archiveJune 2019

  The State Security Service (SSS) on Wednesday announced a nationwide crackdown on individuals allegedly caught posting inciting materials on the internet; the move could put to test the potency of the free speech Nigerian Constitution safeguards. The SSS said it had recently observed that some social media users were...

  ADDRESS BY H.E PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AT THE 2019 NATIONAL DEMOCRACY DAY AT THE EAGLE SQUARE, ABUJA 12TH JUNE 2019 Protocols All Praise is due to GOD Almighty Who spared our lives to be present at this great occasion. We give thanks also that the democratic process has been...

  A former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 , general  election, Atiku Abubakar,  on Wednesday, said it is not enough to declare June 12, Democracy Day. He stated that while it is celebratory and commendable the declaration of June 12 as...

  A Pentecostal Bishop and an Osun state based cleric, Rt. Rev. Seun Adeoye, has warned all Christian political office holders not to be involved in any act that would make them end up in hell fire. The founder of Sufficient Grace and Truth Ministry (SGTM), Rehoboth Arena, Okinni, Osun...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) may have decided to allow the naira to weaken past its official rate as it gradually unwinds its regime of multiple exchange rates, data on its website show. The apex bank stopped publishing the fixed naira exchange rate on its website and it...

  A former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has said the June 12 mandate is not dead because the poverty eradication vision of the late Chief Moshood Abiola has not been actualised. Akinyemi, a professor of political science, said the votes across ethnic, social and religious lines, which...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it decided to appeal the court ruling directing it to issue a certificate of return to embattled ex-governor of Imo State, Mr Rochas Okorocha. As against its stance, the commission on Tuesday issued the certificate to Okorocha who was declared winner...

  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday counselled Nigerians to exploit the diversity of the country for national development. He gave the advice during a toast at a dinner organised to mark 20 Years of Democracy in Nigeria ahead of the celebration slated for June 12. June 12 had been...

The African Development Bank (AfDB), says Nigeria is the greatest contributor to wealth creation in West Africa, contributing about 75 per cent of regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Mr Ebrima Faal, AfDB Senior Director for Nigeria said this in an interview with newsmen at the ongoing Annual Meetings of the...

  Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) says President Muhammadu Buhari’s declaration of June 12 as Democracy Day, is a watershed for activists, moralists, patriots and nationalists, after 26 years of agitation. Comrade Vincent Ezekwueme, Chairman of CLO, Anambra Chapter,said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu...