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Ovation Palliatives Target 250 Nigerian Women, Widows, Business Owners, Disburse N5000 to Each

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5 years ago

March 22, 2021

Eric

By Eric Elezuo

In fulfillment of its pledge to continue to support Nigerians with token palliatives to cushion the effects of the times, the Ovation Palliatives, a brainchild of the Ovation Media Group, under the chairmanship of Chief Dele Momodu, has disbursed another total sum of One Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N1, 250, 000) to 250 Nigerians with each receiving N5000.

This time, the palliatives reached vulnerable Nigerian women, including widows, small scale business owners and the likes.

According to an IT guru, Ms Farida Bedwei, in Accra, Ghana, who coordinated the entire process, five candidates were selected from each state in the first instance after which the remaining was divided among the top five states with the most applications.

Farida informed that states such as Borno, Bauchi, Taraba, Lagos, Gombe and Oyo, got 15 candidates each while Kaduna got 12 as the states with most applications.

She noted however, that there were candidates whose account numbers were either incomplete or incorrect, and suggested that such be replaced forthwith.

Recall that in February 2021, Momodu and the Ovation Group gave out N5000 each to 1004 Nigerians, totalling N5 million Twenty Thousand.

The Ovation Palliatives concept was initiated at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic when many Nigerians were living in hardship even with claims of government’s disbursement of cash and materials through its Social Investment Programme (SIP).

As at today, many well meaning Nigerians, especially those living abroad, have keyed into the initiative, and are making their token contributions for onward disbursement.

Below are names and details of the 250 lucky Nigerians.

Bank Sort Code Bank Name Branch Account No. Amount
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Ajewole Adeosun Ifaki 5000 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Mariya Yahayya Funtua 3170650374 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Asmau Abubakar Wudil 3127501157 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Rose Daniel Abuja 3162498977 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Osho Jesutofunmi Yaba 3136779093 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED hajara muhammad hadejia 3083476331 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Scholarstica Ejimadu Owerri 3012560762 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Sa’adatu Tukur Ashaka Saving 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED AGBARA Samuel Ziks Avenue Uwani 3083212421 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED habibatu sani ibb way kofar kaura 3149408254 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Oti Ali Afikpo 2003672941 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Blessing Tarlishi Kakuri 2030824836 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Oluwakemi Olujare Kaduna South 3047959515 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Akadile Chidiebere Waterworks Road Abakaliki Ebonyi State 3004919185 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Okimiji Augustina Warri 3112336911 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Ann Osoka Sabo Yaba Lagos 3011034059 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED MARY ESSIEN CALABAR ROAD 3020553927 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Lilian Aghanti Aba 5000 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Fatima Takware Birnin Kebbi 2033191449 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Opeyemi Ariyo Akure 3049798758 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Lami Adamu Bauchi 3134097926 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Usman Muhammad Lafia 3093731523 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Ikilima Saleh Bauchi 3167689002 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Ummul khalsum Aliyu Minna 2022394813 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Jummai John Main 3064116371 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Aisha Aliyu Kano road maiduguri 3080953880 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Bunmi Shobande Dakole 3005520555 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Aisha Is haq Maiduguri 3164458863 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Nasara Ibrahim Gusau 3137765136 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Fatima Alkali Potiskum 3167954108 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Hindatu Ma.inta Potiskum 3166385857 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Amina Yusuf 3161189548 3161189548 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Niimatu Abubakar Kano road 3101099131 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Maryam Abdullahi Bauchi 3127451733 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Gwansibe Zinas Zing local govt 3150044&61 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Diyoke Margaret Abubakar buga road Keffi Nasarawa state 3117084602 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED JUSTINA UWAH UYO 3101814309 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Bamidele Iyanuoluwa Akanran 3075830055 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Doowuese Akor Makurdi 3162665483 5000
NIP011 FIRST BANK NIGERIA LIMITED Emem Benedict Uniben 3063419130 5000
NIP032 Union Bank of Nigeria Plc Adeyeye Iyabode Agric ikorodu ‘0147365597 5000
NIP032 Union Bank of Nigeria Plc denen endoo bali ‘0057136151 5000
NIP032 Union Bank of Nigeria Plc Amuche Ezeanochie Okumagba Avenue 500000 5000
NIP032 Union Bank of Nigeria Plc Hannatu Bala Bankroad ‘0078257840 5000
NIP032 Union Bank of Nigeria Plc Gift Nwanosike Ibeno branch ‘0041473017 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Ibukun Olatunji Ilorin 2173841398 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Hawa muhammed okene 2041713826 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Halima Tahiru Nasarawa branch 2078892488 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc hadiza idris maiduguri 500000 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc maryam musa a long biu road 2148226663 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Ajuma Ede Nasarawa 2025323131 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Jamila Muhammad Jalingo 2119648951 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Amina Abdulsalam Gombe 2152658854 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Amina Gital Sokoto 2181030908 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Apollos Onyinyechi Bank road 2155250675 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Rakiya Ibrahim Asokoro 2022614658 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Ai’sha Muhammad Gusau 2157128303 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Cecilia Tabugbo Kumasi house 2112479507 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Adeola Kehinde Iyana ipaja 2152802523 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Sadiya Muhammad Gusau branch 2184986611 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Firdausi Hamza Takum 2083576241 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Victoria Ajishu Wukari 2065369830 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc MAIMUNA YAWALE MAIDUGURI 2155347735 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Aisha Saidu Maiduguri 2056148170 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Maryann Udeh Badagry 500.000.00 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Healer Akila Maraba 2177871490 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Maryam Ahmadi Yola 2127204145 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Uluba Waindu Main 2039944317 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Bridjet Akapo Benin City 2167594798 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Mallam Umaru Monday market 2177665299 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Fauziya Ahmad Maiduguri 2105791591 5000
NIP033 United Bank For Africa Plc Inemo Abiori Uyo 2022288378 5000
NIP035 Wema Bank Plc Onipede Aduke Ayedun Ekiti ‘0223020432 5000
NIP035 Wema Bank Plc Ibrahim Folashade Abeokuta ‘0237649511 5000
NIP035 Wema Bank Plc Rashida Sani Gombe ‘0247596681 5000
NIP035 Wema Bank Plc Blessing Akinbosoye Station road Oshogbo ‘0228354772 5000
NIP035 Wema Bank Plc Okoliko Oluwadunsin Ado Ekiti ‘0241739938 5000
NIP035 Wema Bank Plc Lubabatu Wanka Bauchi ‘0246208923 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Felicia Maliya Jalingo ‘0025679390 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Martha Adejumobi Osogbo osun state ‘0801602993 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Olaronke Onibonokuta Osogbo ‘0045738725 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Adelowo Tunmise Ado branch ‘0736047221 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Aishatu Umar Jalingo ‘0087924955 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Fatima Zakariya’u Funtua Katsina state ‘0782199749 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Ogundele Temilayo Ogbomoso 1380003766 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Deborah Adeusi Akungba ‘0692355750 5000
NIP044 Access Bank JUSTINA OLATINSU Kubwa Abuja ‘0696362101 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Patience Edegbe Ifako gbagada ‘0059509782 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Ohunene Ibrahim Minna ‘0778120010 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Christian Brown Uyo 10000000 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Lami Tela Maiduguri ‘0004800324 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Bello Nofisat Kola 1410314835 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Fatima Abubakar Yola ‘0821596799 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Rhamatu Kolo Bida ‘0046207098 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Faith Ejembi Maraba ‘0022510827 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Modupe Ajagun Sango ota ‘0788468247 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Ebikoboere okpo Amassoama 1444325814 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Joy Egbara Orba road nsukka branch ‘0038960995 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Edna Edaki Ojodu Berger ‘0006316691 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Samuel Chinecherem Ladipo ‘0081212391 5000
NIP044 Access Bank ANEFU J Unijos ‘0768298482 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Samuel Florence Yenagoa ‘0016297549 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Esther Bello Benin city ‘0700970825 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Oluwatoyin Ngwam Kaduna south ‘0034769932 5000
NIP044 Access Bank John Pheobe Kafanchan ‘0814978427 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Comfort Samuel Zaria ‘0028024245 5000
NIP044 Access Bank sadiya adamu a long biu road ‘0727444349 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Aishatu Shuaibu Deba ‘0772854214 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Mary Biu Yenagoa ‘0019706845 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Rafiah Isma’il Ali akilu road ‘0776868695 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Naima Abdullahi Kaduna ‘0104555115 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Grace Egbai Calabar ‘0058237477 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Sakina Abdulhamid Zaria ‘0791650341 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Esther Jato Makurdi ‘0828065285 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Adama Muhammad Maiduguri 1238875462 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Maryam Hassan Maiduguri Branch ‘0029573661 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Zarau Magaji Along biu Road gombe ‘0727367891 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Takos Genkume Port Harcourt ‘0017006462 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Hussaina Munkaila Anchau 1402381892 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Omolara Omolegbe Alaba rago ‘0700480999 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Rahila Gyang Bukuru 1384356082 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Rose Vincent Kubwa ‘0021081279 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Promise Chukwu Gombe ‘0048500401 5000
NIP044 Access Bank AMINA ADAMU Potiskum ‘0726011032 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Damaris Caleb Gombe ‘0807373174 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Maryam Abdullahi Kumo branch ‘0784264063 5000
NIP044 Access Bank Patrick Halima Bokkos 1442286696 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc Chinasa Ogudoro Any Branch O7O3OO4O29 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc Ezeibedu Uchechukwu Aba 4081019941 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc EUNICE OTIRIBI IKOM ‘0391202619 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc Rachael Agoi Omida Abeokuta 4751030485 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc Ogheneyoma Ejiro-emmanuel Warri 3590002589 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc Hajja Modu Monday market 3410015911 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc Zainab Abubakar Bauchi 2663080082 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc Pamela Celestine Awka 4592156146 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc Abdul Ille Mararaba 3681151978 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc GLORY JOHN UYO 3351119378 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc Kapi Jeonam Agbara 1661023152 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc Oluyinka Osadare Ikeja ‘0441001188 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc Funmilayo Aiyemowa Ilorin 3141100148 5000
NIP050 Ecobank Nigeria Plc TOLUWALOPE OYEBADE Gusau 3091172071 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Anthonia Aguweje No 1 portharcourt road 2002540483 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Maimunatu Sa idu Talata Mafara 2216589461 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Ummul Adamu Jalingo 2286579779 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Maryam Maishanu Kano roud 2289246267 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Kumba N Gboko 2266181705 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc BELLO Azeez Opposite Monday market 2261254961 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Esther Abidoye Lagos 2178081779 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Hafast Muhammad Murtaler squar branch kaduna 2381778154 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Aisha Usman Birnin kebbi 2216480166 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc binta labaran ibb way kofar kaura ‘0007278455 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Umaru Hajiya Ta kum LGA branch 2175414040 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Habiba Isa Wukari 2361703833 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Udeh Uche Ikorodu 2285876110 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc amina abubakar kazaure 2212594874 5000
NIP057 Zenith Bank Plc Bunmi Mafikuyomi Ile-Epo Iyana ipaja Agege 140 000.00 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Habiba Muhammad Mayo-gwoi jalingo ‘0431931374 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Ibrahim Hajara Gombe 6011700578 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Fakunle Bosede Oyo branch ‘0050769507 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Sadiat Oloye Ikorodu ‘0123976234 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Amarachi Ugwunna Akowanjo ‘0126615938 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Hadiza Bandir Gombe Branch ‘0218023490 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Adebola Amoo LASU branch ‘0121052406 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Hajja Lawan 3 ‘0171596127 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Funke Gasali Pako ‘0116231193 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Adeyemo Ayanbode Gombe 500000 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Helen Samuel Bauchi ‘0210868525 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Christiana Nakwada Jos ‘0114121838 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc FALMATA UMAR Labintis ‘0608713138 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Agyei Obaayaah Maiduguri branch ‘0234192721 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc fatima Ibrahim Minna ‘0254038124 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Nana Sulaiman Nasarawa ‘0460331239 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Grace Patrick Kaduna ‘0129572762 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Ibrahim Binta Mararaba ‘0130650046 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Oluwadamilola Adebiyi Iju road ‘0164145361 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Oluwatosin Aleru Ilorin ‘0034531395 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc CLEMENTINA Igadi Yenagoa ‘0237219618 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Aor memshima Makurdi ‘0153364690 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Zanab Muhammad bachirawa branch ‘0020838398 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Aisha Abdullahi Bachirawa ‘0156574773 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Hassanat Taiye Ilorin ‘0034861539 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc MARY OKON Calabar Road ‘0043158035 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Mariya Ibrahim Zaria ‘0617987698 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Judith Akpapunah Allen ‘0002714317 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Zainab Mamuda Kyawa Road Dutse ‘0559777924 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Chioma Iwuagwu Ikenegbu branch ‘0043741312 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc @chrisettechick Odili Abuja ‘0178985313 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc fauziyat isezuo bauchi ‘0337277468 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Kalejaye Tosin Gwagwalada ‘0024881811 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Imumoin Happiness Ekpoma ‘0233631081 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc FAVOUR UMAR Auchi ‘0137534431 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Ebunoluwa Adebanjo Sagamu ‘0118837458 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Maryam umar Bello way 2106232835 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Oghenekevwe Omobo Trans amadi ‘0118020032 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Habsatu Abubakar Bello way ‘0427995434 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Rose Akpan Shell gate branch Aba Rd. Ph ‘0257777378 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Nule Korlue Aba road ‘0294635019 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Christiana Yusuf Yola adamawa ‘0027186050 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Ndirmbita Williams MAIN BRANCH ‘0178957457 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Afolake Babatunde Ring -road ibadan ‘0441898496 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Ayileka Kunbi Challenge ‘0050830915 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Safiyya Hassan Bauchi ‘0422490958 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc OLATINSU CHRISTIANA Abuja ‘0165819799 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Tawakalitu Lawal Minna ‘0234514398 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Ebunoluwa Morakinyo Ondo ‘0448740312 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Deborah Ojo Akure ‘0127106813 5000
NIP058 Guaranty Trust Bank Plc Christianah Ogungbe Osun state ‘0119440901 5000
NIP070 Fidelity Bank Plc Chinwe Ome Abakaliki 6016117496 5000
NIP070 Fidelity Bank Plc odufa sunday auchi 6171818786 5000
NIP070 Fidelity Bank Plc Nwebor Ophoke Abakaliki town 6320348195 5000
NIP070 Fidelity Bank Plc Opeyemi Alimi Abeokuta 5332732460 5000
NIP070 Fidelity Bank Plc Msuur Terzungwe Benue state university branch 6173213512 5000
NIP070 Fidelity Bank Plc Oluwawemimo Komolafe France M/M way 6171490038 5000
NIP070 Fidelity Bank Plc Maryam abubakar Bauchi 6320652371 5000
NIP076 Polaris Bank Aisha Ayuba Gombe branch 3056508662 5000
NIP076 Polaris Bank Halima Kindin Kaduna branch 2020444061 5000
NIP076 Polaris Bank Christiana Joshua Mararaba 20000 5000
NIP082 Key Stone Bank Nabiha Adam Gombe branch 6022413493 5000
NIP082 Key Stone Bank Zainab Atiku Dutse 1001366634 5000
NIP082 Key Stone Bank Amina Mustapha Potiskum 6026941527 5000
NIP082 Key Stone Bank Josephine Uduma Aba branch 6024427966 5000
NIP082 Key Stone Bank Adama Umar Keffi 6031819851 5000
NIP082 Key Stone Bank Asmau Muhammed Kofar ruwa 6003161663 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc Onoriode Emakunuya Airport road 3153029019 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc OKECHUKWU NKECHINYERE UMUAHIA 3290924011 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc Sifon Edet Uyo ‘0711067018 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc aisha isa azare 5108419018 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc Makky blinks Agbani 3782677010 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc Fatima Abdurrahman Dutse 6939797018 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc Aisha Jibir Jalingo 5325488919 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc Zainab Abubakar Jos main branch 4582396019 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc OLOGUNAGBA CAROLINE Bodija 7313353013 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc Hadiza Hadiza Jalingo 5036768019 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc Morenikeji Lawal Salolo 4790162013 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc Talatu Ahmad Main 7155999017 5000
NIP214 First City Monument Bank Plc Umar Muhammad Bauchi 337305501 5000
NIP215 Unity Bank Plc Mariam **** Jalingo 2176826242 5000
NIP215 Unity Bank Plc Modupe Grace Otun branch ‘0040706773 5000
NIP215 Unity Bank Plc Rashida Samaila Bauchi ‘0039154222 5000
NIP215 Unity Bank Plc Aishatu Muhammad Azare ‘0023465738 5000
NIP215 Unity Bank Plc Zainab Adamu Wukari ‘0022199432 5000
NIP221 Stanbic IBTC Bank Ltd. Ada Ezeribe Yaba ‘0016374734 5000
NIP221 Stanbic IBTC Bank Ltd. Mary Lawal Challenge ‘0011068339 5000
NIP221 Stanbic IBTC Bank Ltd. Maimuna Ibrahim Sabon gari ‘0020336395 5000
NIP221 Stanbic IBTC Bank Ltd. Aisha Abubakar Jalingo ‘0037194647 5000
NIP221 Stanbic IBTC Bank Ltd. Rahinatu Mansir Zaria ‘0034114124 5000
NIP221 Stanbic IBTC Bank Ltd. Ngozi Obasi Abakaliki ‘0009290061 5000
NIP232 Sterling Bank Plc Hafsat Rabi’u Katsina ‘0079507058 5000
NIP232 Sterling Bank Plc Zainab Aliyu Gombe branch ‘0063076252 5000
NIP232 Sterling Bank Plc Zalihatu Abdulrahman Bauchi ‘0069224918 5000
Total 1250000

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Parties’ Deregistration: ADC, Not NDC, is the Target

Published

2 days ago

June 29, 2026

Eric

By Eric Elezuo

As the 2027 presidential election draws closer, intrigues, manipulations and maneuvers have continued to be the order of the day as political parties engage in one gimmick or another to outdo and undo one another.

While some are playing politics of numbers and conviction, others are engaging tendencies that tend to question the status quo and established principles under which genuine democracy is formed. As a matter of fact, fingers have been pointed at the President Bola Tinubu-led Federal government as the brain behind all machinations that have attempted to derail multi-party democracy, and institute a one-party state, which is alien to the Nigerian democratic roots. This is as a result of the constant imbroglio that has consistently engulf almost all the major political parties in the country.

Fresh facts have however, emerged to prove that every act of frustration thrown at the opposition has been indirectly aimed at the main opposition party, the African Democratic Congress (ADC), and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

According to reliable sources, the recent deregistration of parties, especially the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), was actually targeted at the ADC.

Recall that the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi State, on June, 26, set aside its earlier judgement directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to register the NDC as a political party. A ruling that put a question mark on the eligibility of the party presenting candidates in the forthcoming 2027 elections

The presiding judge, Isah Dashen, held that all relevant parties must be heard before any substantive decision can be made in the matter.

The court upheld the application filed by a certain organization, the Peace Movement Party (PMP), ruling that the party was a necessary party to the suit.

According to the judge, the earlier judgement was constitutionally defective as it was delivered without hearing from all interested parties.

He declared that such an omission rendered the entire process null and void.

Mr Dashen further ruled that the status quo be restored to what it was before the December 10, 2025 judgement, pending the determination of the substantive suit.

He also observed that certain material facts were suppressed in the earlier proceedings, which justified the decision to set aside the judgment.

Consequently, the court ordered that the substantive suit should begin afresh, with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the PMP and the NDC as parties to the case.

According to NAN’s reports, the applicant’s lawyer, Chikezie Ekeocha, told journalists that the PMP approached the court after discovering that NDC’s registration was based on a logo it had previously submitted to INEC before the commencement of the suit.

According to Mr Ekeocha, the court agreed that the applicant’s rights had been affected and consequently vacated the earlier judgement.

“The court has ordered all parties to return to the position they occupied before the judgment of 10 December 2025, and directed the claimants to join all necessary parties to ensure the issues in dispute are effectually and completely determined,” he said.

He explained that the implication of the ruling is that every action taken by INEC in compliance with the now-vacated judgment stands reversed.

“The recognition of the NDC, the issuance of its certificate of registration, its inclusion in INEC’s records, and any appearance on ballot papers arising from that judgement must be withdrawn pending the final determination of the substantive suit,” Mr Ekeocha stated.

He, however, clarified that the substantive case remains before the court and has not been decided.

“The matter has not been concluded. The court merely set aside its previous judgment and directed that the party whose interests were affected be joined so that all sides can be heard before a fresh decision is reached.”

Mr Ekeocha also dismissed suggestions that the court merely ordered parties to maintain the status quo, insisting that the ruling specifically directed a restoration of the position that existed before the 10 December 2025 judgement.

The ruling effectively returns the dispute over the registration of the NDC to the Federal High Court for a fresh hearing, with all relevant parties expected to participate before a new determination is made.

It would also be recalled that a few weeks earlier, the Federal High Court in Abuja, had ordered the deregistration of five political parties including the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The others are Action People’s Party (APP), Action Alliance (AA), Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) and Accord Party.

However, on June 16, the Court of Appeal in Abuja halted the enforcement of the judgement, ruling that it violated its earlier ruling staying proceedings before the Federal High Court.

While INEC awaits the release of the Certified True Copy (CTC) of the judgment to deregister the NDC, the NDC has reacted, rejecting the judgment as travesty of justice.

Lending credence to the notion that the President Tinubu-led administration is basically targeting the establishment of the ADC as a party, and the candidature of its presidential flagbearer, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, who is also the presidential candidate of the ADC, has stated categorically that there are plots to prevent the party from participating in the 2027 general election.

Atiku’s position is stated in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu on Monday, notifying the public that he had received credible information suggesting that political and legal manoeuvres were being deployed against the ADC, stressing that the persecution that has been thrown towards the NDC was a clear distraction as the main target is the ADC.

Atiku alleged that anti-democratic elements within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) were working to ensure that the ADC is excluded from the ballot.

“We are fully aware of their plots. While they seek to sow confusion within the opposition, we know their real target is the ADC because it represents the most credible alternative,” he said.

Atiku called on Nigerians to reject any attempt to determine which opposition parties participate in the election.

“We therefore call on all Nigerians — not just ADC members and supporters — to rise in defense of democracy and reject any attempt by the ruling party to cherry-pick which opposition parties are permitted to participate in the next general election,” he said.

“Our message to the APC and the hooded men plotting in dark chambers is simple: you may conspire, but you will not succeed.

“If the APC is truly confident in its popularity, why is it so terrified of the ADC?”

He said he hoped the information available to him would not materialise but argued that recent political developments made such concerns difficult to dismiss.

“The pattern has become all too familiar. First, institutions that ought to be neutral are drawn into partisan contests,” he said.

“Then, frivolous litigations suddenly gain unusual momentum. Administrative powers are selectively deployed.

“Political pressure is mounted behind closed doors. Before long, democracy itself becomes the casualty.”

Atiku alleged that the ruling party has focused more on weakening the opposition than addressing the country’s economic and security challenges.

“The obsession with silencing the opposition has become so consuming that governance itself has taken a back seat,” he said.

“At a time when Nigerians are battling hunger, inflation, unemployment, insecurity, and collapsing purchasing power, those entrusted with public office appear preoccupied with political survival rather than national survival.”

Nigerians recall that ever since the official rejuvenation of the ADC in June/July of 2025, where the duo of Senator David Mark and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola emerged as the party’s chairman and secretary respectively, the party has not known moments of peaceful coexistence as litigations from corners unknown have sprang up in a bid to destabilize the party and deprive it of the opportunity of featuring on the ballot paper come 2027.

ADC, as a child of circumstance emerged from the rumbles of the litigation-ridden former main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where two factions have consistently remelained at loggerheads over leadership. While the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, who is working assiduously to ensure the reelection of Bola Tinubu, leads one faction, Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, who became a defacto head, leads the other faction. In all, PDP appeared to have no direction, forcing many of its members to jump ship, thereby birthing the ADC, and to a large extent, the NDC, which is presenting Peter Obi as the presidential candidate, with former Kano governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, as his running mate.

Sources also informed The Boss that the hasty reading and passage of the Electoral Act 2026 by the Godswill Akpabio-led National Assembly, with many great areas left unattended to, were also part of the grand design to deprive the ADC the constitutional rights of presenting candidates for the 2027 elections.

But both the ADC and the NDC has vowed that they would follow every process to ensure that the crackdown on opposition parties by the Tinubu administration comes to an abrupt end.

But beyond the intrigues, Nigerians are gearing up to participate fully in the forthcoming election with cross sections of the population either hailing Tinubu for his policies or knocking him for the untold hardship in the land.

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South Africa Nothing Without Africa – MTN Boss, Mcebisi Jonas

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June 27, 2026

Eric

The MTN Group Chairman, Mcebisi Jonas, has condemned the ongoing anti-foreigner sentiment in South Africa, describing it as a symptom of State failure being cynically exploited by politicians with no interest in genuine solutions.

The speech is seen as one of the most substantive interventions by a senior business figure into xenophobic crisis currently plaguing South Africa.

Delivered during the funeral service of Zimbabwean-born activist and public servant, Thokozani Damasane, Jonas’ words have sparked a wave of discussion across South African civil society.

“I was thinking, what is home to Damasane?” he said. “Because I understand, and I understood very early in life, that home is where humanity is. Home is about humanness. It is about the good of humanity and striving for the good of humanity.”

Thokozani Damasane was born and educated in Zimbabwe before relocating to South Africa during the post-apartheid transition period. Jonas described him as arriving “as an outcast” into a country still finding its post-liberation footing – and choosing, nonetheless, to commit himself entirely to its struggles and its people.

“He immersed himself deeply into the struggles, into the pains of South Africans, and he became one of us,” Jonas said.

“In Damasane’s strength, our strength as South Africa and South Africans is reflected. And in his weaknesses, our own weaknesses are reflected.”

Speaking further, Jonas blamed the state for the failure being witnessed, emphasising that if foreigners leave South Africa today, the country’s problems will still persist.

“Foreigners can leave tomorrow – inequality will be with us,” he told the congregation.

“Foreigners will leave tomorrow – unemployment will be with us. Foreigners will leave tomorrow – our police will remain corrupt. Foreigners will leave tomorrow – our politicians will still be concerned with one thing: being elected and re-elected.

“The problem is the failure of the state. The State doesn’t manage immigration. It doesn’t manage its borders. It doesn’t enforce
law enforcement. It doesn’t manage education. What are you expecting?”

Jonas argued that this failure created fertile ground for political manipulation. “When people feel the burn, they become vulnerable to politicians whose sole purpose is to be elected and re-elected. Some of them have no credibility whatsoever. But they lead marches and tell our people that the problem is not us – it is foreigners.”

Jonas recounted a conversation he had witnessed between Damasane and a young man who had challenged the right of foreigners to be in South Africa. Damasane’s response, Jonas said, had stayed with him ever since.

“Damasane said to this guy: Just wait fifteen or twenty years. You will also want to leave your country.”

Jonas told mourners those words now carry a weight Damasane may not have anticipated. “As I stand up today, I look at South Africa. The level of oppression and inequality, the level of exclusion of our people, the level of corruption, the betrayal of the dream of liberation – those words of Damasane ring very loud in my ears.”

South Africa is nothing without Africa

Jonas closed with a call for what he described as a return to “national consciousness” – one rooted in continental solidarity and economic interdependence rather than ethnic exclusion.

“We are a nation embedded in Africa,” he said. “And without Africa, our growth as a country – economically – our fortune is intertwined with the growth of Africa. South Africa is nothing without Africa. And Africa is nothing without South Africa.”

He also reframed the question of legacy and identity for Damasane’s children, who were present. “Sometimes this thing called meritocracy is measured in wealth. No. It is values, it is principles, it is integrity. And your father had all of that.”

“We cannot judge people by their origin,” he told mourners. “We cannot determine the legal status of people by their origin.”

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NDC Rejects Court Ruling on Party’s Registration, Heads to Appeal Court

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June 27, 2026

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The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), on Friday, vowed to challenge the judgment nullifying its registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), insisting that it would exercise its constitutional right of appeal.

Reacting to the ruling on Thursday, the party’s spokesman, Osa Director, said the NDC was still awaiting the certified copy of the judgment before making a comprehensive statement on the court’s decision.

He, however, confirmed that the party had resolved to head to the appellate court.

“We are still waiting to obtain a copy of the judgment. After reading the comprehensive judgment, we will make a detailed statement,” he said.

The spokesman added: “For now, what is certain is that we will exercise our right of appeal.”

Insisting that the party would challenge the ruling, he said: “It is our constitutional right to appeal, and we intend to exercise that right.”

When asked specifically whether the NDC would appeal the judgment voiding its registration, the spokesman replied: “Yes, the party will appeal the case.”

The party’s reaction came shortly after a Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, in a judgement that nullified its registration by INEC, a development that could have significant implications for the NDC’s participation in the country’s political process ahead of the 2027 general elections.

The NDC, however, maintained that it would refrain from making further comments on the substance of the judgment until it had studied the full text of the court’s decision.

The party’s planned appeal is expected to set the stage for a fresh legal battle over its status and continued existence as a registered political party.