order to forestall future occurrences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Court sacks Benue LP\u2019s deputy gov candidate.<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/effea1df25134949a8c1c8161c9e37e4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Punch Newspapers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday sacked the deputy governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Benue State, Idu Onyiloyi.<\/p>\n<p>The suit marked FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/1853\/2022 had LP, INEC and Onyiloyi as 1st to 3rd defendants respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Delivering judgment in a suit instituted by Ochechi Adejor, Justice Ekwo held that Onyiloyi, having voluntarily withdrawn as deputy governorship candidate and deposed to an affidavit to that effect, ceased to hold the same status.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/eb5db24f22114bc8b3a6290e804db93e\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo Credit: Google. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: RoseMartinze (via  Opera<br \/>News )<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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