archiveFebruary 8, 2019

  The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State has said that the judgement of the Supreme Court will not affect the candidacy of Tonye Cole, its governorship candidate, and other candidates of the party in the state. In a statement on Friday, Chris Finebone, spokesman of the APC, maintained...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has instructed prospective candidates for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to register before February 21. The examination body said it was not considering extending the duration for registration. The body said that it was satisfied with the use of only accredited...

African online retailer Jumia is planning an initial public offering in New York this year that could value the business at about $1.5 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Jumia’s largest shareholder MTN Group Ltd. is planning to raise as much as $600 million from selling its shares...

The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has responded to Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka's endorsement of Kinglsey Moghalu for President. And his answer is simple: "We do not believe in the politics of godfathers, godmothers or endorsements." In a statement released very early on Friday, Soyinka...

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in its latest quarterly review has disclosed that the Federation Allocation Account Committee (FAAC) disbursed N8.52 trillion to the three tiers of government and other beneficiaries in 2018. It added that the figure makes it the first time since 2014, that disbursements would...

  The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2018 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) recording 12,084 malpractice cases. The Acting Registrar, Abubakar Mohammed Gana while announcing the release of the result at NECO headquarters in Minna said there was an upward trend of candidates involvement...

  The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) on Friday demanded that security agencies and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) should investigate and document the recent inciting comments by governor Ahmad Nasir El-Rufai because they constitute infractions on the electoral laws of Nigeria. According to TMG, a coalition of over 400...

Bars APC from general election The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the judgement given by the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, barring the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the general elections in Rivers State. The Federal High court was presided over by Justice Omotosho. On Monday, the Appeal court...

53 parties adopt Buhari, Sanwo-Olu ahead of APC rally in Lagos The Minister of Works, Power and Housing and former governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola has said that the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is the “most competent” to...

The Lagos State Government on Friday changed its earlier decision to close some roads ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari campaign in the state on Saturday. In a press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary, Habib Aruna, the State’s Commissioner for Transportation, Mr Ladi Lawanson said the earlier statement announcing...