archiveSeptember 2020

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State on Tuesday said that the remaining operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) allegedly kidnapped by suspected bandits had been freed. Sule said this when he received the Market Enterprise Development Advisor, Fatima Buhari, in Lafia. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a Certificate of Return to Governor Godwin Obaseki, winner of the just concluded Edo State governorship election. INEC presented the certificate to Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, on Tuesday. Obaseki polled 307,955 votes across the 18 local government areas of the...

  The Court of Appeal has set up an election petition tribunal for the Edo State governorship election matters. The setting up of the panel by the Appeal Court President, Justice Monica Dongban-Menem, was announced in a statement on Tuesday by the Tribunal’s Secretary, Sunday Martins. “The general public is...

  retains other policy rates The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) rose from its 275th meeting on Tuesday with a decision to reduce the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), that is lending rate, from 12.5 per cent to 11.5 per cent. The Chairman of MPC...

  Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has suspended the management of the State Internal Revenue Service with immediate effect. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Onogwu Muhammed, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lokoja. Muhammed said that the suspension was due to alleged violation of corporate...

  By Kevin Okunzuwa, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Prior to the Edo governorship election  on Sept. 19, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had, at several fora, assured the Edo citizens and Nigerians of its readiness to conduct a free, fair and credible election. In one of such occassions...

    Decline in voter turnout worrisome as 25.2% of registered voters cast their ballot Peaceful conduct of poll a welcome development   The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has rated the conduct and outcome of the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, scoring it relatively credible despite...

An observer group in the just concluded Edo State Governorship election, Intercontinental Leadership Initiative, has faulted the integrity of the Sept. 19 poll. Mr Stafford Bisong, the Country Head of the organisation, stated this at a news conference in Benin on Monday, NAN reports. Bisong, who disclosed that he had...

  Nigeria has now reported 1,100 deaths from COVID-19 complications, after two people were reported dead to the virus in the last 24 hours. Despite the toll of over a thousand deaths from COVID-19 complications, many of the country’s 36 states do not have teams of trained staff for handling...

  The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Monday said about 57 per cent of Nigerian children under the age of five years don’t have birth certificates. The child protection specialist in charge of UNICEF Zone A Field office, Enugu, Victor Atuchukwu, stated this in Awka during the training of...