Kogi State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Gabriel Longpet, speaks to GBENGA ODOGUN about the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission for the November 11 governorship election in the state, among other related issues you expressed concern over the low collection of Permanent Voter Cards. Did the situation change before the …
Read More »Group Writes INEC On Mandatory Internet Voter Registration, Modern Technology In Electoral Process
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu A civil rights group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has asked the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to promote constitutional and legal reforms that would contain explicit mandatory provisions on internet voter registration, and the use of modern technology, …
Read More »NDLEA arrests businessmen, hotel attendant for drug trafficking
NDLEA personnel The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it arrested two Lagos businessmen, ThankGod Emenike and Chidike Prince for concealing cocaine and heroin in their bellies on board flight to Hong Kong and France. Also, the NDLEA arrested one Agbo Tochukwu with a consignment of 58 parcels of skunk …
Read More »IPOB Chides South East Governors After Proscription Was Quashed
File Photo : IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), weekend, commended Enugu State High Court for ruling that the proscription of IPOB and its declaration as a terrorist organization amounted to administrative abuse, hence illegal. Recall that South East Governors Forum had in 2017 proscribed IPOB, with the federal …
Read More »Tinubu, Atiku Extol Late Ohinoyi Of Ebiraland: ‘He Had Masterful Way Of Handling Issues’
President Bola Tinubu has mourned the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Kogi State, His Royal Majesty, Ado Ibrahim, who passed away at the age of 94 on Sunday. Ibrahim ascended the revered throne in 1997, serving as the fourth traditional ruler of Ebiraland until Sunday morning. President Tinubu, on Sunday, described the …
Read More »City of Houston, Texas, USA proclaims October 25 as FITCC Day
In recognition of Fidelity Bank Plc’s commitment to fostering bilateral trade and economic development between the city of Houston, Texas and Nigeria, the City of Houston has designated October 25 as “Fidelity International Trade and Creative Connect Day”. Mayor Sylvester Turner of Houston officially declared the special day in …
Read More »Ex CBN Governor, Emefiele, Regains Freedom From DSS
Godwin Emefiele, former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), regained his freedom last night and was immediately picked up by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It was gathered that he is being interrogated and there are indications that fresh charges will be filed against …
Read More »If President Tinubu fails, Nigerians have failed – Wike
FCT Minister, Wike Nyesom Wike, Minister of the FCT, said Nigerians must unite behind President Bola Tinubu because if the president fails, everyone has failed. Wike gave the advice on Wednesday when members of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the Committee of FCT Imams Initiative (CFII) paid him a …
Read More »Politics is over: MURIC sends message to Atiku
Atiku Abubakar and President Bola Tinubu. The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has called on Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party to congratulate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Supreme Court of Nigeria had on Thursday affirmed the victory of President Tinubu in the presidential election held on 25th February, …
Read More »Adeleke meets Tinubu’s daughter, congratulates President on Supreme Court victory
Second from left: Folasade Tinubu Ojo and Osun governor Ademola Adeleke in Ede, Osun State Osun governor Ademola Adeleke on Thursday congratulated President Bola Tinubu on the affirmation of his election by the Supreme Court during a meeting with ‘Iyaloja General’ of Nigeria, Folasade Ojo-Tinubu, the daughter of the President …
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