450 drums of calcium carbide enroute Aba in Abia State from Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State have been intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service.

They were intercepted in January.

The Customs Area Controller in charge of the Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Ikeja, Hussein Ejibunnu, while addressing journalists at the unit on Wednesday, said that the explosives weighed 106kilograms each.

He also said the explosives had a duty-paid value of N24m

Ejibunnu however said the DPV of the seized goods within the period under review is N517m while N86m was recovered as revenue into the federation account through the issuance of demand notices for underpaid Customs duties.

The Customs zone A boss stated that the consignments are still under detention pending when the importer provides the necessary documents.

“This is calcium carbade about 450 drums weighing 106kg each with street value of N24m. The status of of this is still under detention because the owner said he has an end-user certificate for it so we are waiting for the presentation of the EUC. It was intercepted at Ijebu-Ode on its way to Aba.”

The FOU A custom boss said the failure of the importer to produce the EUC within the time frame, the service won’t have any other choice than to do what the law says. “And we have to prosecute the person.”

He however added that they arrested a suspect in connection with the explosives.

According to him, “It is important we note that this is part of the bye products for making bombs and with our eagle-eyed officers it is important to note that we have to be going after these things especially those that are under restrictions that some people will use the opportunity to bring them in.”

“We have a time frame within 30 days we have a suspect with us, let him get us the necessary documents. As soon as he gets the documents then no problem.”

Ejibunnu, however, said within the period under review, the unit seized 68 pieces of military camouflage.

“Eleven suspects were arrested in connection with some of the wares. While the Federal High Court had convicted three people for the crime of smuggling.”

Ejibunnu said the unit intercepted 2,135 wraps, of Indian Hemp weighing 1,163kg.

“Within the period under review, the command also seized 5,481 bags of foreign parboiled rice of 50kg each which is equivalent to over nine trailer loads, 47,750 litres of premium motor spirit, 68 pieces of military camouflage, 314 pieces of used tyres, 11 units of used motorcycles, 13 units of used vehicles”

He said the goods were intercepted along the border corridors of the South-West.

Ejibunnu however handed over the seized cannabis sativa to an official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.

Speaking after receiving the contrabands, an Assistant Commandant, Narcotics, Moshood Aluko, said the agency would do its best to cover up the black spots that aids these consignments in coming into the country.

“From what the Controller said there is a black spot everywhere we have to start, track and educate them. The volume is too much and we don’t expect much to be in circulation. We are grateful to Customs if not if this size of cannabis is found in the system it is not good, it can lead to mental disorders. You know in fighting drug abuse and menace a lot of stakeholders are involved,” he said.

Following the scarcity of the new naira notes, some beggars in Jigawa State have cried out over the decline in almsgiving.

Some of the beggars expressed their concern while speaking with Daily Post in Dutse, the State capital.

Malam Sani, one of the beggars along Kiyawa road in Dutse, said before the new naira policy, he used to get enough money for his needs and that of his family.

“Before the issue of this new naira note, the money I was getting was enough for my transport fare and my family’s needs.

“But right now, it is even difficult to get the money that would transport me back to the village,” he said.

Malama Halima, one of the women begging along Kiyawa road in Dutse, lamented that she was now finding it difficult to feed herself and her two children.

“Since the morning that we came out, I only got N70 and I have to take care of myself and these children,” she said.

They appealed to the Federal Government to look into the situation and ease the suffering of the masses.

Also only few beggars were available at their begging spots.

 

More than three tonnes of cocaine found floating in the Pacific Ocean, has been seized by the authorities in New Zealand

Police commissioner Andrew Coster said the 3.2 tonnes found were worth an estimated $323 million.

The cocaine had been dropped at a transit point in international waters, six days sailing northeast of New Zealand.

Mr Coster said the haul was equivalent to 30 years of supply in New Zealand and a year’s worth of supply in Australia.

“There is no doubt this discovery lands a major financial blow right from the South American producers through to the distributors of this product,” the commissioner said.

The size of the shipment suggested the drugs were likely destined for Australia, Mr Coster said, noting that “we know the distribution of any illicit drug causes a great amount of social harm as well as negative health and financial implications for communities, especially drug users and their families.”

The commissioner said no arrests had been made, as the police were working with international partners to further their enquiries.

Popular Nigerian actor, Williams Uchemba has taken to Instagram to share lovely photos of his family as his daughter, Kamara turns one.

According to the father of one, he got specific instructions from God on how to raise her; one of them was that he should not reveal her face till she turned one.

Sharing the photos, he captioned it:

''At age 17 years it was laid in my spirit that my first child will be a girl and I would name her Chikammara which means (God knows more than me). I didn’t understand why until I was lead to read Jeremiah 29:11 which says “ For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future “

Certain instructions were given on how to raise her and one of it was I SHOULD NOT REVEAL HER FACE UNTIL SHE TURNS 1 (reasons I still don’t know until now) and, in much as I really wanted to share her picture , I had to obey.

Today 8th of February my first fruit turns one and I am happy to share all the wonderful moments we’ve shared with her in these past year.

Happy birthday Ka mama @kamarauchemba

Daddy loves you.''

See Photos Below;

 

Angry Nigerians have staged a protest in Lagos State.

The protesters who the members of Coalition of Civil Society Group are protesting the scarcity of new Naira notes.

The protests held at Marina, Lagos, on Tuesday.

 

The Federal Government has revealed that it has commenced the release of funds for the second school term for the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme, The Nation reports.

Though the amount disbursed was not revealed, the Federal Government, however, explained that funds for the first cycle of feeding in 2023 are being released to State government-appointed vendors across participating schools.

The fund is expected to be used to provide free meals to 9,990,862 pupils fed across the nation.

The meal is aimed at boosting the enrollment of kids and supporting their nutrition. 

This is contained in an announcement posted on LinkedIn and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Dr. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo

It reads: “This is to inform the general public that the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development has commenced the release of funds for the second school term for the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme. 

“As public primary Schools resume nationwide, funds for the first cycle of feeding in 2023 are being released to State Government appointed vendors across participating schools for the provision of free meals to enrolled pupils, to encourage enrollment and support their nutrition. 

“The School Feeding Programme is an initiative of the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration aimed at providing one nutritious meal to pupils of primary 1 to 3 in public schools. 

“Through this programme, State governments are responsible for ensuring meals are prepared and served to pupils using funds released by the federal government.

“Every feeding cycle is to last 20 days in a month, 5 days in a week. 

“Currently the programme is feeding close to 10 million pupils in over 50,000 public primary schools.

The Minister, Sadiya Farouq called on participating State governments to ensure that all actors involved ensure good service delivery and that released funds are utilised according to the program design.

She also urged the general public, parents, headmasters and teachers, NGOs, and CSOs to report any compliance issues via the reporting application which is available for download on IOs and Android.

 

Abubakar Sani Bello, the Governor of Niger State has issued threats to filling stations.

He threatened to deal decisively or sanction any filling station found not dispensing its allocation or selling above the stipulated approved pump price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in the state.

Bello issued the threat in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, in Minna, the state capital.

The governor decried the difficulties being experienced by the people of the state occasioned by the artificial scarcity and arbitrary pricing of PMS by marketers of the product, stressing that the situation warranted that government takes a drastic position.

“The constitution of the committee by the Government followed the persistent fuel scarcity being witnessed in the state as a result of the arbitrary pricing and hoarding of the product,” the statement said.

It further stated that the committee is to ensure strict compliance with the approved allocation to filling stations in the state and retail prices for PMS.

Matane added that members of the committee were drawn from the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), security agencies and government officials.

 

In what will come across as a really shocking development, as many as forty-nine children have perished died in Pakistan.

The children died when their overloaded boat capsized in northwest Pakistan, police said Tuesday after divers spent three days dragging bodies from freezing waters.

According to the Agence France Prese, AFP, the boys aged between seven and 14 were all students of a madrassa and had been taken for a day trip to the scenic Tanda Dam lake on Sunday.

“The water of the dam was freezing due to cold weather that impeded the rescue mission. But today the divers were able to dive deep to recover the remaining bodies,” said Khateer Ahmad, a senior official with Rescue 1122.

The bodies of a teacher and one skipper were also pulled from the water, he added, bringing the death toll to 51.

Muhammad Umar, who sells tea at a picnic site overlooking the popular weekend tourist destination, said dozens of parents and relatives had gathered over the past few days.

“Every time a body was recovered from the scene, they would jump onto the diver to see if it was their son and every time we would hear them screaming in pain and anguish,” he told AFP over the phone on Tuesday.

“I have not witnessed such scenes in my life, it’s something that can’t be explained in words.”

Tanda Dam lake is about five kilometres (3 miles) away from the madrassa — an Islamic school that offers free religious education — in Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Police spokesperson Fazal Naeem issued the new death toll on Tuesday after the end of the rescue mission. It was confirmed by the military’s media wing.

“The boat was overloaded; its capacity was around 20 to 25 persons,” Naeem told AFP.

He added that five people were rescued including four students and one teacher.

Pakistan’s army shared images showing divers traversing the lake in rubber dinghies, entering the green waters to pull out the bodies of children.

“I got stuck under the boat,” 11-year-old survivor Muhammad Mustafa told AFP from his hospital bed on Sunday.

“My shawl and sweater weighed me down, so I took them off.”

“The water was extremely cold and my body went numb. I thought I was going to pass out when a man on an inflatable tube saved me.”

An appeal filed by the Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Nicholas Tofowomo against the former Deputy Governor and the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Ondo South Senatorial District in the 2023 general elections, Chief Alfred Agboola Ajayi, has been dismissed by the Supreme Court on Friday.

Senator Tofowomo had appealed the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure Judicial Division delivered on November 30, 2022, by Justice A. O. Lokulo-Sodipe.

The lower court delivered its judgment on November 30, 2022, where it dismissed the Appellant’s case on the ground that the same is statute-barred.

The summary of the matter is that Agboola Ajayi and Tofowomo are members of the same political party, PDP. The duo along with three others contested the primary election of the party for Ondo South Senatorial District on May 23, 2022. Ajayi was declared the winner having received the majority of the lawful votes of 78 as against Tofowomo's 74 votes.

On June 13, 2022, Tofowomo through his counsel, Femi Emmanuel Emodamori Esq, wrote to the National Chairman of the party on the need to disqualify Ajayi based on the allegations that he made false declarations in his forms submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

On July 5, 2022, over 20 days after the alleged occurrence of the act complained of and more than a week after the expiration of the constitutional allowance of 14 days, Tofowomo filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Akure, to challenge Ajayi's emergence as the PDP candidate for Ondo South Senatorial District.

The trial court and the lower court after a thorough examination and consideration of the 1st Respondent’s written address and brief of argument of the parties in respect of the Appeal at the lower court dismissed the Appellant’s case.

It relied on Section 285(9) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and the cases of KARSHI V GWAGWA (2022) and other relevant authorities.

The Court of Appeal held that by Exhibit FEE2 attached to the Appellant’s affidavit at the trial court, the Plaintiff/Appellant’s time began to run from June 9, 2022 or June 13, 2022 based on Exhibits AA4 and PDP3 when the acts complained of by the Appellant against the 1st Respondent occurred or took place.

As such the case of the appellant is statute-barred having filed the case on the 5th of July, 2022, that is 27 or 23 days after the alleged occurrence of the act complained of and 13 or 10 days after the expiration of the constitutional allowance of 14 days. The Court of Appeal affirmed the Judgment of the trial court dismissing the Appellant’s case for being statute barred.

Dissatisfied with the decision of the Court of Appeal dismissing his appeal against Ajayi, Tofowomo further appealed to the Supreme Court in a suit numbered SC/CV/1526/2022.

However, in a unanimous judgement delivered by Honourable Justice Emmanuel Akomaye Agim on Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal on the basis that the case is statute-barred. It noted the cause of action accrued on the date the form was submitted to the 3rd Respondent (INEC) and fined Senator Tofowomo N500,000.

 

The Sokoto State Chapter of the Muslim Rights Concern has appealed to the Federal Government to extend the deadline for the expiration of old naira notes by at least two weeks.

The PUNCH reported that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on November 23, 2022, unveiled redesigned N200, N500, and N1,000 notes and the Central Bank of Nigeria immediately fixed January 31 as the date for the expiration of the old notes.

Reacting, MURIC chairman, Muhammad Aliyu, in a statement on Friday, said the January 31 deadline set by the Federal Government had almost grounded businesses in Sokoto, Kebbi, and Zamfara states because of people’s refusal to accept the old naira notes in commercial transactions out of fear of possible inability to deposit the notes in commercial banks.

The statement continued, “Many filling stations and other essential services providers also closed, because most of their customers come with old naira notes and they are not sure whether they could be able to deposit same to the bank.

“This has currently made life more difficult for ordinary citizens. Many Nigerians have lamented the nonavailability and scarcity of new notes, this is because banks, up till today, still give out the old naira notes to customers with the deadline only a few days away.

“Sequel to the foregoing, we appeal to the Federal Government to reconsider its decision by extending the 31st January 2023 deadline for the expiration of old naira notes by at least two weeks to enable Nigerians to swap their old naira with the new naira notes.

“We also call on the security agencies particularly the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit to closely monitor how commercial bank managers handle the new naira notes they receive from Central Bank of Nigeria, which the apex bank has been consistently insisting are readily available at the vaults nationwide and ready for collection. We call on Nigerians to remain peaceful and stop panicking about the money swap.”

Some commercial banks in Awka, Anambra State have stopped paying customers over the counter or via Automated Teller Machines (ATM), preventing members of the public from making transactions, with just four days to the deadline for the old version of N200, N500 and N1,000 Naira notes to cease from being legal tender in Nigeria.

SaharaReporters reports that the banks stopped paying customers because of the unavailability of the newly ‘redesigned’ Naira notes.

Following the ‘redesigning’ of the Naira notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in 2022 gave January 31, 2023, as the deadline for the exchange of old notes for the newly redesigned notes.

Insisting that the deadline which is now just four days away stands, the apex bank had directed commercial banks across the country to work even on Saturdays to enable Nigerians to deposit all the old notes in their possession. The CBN further directed commercial banks to work for 24 hours on January 31.

However, SaharaReporters had reported how Nigerians across the country lamented the scarcity of the new Naira notes as banks kept issuing old notes both on the counter and at ATM galleries.
On Friday morning, SaharaReporters visited some commercial banks in Awka, the Anambra State capital to ascertain the state of banks’ cooperation with the CBN directive of issuance of new Naira notes.

However, whereas it was discovered that some banks were issuing the new Naira notes to their customers over the counter and through ATM machines, Access Bank and the United Bank for Africa (UBA) branches located along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway had stopped paying, even through ATMs, leaving their customers stranded.  

At Access Bank, a security officer of the bank who refused to give out his name told SaharaReporters that the bank had told the customers to wait for the newly redesigned notes to be loaded into the ATMs. But after waiting for more than one hour and 30 minutes, some customers became angry.

The security officer, however, refused to explain the reason for the delay to the customers who lamented spending over an hour before SaharaReporters arrived at the bank.

Also, at the UBA ATM gallery in the Amaku area along Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, customers were stranded as the bank’s five ATMs had no cash. When SaharaReporters asked one of the bank’s security officers why the ATM machines were not dispensing money, he said, “They are not paying because there is no money.”

Meanwhile, in front of the UBA ATM Gallery, SaharaReporters sighted a female POS operator carrying out her business and attending to some frustrated customers for whom she charged N500 for N5,000 withdrawal and N100 for N1,000 withdrawal.

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has talked about the ills in the country.

He noted that bad leadership in the country is currently breeding poverty, hunger and insecurity.

He stated this at his presidential campaign rally on Thursday in Bauchi, saying the country only enjoyed justice, peace and fairness through the efforts of former Prime Ministers, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Nnamdi Azikiwe during their leadership.

Claiming that Nigeria would be different under his leadership, Obi lamented the country’s huge debt burden.

He said, ”whenever I am in Bauchi, it reminds me that there was once a united and peaceful Nigeria, that Nigeria was on the path of greatness from a revered leader from Bauchi and that is Tafawa Balewa.

“Nigeria is breeding poverty, people are poor in Nigeria, people are hungry, people are insecure. All the money that we have borrowed, if we had used it the way Tafawa Balewa used the money he borrowed, Nigeria would have been heaven today.”

The presidential candidate recalled that on June 19, 1974, Tafawa Balewa applied to the World Bank to give him $82 million to build the Kainji Dam to generate power and today, Kainji Dam is still there, it was supposed to generate 750 megawatts, pointing out that the equivalent of that money is supposed to be about $1.250 billion but Nigeria is owing N77 trillion.

If you divide it by the value of what Tafawa Balewa borrowed then, Nigerians would have had 150 Kainji Dams and Nigeria would have been exporting power to other countries today.

The Presidential candidate said he believes that a new Nigeria is possible, where people have jobs, and economic growth, are peaceful and secure.

He advised Nigerian to vote for credible candidates in the forthcoming general elections and not to vote based on ethnicity or religion, as people from all the zones of the country were currently living in hunger.

 

Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector General of Police, IGP, has issue a charge to officers.

He tasked Police Mobile Force (PMF) Commanders to teach their men to be professional, firm and decisive while deployed for the 2023 general elections security management.

The IGP gave the charge during the closing ceremony of a two-week combat training/seminar for heads of Police Mobile Force Squadrons and formations nationwide which held at the Police Mobile Force Training College, Ila-Orangun, Osun State on Monday 23rd January 2023.

The IGP, who was represented by the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of the PMF, AIG Ali .A Janga emphasized the need to be apolitical and professional in their conduct and to exhibit all forms of humility and humanity while shunning corruption and all forms of illegality.

The IGP appreciated the host Commandant, PMF Training College, Ila Orangun, ACP Wilson Dankwano, PMF staff officers, and other resource persons for a wonderful training experience which afforded all the participants opportunity to deepen their knowledge through experience sharing and contemporary instruction.

Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi quoted the IGP assuring that the Police, as the lead agency, and coordinating arrowhead for election security management in the country, is unrelenting in ensuring that its officers are adequately prepared and ready for a secured and peaceful electoral process to bequeath to Nigerians free, fair, credible, and acceptable elections in 2023.

Thousands of people in Adamawa State have defected from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Some of the former NNPP members who matched through some streets of the state capital, Yola, on Friday were seen wearing Kwakwassiya caps, made popular by the NNPP national leader, Rabiu Kwankwaso.

They were, however, chanting PDP slogans and voicing their support for the PDP Presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar and the Adamawa State governorship candidate, Ahmadu Fintiri.

The leader of the crowd, a former Northeast zonal secretary of NNPP, Dr Babayo Liman said they were defecting from the NNPP because the party was in crisis in many states and the national leader who also seeks to be president had proved unable to resolve them.

Babayo who is from Bauchi State, had announced his defection earlier in the week, saying he was invited by his supporters in Adamawa to lead them into the PDP.

“I have been receiving invitations from various states and when I got here (Adamawa), they told me they wished to follow my footsteps,” he said, stating that no less than 400,000 people were leaving the NNPP to PDP in Adamawa State.

He introduced those who followed him to the press briefing which took place at the NUJ Press Centre in Yola, as former officials of the NNPP across the 21 LGAs of Adamawa State.

In the course of the press briefing, the former NNPP members removed their Kwankwsssiya caps to symbolise their exit from the NNPP.

 

Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, has identified the only thing that could restore Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun State.

Adeyanju said only the victory of the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar in the February election can save Adeleke.

In a series of tweets, Adeyanju said Adeleke’s victory is about to be stolen at gunpoint by the judiciary.

According to Adeyanju: “An election Adeleke won before our very eyes despite all the vote buying unleashed by APC in Osun is about to be stolen at gunpoint by the judiciary. I just wonder for Made in Court Room Democracies.

“Tinubu and his people are so determined to take Osun through the Tribunal. Whether through bending the law or any other means, they will take it. Only God or a PDP victory in February can save Adeleke at this point.

“The Osun Election Tribunal, in annulling Adeleke’s victory, says there was overvoting in some PUs. This decision if re-enforced by the apex court will rubbish BVAS and INEC result portals. The overvoting could have occurred from any side but let’s see what Appeal Court & SC will say.”

 

Joshua Alobo, a Nigerian lawyer, has dragged the Central Bank of Nigeria to court.

Alobo has approached the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, praying the court to stop the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from implementing the January 31 deadline to phase out the old naira notes (N200, N500 and N1,000).

Mr Alobo, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/114/2023, also prayed the court to make an order extending the duration when the old banknotes would cease to be legal tender for three weeks. Listed as first to third defendants in the suit are the CBN, the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, and the attorney general of the federation, Mr Abubakar Malami. 

He said this was to give time for when commercial banks would have enough new notes to dispense.

In an affidavit deposed by a citizen, Musa Damudi, the plaintiff told the court that the CBN governor had, on October 26, announced that the apex bank would introduce a new series of redesigned N200, N500 and N1,000 banknotes into the financial system.

The lawyer said the decision, though a welcome idea, is causing anxiety among Nigerians, especially the less privileged, as they have yet to access the new naira notes.

He said that although the new notes, unveiled on November 23 by President Muhammadu Buhari to curb inflation and entrench a cashless society to curb money laundering and corruption, their unavailability was causing apprehension among Nigerians.

Mr Alobo accused banks of failing to make the new notes available to their customers, adding that as of December 25, he was still given the old notes on the counter and through the automatic teller machine (ATM). 

The law professor argued that the January 31 deadline discriminates against rural dwellers, poor and less privileged persons.

“This is as politically exposed persons are paid with the redesigned notes. The cashless policy of the CBN is innovative and a welcome development but the rural dwellers that constitute the bulk of the population do not have access to internet and banking facilities,” Mr Alobo explained. “The current daily limit of transaction to N20,000 is against the central bank’s daily limit of N100,000.”

A date has been fixed to hear the case. 

The Speaker of the Osun House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye has congratulated the former Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola on his victory at the Tribunal that declared him the winner of the July 16, 2022 election

Owoeye in a statement by his media Aide, Kunle Alabi on Friday in Osogbo reiterated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is a party loved by the masses.

Owoeye also added that the judgement is a testimony to the fact that the APC won the gubernatorial election in the state.

The Osun State Governorship Election Tribunal had declared the candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC), Adegboyega Isiaka Oyetola as the winner of the July 16, 2022 poll.

The judgment was delivered on Friday by the three-man panel, led by Justice Tertsea Kume.

Justice Tetsea Kume while delivering the majority decision, declared that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not comply substantially with the Constitution and the provisions of the Electoral Act.

“I am of the confidence that the truth will always prevail, having been convinced that our party did well for the people of our state that was what prompted me to say at every given opportunity that Oyetola is coming back.

“They thought they could manipulate the results of the election in their favour, but we thank God that the results of the Bimodal Voter’s Accreditation System (BVAS) exposed them even before the judgement of today.

“I want to use this occasion to charge our people to understand that the presidential election is very important to us and we want you to begin to mobilize our people to vote massively for our presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima and all other national assembly candidates'” the Speaker emphasized