archiveJanuary 2019

Below is a full transcript of PDP Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar’s State of the Nation address in Abuja. “Yet again, our dear country is passing through a difficult moment. How we react to this challenge in the following days will determine the fate of our democracy, which has been brought...

The President of Liberia, Mr. George Oppong Weah and Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Bishop of Sokoto Diocese are the Keynote Speakers at the !6th Annual Lecture and International Leadership Symposium of CVL(Centre for Values in Leadership) taking place on Wednesday, February 6, 2019 at MUSON Centre, Lagos. According to a...

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, and the Director General of the Voice of Nigeria (VON), Mr Osita Okechukwu, have described the endorsement of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, by the Ohanaeze Ndigbo as partisan. Ngige said what played out was a mere...

  The Supreme Court has resumed sitting on Monday with the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, presiding over a five-man panel of the court. Monday is the first working day after the last Friday’s suspension of the CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, by President Muhammadu Buhari. Justice Muhammad...

Says “I am not fighting for Justice Onnoghen” The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji  Atiku Abubakar has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari over his response to the foreign interference on the suspension of Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen. The international community, including the United States, the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has accredited 144 observer groups that will monitor the conduct of the forthcoming general elections in the country. The figure, as published on the commission’s official website, www.inecnigeria.org, comprised 116 domestic and 28 international observer groups. The commission advised all the accredited observers to abide...

The Presidency on has criticised the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union for voicing their opposition against the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, without allegedly following due process of law. It said the three did not only act in a haste, but...

A total turnover of 1.807 billion shares worth N17.232 billion in 18,332 deals were traded last week by investors on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in contrast to a total of 1.270 billion shares valued at N13.463 billion that exchanged hands last week in 16,476 deals. The...

Explains why strike still lingers The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the federal government to stop distorting facts about funds released to the union and the universities, saying the ongoing strike by the university teachers is still lingering because of a few disagreement between the government and...

  The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of 400 Civil Society Organizations, working to support and strengthen the democratic process in Nigeria, has described the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen as an onslaught by the Presidency against the judiciary, a pillar in the...