The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba said a total of 425,106 security operatives will be deployed for the presidential and National Assembly election scheduled to hold on Saturday, February 25th. Alkali disclosed this while speaking at a media briefing organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at …

Emefiele, CBN governor The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Friday announced measures that will affect the tenure of Executive Management and Non-Executive Directors of banks and financial institutions. The new guidelines specifies the tenure of Managing Directors, Deputy Managing Directors as well as Executive Directors. The developmemt was announced in …

The bail application filed by a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari suffered another setback after the Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday dismissed the suit. The appeal sought the reversal of an earlier ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja which refused to grant his request …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appointed Isa Abdulmumin as the Acting Director of Corporate Communications Department of the apex bank. Abdulmumin, a Deputy Director, takes over from Osita Nwanisobi as head of the Corporate Communications Department following his retirement from service on Friday. Abdulmumin has been in the …

Hoodlums branding dangerous weapons during the clash The Police Command in Ebonyi says it embarked on raiding blackspots in the state as part of its efforts to tackle related electoral violence during the general polls. Mr Falaye Olaleye, Commissioner for Police in the state, told the News Agency of Nigeria …

INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said on Friday that it has postponed the Enugu East Senatorial District Election earlier scheduled to hold alongside the presidential and other National Assembly polls nationwide on Saturday. Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu announced the postponement of the election at …

EFCC intercepts N32.24 million suspected to be for vote buying in Lagos ahead of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Friday said it has intercepted the sum of N32.24 million suspected to be for vote buying in Lagos ahead of Saturday’s presidential …

Eke Ukwu Market in Owerri, Imo State During Sit-At-Home- The Igbo Community Association in Kano state has urged South-easterners in Anambra, Abia, Imo, Enugu and Ebonyi states to ignore any sit-at-home directive from anyone and come out and exercise their franchise by voting for their choice candidates during the presidential …

Mahmood Yakubu, INEC Chairman The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the Enugu East senatorial election following the murder of Oyibo Chukwu – the Labour Party candidate for the constituency. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at a media briefing on Friday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. …

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Adamawa state, Umar Madawaki, has asked his supporters to vote for Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking on Thursday at a media briefing, Madawaki accused the LP of sidelining him and other party candidates. “We …