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Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced a new tactic on ballot paper handling at polling units to check vote buying in the 2019 general elections. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, disclosed this at a public hearing on ‘Vote Buying and Improving Electoral Processes in Nigeria’ in Abuja on Monday. In the 2019 polls, […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian President, chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday said he would not sit on the fence or be neutral in next year’s general elections, emphasising his commitment to a change of a government he thinks has hindered the economic development of the country. The ex-president’s position was made known in a statement by his media aide, […]
Continue ReadingShown below are the 5 most popular car brands being consistently imported into Africa. The list is based on their popularity, digital activities, brand presence, physical outlets across the continent and general perception of these brands in most markets. All 5 are great quality brands producing great quality transportation vehicles for various uses in Africa. […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s INEC has declared that although the rejected bill would have addressed controversies that trailed the 2015 exercise especially the place of technology and others that the amendments seek to address, Nigeria can still have good elections with the extant Act. Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, addressed reporters on the […]
Continue ReadingResidents of Jakande Estate Ejigbo in Lagos state, Sunday, staged a peaceful protest against Ikeja Electric (ie), the only electricity distribution company in the area over high estimated billing system the community has been getting. The residents also claimed that the six months period given to the company by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, […]
Continue ReadingIndigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu has released 6 ‘scientific’ facts to back his claim that one Jubril Aminu Al-Sudani is impersonating President Muhammadu Buhari. The IPOB leader spoke Saturday night in a two-and-half hour special radio broadcast from Israel, saying the facts were necessary to clarify the point he raised earlier that […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, his wife, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo, yesterday met with former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Jonathan, Osinbajo and Atiku were together at the Interdenominational commendation service of Madam Goldcoast Dickson Mama Gogo, mother of Gov. […]
Continue ReadingNorthern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Saturday, warned that it would be dangerous to deny Nigerians free, fair and credible elections in 2019, a situation that might result in political conflict. The Chairman of the NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi expressed this concern at a news conference he addressed in Zaria, Kaduna State to mark his 80th birthday. […]
Continue ReadingPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) laments the stoppage of transactions on all accounts belonging to its Vice presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, wife, his family members and their businesses by agencies of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said Obi has […]
Continue ReadingFr. Ejike Mbaka, of Adoration Ministry Enugu, Nigeria, has apologised to the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Peter Obi, over the negative public remarks he made about him last Sunday. In a video coverage, Fr. Mbaka tendered the apology early Saturday before thousands of his followers at a vigil mass […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says the President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Paul Usoro, has a case to answer over alleged N1.4 billion fraud. This was disclosed by EFCC’s acting spokesman, Tony Orilade, in Abuja on Friday. Mr Orilade said that: “indeed, the EFCC had invited Usoro in June this year, […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari declined assent to the Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2018 because passing a new electoral bill at this stage of preparation for 2019 elections could create uncertainty about which law would govern the election, according the letter the President wrote to the presiding officers of the National Assembly. Presidential liaison officer to the […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, while speaking to a thrilled huge crowd at the party’s South-west rally, held in Ibadan Thursday, promised to start the process of restructuring the country within six months of his administration, if voted into power. Atiku told the crowd of party faithful and supporters, […]
Continue ReadingWife of Nigerian President, Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday, lamented that two powerful personalities have constituted themselves as a cog in the wheel of speedy development of the country. Aisha Buhari, who spoke at a conference organized by Project 4+4 in Abuja, however, did not mention the names of the powerful persons. She explained that the government had […]
Continue ReadingFormer Nigerian Inspector General of Police and Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Musiliu Smith, Wednesday, disclosed to the Senate that the rot in the Police Force had got to a head as criminals and drug bandits give gift of houses to serving policemen. The PSC chairman made the allegation during a public hearing on a […]
Continue ReadingFormer governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, was involved in an accident on third mainland bridge in Lagos on Wednesday. This was announced by Lere Olayinka, media aide of the former governor on Twitter. Olayinka said, Fayose was in a stable condition and receiving medical treatment. “Immediate past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose […]
Continue ReadingProminent Yoruba leaders under the aegis of South-West Forum have adopted the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar for the 2019 election. Ending the colloquium tagged, “2019: South-West Speaks”, the Yoruba leaders resolved to support Atiku Abubakar for the 2019 Presidential election because of his promise of restructuring. The event was […]
Continue ReadingThe Court of Appeal in Ilorin, Kwara State, has nullified the lower court’s judgment that awarded a N4billion cost as sum of damages against SaharaReporters and its founder, Omoyele Sowore, in a suit between the two and Bukola Saraki, Nigeria’s Senate President. On Tuesday, the Appeal Court set aside the judgment of Justice A.S. Oyinloye […]
Continue ReadingA member of Nigerian House of Representatives, Hon. Ehiozuma Johnson Agbonayinma, has alleged that there is an ongoing plot to impeach Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Addressing journalists at the media center of the House of Representatives Tuesday, Agbonayinma called for caution on what he called the campaign to smear the office of the vice president […]
Continue ReadingLondon-based magazine, The Economist has reported that President Muhammadu Buhari will win next year’s presidential election and that the opposition coalition may collapse before the general election. But Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar yesterday said the forecast of the London-based magazine failed to meet the attributes of objectivity, balance and fairness. According to The Economist in […]
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