Today, Friday 25th February 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the electoral bill into law. I picked up social media what is said to be the key provisions of the new law below. I have also added my comments below the summary. Here is the summary of ten...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Federal Government says outcomes from the past edition of the Nigerian International Energy Summit (NIES) have been embraced and utilised by government, policy makers and oil and gas industry to effect development. Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State Petroleum Resources, made this known...
Provisional winners of the 3.5 Gigahertz (GHz) spectrum licence, MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, officially...
President Muhammadu Buhari has finally signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law. The President assented to the bill at past midday on Friday at a brief ceremony held at the Council Chamber of the Aso Villa in Abuja. The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of...
President Buhari signs Electoral Act, says ‘We’re bequeathing lasting legacy with new election laws’
President Buhari signs Electoral Act, says ‘We’re bequeathing lasting legacy with new election laws’
*Asks that Section 84(12) be deleted By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said The Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2022, passed by the National Assembly, holds a lot of promise for improving the election processes in the country, with introduction of new technology, and efforts...
The multinational holds 40 per cent in the partnership through MPNU and NNPC the remainder. Seplat Energy entered into a contract with a Nigerian unit of Texas-based supermajor Exxon Mobil, Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPNU), with a view to procuring the latter’s entire oil assets in Africa’s biggest crude...
…Vow to achieve multidimensional regional health objectives The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Health Organization (WAHO), have reiterated their unwavering commitment to the achievement of the multidimensional regional health objectives. President of the ECOWAS Commission, His Excellency Jean-Claude Kassi BROU and the Director-General...
Africa Magic, the leading provider of entertainment content for Africa by Africans, has announced the launch of a new game show, Come Play Naija. The show premieres Thursday, 3 March 2022 from 9 pm on Africa Magic Showcase, Urban and Family channels, and will be available to customers on DStv...
The Young Professionals for Atiku Abubakar, a political pressure group, has urged Nigerians to support former vice-president Atiku Abubakar to actualise his presidential ambition in 2023. Dr Ja’afaru Sa’ad, a former gubernatorial aspirant in Kaduna State under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the convener of the movement, made...
The 2021/2022 UEFA Champions League final match in May will be moved to Paris from St Petersburg due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. European football governing body UEFA disclosed this after a hastily-arranged executive committee meeting on Friday. The meeting rubber-stamped the widely-expected decision less than 36 hours...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has commended Vice President Yemi Osinbajo for his one day state working visit to Borno and efforts in repatriating and resettling Nigerian refugees abroad as Chairman Federal Government Resettlement Committee (FGRC). He also appreciated the VP for announcing a...
Ukraine’s president said Friday his country had been left on its own to fight Russia after the Kremlin launched a large-scale invasion that killed 130 Ukrainians on the first day. “We have been left alone to defend our state,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video address to the nation...
Invading Russian forces pressed deep into Ukraine as deadly battles reached the outskirts of Kyiv, with explosions heard in the capital early Friday that the besieged government described as “horrific rocket strikes”. The blasts in Kyiv set off a second day of violence after Russian President Vladimir Putin defied...
ExxonMobil has reached an agreement to sell its equity interest in Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited (MPN) to Seplat Energy, a Nigeria-owned independent oil and gas company. Liam Mallon, President, ExxonMobil Upstream Oil and Gas, made this known in a statement on Friday in Irving, Texas, USA. “The sale supports...
Father of a 13-year-old boy, who was sodomised and later died, Mr Vincent Ugiagbe, is seeking justice for son. The minor, was reported to have been allegedly sodomised by a security man in Uwasota area of Benin City. Ugiagbe, who confirmed the death of his son to newsmen, said:”my...
The United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) says more than 800,000 million dollars (N332 million) is in the kitty for 500 participants of its special skills acquisition programme in Nigeria. Its Team Lead, Governance, Peace and Security in Nigeria, Mr Matthew Alao, said in an interview with the News Agency of...
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State won all the 17 chairmanship and 260 councillorship seats in the local government elections held in the state on Wednesday. The party beat the 10 other political parties that contested in the council elections with wide margins. Declaring the PDP...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Councils (NECO) has released the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) external candidates results. Announcing the results in Minna on Thursday, Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, said the results were released just after sixty-four (64) days in which...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has reassured the government and people of Borno State of President Muhammadu Buhari led administration’s continuous support in the development and security of the state. VP Osinbajo stated this Thursday while speaking at the Shehu of Borno palace when...
Popular Male Barbie, Idris Okunneye widely known as Bobrisky, has become a subject of ridicule on social media after his mentee, James Brown, has revealed he sponsored himself to a University in the United Kingdom. James Brown took to his Instagram page to share a video of himself giving...