archive2019

  The National Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has clarified that no judgement barred the All Progressives Congress (APC) from partaking in the Saturday governorship election. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, insisted that the judgement of the Federal High Court...

Officials said separate incidents of lightning killed at least 27 people and injured over two dozens of others in different areas of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province during the last 24 hours, local media reported Friday morning. Saeed Ghani, the provincial government spoke man said that local authorities declared an emergency...

None of the about 20 Senior Advocates of Nigeria paraded by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is present at the Supreme Court where the reasons for the dismissal of their appeal challenging the outcome of the February 23 presidential election is set to be...

Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola Thursday in Oshogbo presented N119.5 billion 2020 budget before the state House of Assembly for consideration. Critical sectors like infrastructure, education, health, water and sanitation and agriculture top the list of sectoral allocations in that order in the fiscal estimate. The 2020 budget, tagged “Budget...

Nigeria, the Republic of Benin and Niger, have established a joint border patrol team comprising the police, customs, and immigration to recommend a date for the reopening of the borders. The three countries agreed in a resolution on Thursday in Abuja at the end of the Tripartite Anti-Smuggling Committee Meeting...

  A former president, Goodluck Jonathan, on Thursday, blamed bad politicians for undermining the Nigerian electoral process. Speaking in Port-Harcourt during a book presentation, the former president accused politicians of grooming boys whom they use as political thugs during elections, The Nation reports. He said while these politicians send their...

  Nigeria’s former Minister of Information, Chief Alex Akinyele, is dead. A statement by one of his sons, Constantine Akinfolarin Akinyele, confirmed that the Ondo chief passed away Thursday night after a brief illness. Akinyele, a trained public relations specialist and an administrator, after serving as the Minister of Information,...

  Senior Special Assistant on Project Monitoring in the Office of the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Architect Zach Ijeoma has called on people of the State to continue to keep faith with the administration of Governor Emeka Ihedioha, describing it as the best thing to have happened to the...

  continue your good works, Mogajis tell Makinde# say mandate given to Gov can’t be snatched The Council of İbadan Mogajis (Chiefs) has urged the Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde, to keep his focus on the good service he is rendering in the state despite the controversy engineered...

An Oyo State-based socio-political group, the Oyo Kajola Group (OKG), on Thursday, chided the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 9 election, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu and his party for seeking to snatch the governorship seat through the backdoor. The group, in a statement by its...