archiveMarch 22, 2019

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja has held the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Isiaka Adeleke and the PDP, challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Gboyega Oyetola at the September 2018 governorship election, lacked merit....

  Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) on Friday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ahead of the supplementary elections on Saturday that it must ensure that the mistakes inherent in the earlier conducted governorship elections in the affected states are not repeated. Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, TMG, Chairperson, in a...

The Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja on Friday dismissed the separate objections filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, as well as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against the petition challenging their victory at the September 2018 election. The Peoples Democratic...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said the disunity in Nigeria poses danger for the future. “When we look at this country today, even during the civil war, we were not as divided as we are today,” Obasanjo said at the annual retreat of Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks...

The Nigerian Union of Journalist (NUJ) on Friday said the threat made by the chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr. Danladi Umar, against journalists was “vague and empty”. The union said Umar has no powers to imprison journalists carrying out their official assignment. The reaction came a day...

  Enelamah seeks increased tax compliance   The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, has projected that the Nigerian economy would grow by three per cent in 2019, higher than the 1.93 per cent it achieved in 2018. Emefiele who gave the forecast on Thursday also said...