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Abia State Government Fixes ₦200m, ₦150m Campaign Advertisement Fees for 2027 Elections | #NwokeukwuMascot

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  News   Aba, Abia State  — Barely days after Governor Alex Otti distanced himself from the decision of several South-East governors to endorse President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for a second term, the Abia State Government has again found itself at the centre of political controversy following the announcement of what many stakeholders describe as unprecedented campaign advertisement fees for candidates seeking elective offices in the 2027 general elections. The Abia State Structure for Signage and Advertisement Agency (ABSSAA) unveiled a new campaign advertising policy that requires presidential candidates to pay  ₦200 million , governorship candidates  ₦150 million , senatorial candidates  ₦100 million , House of Representatives candidates  ₦50 million , and State House of Assembly candidates  ₦20 million  for the display of campaign materials on approved advertising structures across the state. The policy was announced during ABSSAA’s  2026...

BREAKING: Court orders INEC to deregister ADC, ZLP, 3 others | #NwokeukwuMascot

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  News   ABUJA — The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and four other political parties. The other political parties the court directed the electoral body to deregister are the Action Peoples Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Accord Party (AP), and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP). The court order followed a judgment delivered by Justice Peter Lifu.  The National Forum of Former Legislators had, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/2637/2026, prayed the court to determine whether INEC has a constitutional obligation to remove political parties that fail to meet the electoral performance thresholds set out in Section 225A of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), as reinforced by the Electoral Act 2022 and INEC’s regulations. It was the position of the plaintiff that the five political parties listed as defendants in the matter had persistently failed to meet the constitutional ...

'Only Katsina Govt Can Explain How My Father's Corpse Was Retrieved From Bandits’ Den’ – Son Of Late Retd Maj. Gen. Rabe Abubakar | #NwokeukwuMascot

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  News   The family of the late retired Major General Rabe Abubakar has demanded answers from the Katsina State Government over the circumstances surrounding the recovery of the former military officer’s corpse, insisting that only the government can explain how his body was brought back while his wife remains in the custody of armed bandits . Speaking in an interview conducted in Hausa with DW Hausa , Ishaka Rabe Abubakar , son of the deceased military officer, dismissed reports suggesting that his mother had regained freedom, maintaining that she is still being held captive by the terrorists. Abubakar and his wife, Amina, were abducted on May 30 while travelling along the Marabar Musawa Kafinsoli Road in Katsina State. The couple was reportedly ambushed by armed bandits near Zakin Baure village in Matazu Local Government Area, during which their driver sustained gunshot injuries. News of his death stirred widespread reactions, with conflicting accounts emerging over the c...