By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Cross River State Chapter has congratulated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the peaceful conduct of the National Assembly and Presidential Elections in Cross River State. IPAC also congratulated Senator-elect, Asuquo Ekpeyong, a candidate of the All Progressive...
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Nigerians, home and abroad, have been asked to expect a booming socio-economic atmosphere in the country soon with the emergence of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as next President and Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces of Federal Republic of Nigeria. This was made public in a press statement signed by Otunba...
Democracy is a political paradigm, albeit, with a specific ideological undertone; and the ideological tone refers to the attributes of democracy. Indeed, that distinguishes it from other ideological classifications. Making it simpler, democracy is different from, say, monarchy in that, while the former embraces and encourages all to participate...
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By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Following the invalidation of the restrictions on the old Naira notes under the Naira redesign policy by the Supreme Court on Friday, The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has charged the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Economic Financial Crime Commission...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his heartfelt condolences to the former First Lady, Marayam Abacha, and family on the death of their son, Abdullahi. The deceased, who is one of the sons of the late military head of state, Sani Abacha, died in the...
Gov. Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa, on Saturday, presented the staff of office to the new Emir of Dutse, Hamim Muhammad-Sunusi II. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Muhammad-Sunusi, 44, ascended the throne sequel to the passage of his father, Nuhu Muhammad-Sunusi, on Jan. 31. Badaru, who spoke...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger State has suspended the state Chairman, Haliru Zakari Jikantoro over alleged anti-party activities during the just-concluded presidential and National Assembly elections. The Kashini ward executive of the party in the Agwara Local Government Area of the state suspended Jikantoro, accusing him of...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Friday night abducted two wives and a son of the Chief of Sarkin kudu, in the Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State, Dansalama Adamu. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abdullahi Usman, confirmed this to Channels Television via a telephone...
Arsenal recovered from conceding the second fastest goal in Premier League history as Reiss Nelson’s stoppage-time strike gave the Premier League leaders a thrilling 3-2 win over Bournemouth after title rivals Manchester City beat Newcastle 2-0 on Saturday. Mikel Arteta’s side were trailing by two goals with just over...
After over 20 years of its formation, pro-workers political organisation, Labour Party (LP) seems to be gradually making inroads into mainstream politics as the party has got six Senate and 34 House of Representatives seats in the February 25 National Assembly (NASS) elections. Relatively obscure in the political arena...
Sen. Grace Bent has appealed to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his Labour Party counterpart Mr Peter Obi to accept their defeat in the Feb. 25 presidential election in good faith. Bent, who represented Adamawa South at the National Assembly stated this in...
A Nigerian dancer, Ms Kafayat Shafau, popularly known by her stage name, Kaffy, has urged women to cultivate the habit of dancing regularly. She said this was helpful in reducing stress, keeping fit and being more productive in their various walks of life. Kaffy, who is also a dance...
Order Paper, an NGO interested in the Legislature, has decried the voting pattern in last Saturday’s National Assembly elections. The organisation, in a report released after the polls, said majority of the electorate, in casting their votes, only considered the political parties, and not candidates’ credibility. The Executive Director,...
Ahead of the March 11 Governorship and House of Assembly elections, Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has warned that the state government will not allow religious crisis in the state. Sule stated this on Saturday in Lafia during a meeting with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Jama’atu...
Prof. Ibrahim Dabo, the Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, says the university is working to develop a made-in-Nigeria car that will use water. The dean made this known on Saturday in Zaria while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the commemoration of...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Sokoto State has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to replace officials that allegedly compromised their positions to subvert the Feb. 25, Presidential and National Assembly elections. Alhaji Isa Sadiq-Achida, the state APC Chairman gave the party’s position while addressing newsmen in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled the issuance of certificates of return to elected members of the National Assembly for Tuesday and Wednesday. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this on Saturday morning, while giving his address at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja....
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has assured Nigerians that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) will be used in the forthcoming governorship and state legislature elections. Yakubu gave the assurance on Saturday in a meeting with all state Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs)...