archiveMarch 17, 2019

A senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has reminded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that it has wide powers to de-register political parties that failed to scale some minimum electoral tests. Falana in a statement on Sunday, Falana said the application of the rules will see the number...

The United States Department of State has released what it called evidence of impunity in the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government. The State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, in its Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018, said that Nigeria under Buhari, had made little progress...

Imo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the outgoing governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, of emptying the State’s treasury. The PDP alleged that Okorocha has withdrawn N17 billion for his personal use in a space of three days. This allegation was made by the Chairman...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Sunday released its December 2018 financial and operations report, which shows that it recorded a trading surplus of ₦12.13 billion; a development it said is attributable to the success recorded by its upstream subsidiary, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) in the period...