archiveMarch 2019

The Association of Concerned Bayelsa Professionals has said that the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have again been compelled to release the sum of N1 billion for the gubernatorial/House òf Assembly elections in Bayelsa State. The Secretary General of the Association, Mr....

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in penultimate Saturday’s presidential election Atiku Abubakar voted in Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly election in Adamawa State not convinced his vote will count. Atiku, who voted about 12.30 pm at his Ajiya Ward in Yola North local government area, said...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday refused to comment on the conduct of the governorship and House of Assembly polls in Ogun State. Obasanjo arrived the ward 11, unit 22 of the Olusomi compound polling centre at Totoro-Solori area of Abeokuta at about 9.56 a.m for voting. The former president,...

Domestic observers monitoring the ongoing governorship and state Assembly elections have said the voter apathy recorded in Lagos was as a result of violence and insecurity experienced in the February 23 Presidential elections. Speaking with journalists, president of Women Arise for Change Initiative, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin noted that unavailability of...

  *Casts gubernatorial & state assembly vote at VGC polling unit, Lagos Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has urged all Nigerians to set aside ethnic and religious sentiments and join hands with the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to build a better Nigeria. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Saturday shortly after...

Scores of adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Ojo and Iba Collation Centres in Lagos on Saturday staged a protest over unpaid allowances. The collation centres are located at St. Michael Nursery and Primary School, Costain Road, Ojo, and Local Authority Primary School, Iba, both in...

YIAGA AFRICA, an election observer group on Friday said the Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology will not be deployed in the ongoing governorship and state assembly elections. The Executive Director, YIAGA AFRICA, Samson Itodo, disclosed this while speaking on deployment of 682 observers to 29 States for the elections. Itodo...

President Muhammadu Buhari says the court case instituted against his electoral victory by Atiku Abubakar, the defeated candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is not unexpected. The president stated this shortly after casting his vote during the gubernatorial and State House Assembly elections at the polling unit 003 Kofar...

  Amnesty International has revealed that thousands of women who fled Boko Haram-controlled areas, almost a year after its investigation, revealed patterns of abuse by security forces. In a statement released on Friday in commemoration of International Women’s Day, Amnesty International noted that many of the women still struggle to...

MTN Group announced on Thursday a $1 billion divestment programme over the next three years that will slim down Africa’s biggest mobile phone operator and refocus it on high-growth markets on the continent and in the Middle East. Founded with Pretoria’s help after the end of white minority rule in...