The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reminded political parties that the deadline for uploading list and particulars of the their nominees remains July 15. The commission made the disclosure in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, on Thursday...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Director General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr. Alex A.Okoh has said that the mandate of Service Compact (SERVICOM) propels the Bureau’s service delivery initiative and appealed to other government agencies in the country to do the same. This is contained...
Prof. Wahab Egebwole (SAN) of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin) has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enforce the basic constitutional educational qualification prescribed for all political office seekers. Egbewole gave the advice on Thursday in Ilorin during an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of a...
A bill to establish the National Electoral Offences Commission and Tribunal on Thursday, passed second reading at the House of Representatives. The bill, which has seven parts and 48 sections sought to take the “burden” of prosecuting electoral offenders off the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The bill which...
The Chairman, Planning Committee of the 30th Graduation Anniversary of the 1992 set of the Association of Mass Communication Graduates of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Dr. Femi Adefila, has emphasised the need for old students to play active roles in developing their alma mater Adefila, the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured that his administration would conduct free and credible elections in 2023. President Buhari gave the assurance on Wednesday during a meeting with representatives of Nigerians living in Portugal. He added that his government will give the Independent National Electoral...
A former Deputy President of the Senate Ike Ekweremadu has appeared before the Uxbridge Magistrate court in the UK over organ harvesting charges. The prosecutor claims that David Ukpo, who alleged that he was coerced to donate his kidney to the Senator’s daughter, is 15 years. The case has...
Families of the kidnapped victims of Abuja-Kaduna train have begged the House of Representatives for intervention on the release of the remaining 51 in the kidnappers den. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that about 10 members of the families of the kidnapped victims visited the lawmakers who...
By THOMAS AKASE, Markudi – Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has charged the 23 newly sworn-in Council Chairmen in the State to carry everyone along in running the administration of their respective local governments. The Governor gave the charge on Wednesday, while inaugurating the elected local government Chairmen at...
The Nigerian High Commission has engaged the services of lawyers in the UK to defend former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu when he appears in court next month. Senate President Ahmed Lawan disclosed this after a closed-door session of the chamber on Wednesday. “I had a personal engagement with...
The Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Wednesday called on the Federal Government to enactment an audit law to fight against debt crisis and revenue issues in the county. The Executive Director of Paradigm Leaders Support Initiative (PLSI), Mr Segun Elemo gave the advice in Ikeja at an...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Anambra branch, has expressed concern over the rising cases of kidnap, especially of its members in the state. The body, in a statement made available to journalists in Awka on Wednesday, called on Gov. Chukwuma Soludo and security agencies in Anambra to take more...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved reforms to shore up the non-oil revenue to N3.8 trillion and oil revenue to N160 billion annually. Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, briefed State House correspondents after the FEC...
The Senate, on Wednesday at plenary, screened and confirmed all the seven ministerial nominees sent by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 21. Buhari had in a letter that conveyed the names of the ministerial nominees to Senate, explained that the confirmation request was in accordance with the provisions of...
A Nigerian pilgrim, Hajiya Aisha, died of illness in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. Aisha Ahmed, from Keffi Local Government Area of Nasarawa state, died after a brief illness according to Alhaji Idris Al-Makura, Executive Secretary, Nasarawa State Muslim Pilgrim Welfare Board. Al-Makura told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Wednesday said more than 12,387 applicants applied for the Federal Government National Housing Programme across the country. Fashola disclosed this at the official handing over of keys to beneficiaries of the housing programme in Osogbo. Represented by the Osun...
Lawmakers in the Senate chamber of the National Assembly have commenced the screening of the ministerial nominees recently appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The screening of the nominees is ongoing at a plenary presided over by the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. With less than a year to...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has announced that he will monitor the activities of the newly inaugurated commissioners and permanent secretaries in their ministerial offices at Musa Usman Secretariat. Governor Zulum stated this on Monday during the swearing in of the commissioners and permanent...
The House of Representatives has called for an investigation into the alleged non-payment of pension to Federal Civil Service retirees by the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD). Lawmakers passed a resolution in Abuja on Tuesday, ordering the investigation after a member from Edo State, Sergius Ose-Ogun, moved a motion...
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has presided over the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council(FEC) on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. President Muhammadu Buhari was away on a state visit to Portugal. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha and the Chief of Staff to...