As Nigerians mark Father’s Day, an Anglican Cleric, Ven. Wole Ogunseyinde, has urged fathers not to leave the training of children to mothers alone. Ogunseyinde gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Ibadan. Ogunseyinde said God had made Fathers heads...
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BY THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has said the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election, Engineer Titus Uba has the capacity to effectively govern the state. Governor Ortom who stated this on Saturday, at the IBB Square, Makurdi during...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute all those involved in vote-buying in the course of the Ekiti State governorship election. SERAP in a short tweet on Saturday said the prosecution must not end with those caught in the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Biodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress winner of the 2022 Ekiti governorship election. Mr Oyebanji polled a total of 187,057 votes to defeat his two closest challengers – Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Bisi Kolawole of...
A socio-cultural group, the Ladies of Substance, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to improve on the innovation of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to ensure it performs optimally during the 2023 elections. The group Team Lead, Mrs Mojisola Akinbohun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has declared a work-free week to enable public and civil servants to register and obtain their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). The Commissioner for Information, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Gusau. “This is to...
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says the newly inaugurated Special Economic Zone Security (SEZSEC) outfit will cause an upsurge of investments in the zones. The Managing Director of NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, said this at the passing-out ceremony of 40 officers of the SEZSEC, on Saturday in...
The uploading of election results on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) results viewing portal for the governorship election in Ekiti has commenced. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the uploading of election results started shortly after the close of voting and sorting of votes in some...
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has approved the appointment of additional 169 top government officials and aides, in a bid to promote unity within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. This is contained in a nine-page official document issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji...
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), has resumed its warning strike, which was suspended in 2018, over alleged neglect of the Colleges of Education sub-sector by Federal and State Governments. Its Northwest Secretary, Mr Inuwa Ishaq-Inuwa, announced this to newsmen in a press conference on Saturday in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The management of Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has cautioned Nigerians against a fictitious website inviting unsuspecting general public to question and answer quiz that attracts monetary benefit. The Deputy Director, Public Relations Department of NRC, Malam Yakub Mahmood, made this known in a statement...
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a “true leader, brother and friend” who demonstrated a “sense of purpose, composure, and maturity” in the weeks leading to the Special Convention of the Party. Spokesman for the president,...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has commenced the training of 540 unemployed youths in various vocational skills in Cross River State. Speaking during the flag off ceremony of the training exercise on Friday, the Director General of NDE, Mallam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo enjoined...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced sorting and counting of ballots at the ongoing governorship election. Voting has ended in most of the polling units across the 177 local government areas of the State where the election is taking place in the area. At ward 08, unit...
There were allegations and counter-allegations of money-induced voting leveled against each other by politicians in the conduct of Saturday governorship election in Ekiti. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Correspondents, who monitored the election report that incidences of vote buying were recorded in many polling centres visited. Concerned individuals,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun says it has extended the collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in Osun ahead of the state governorship election on July 16. In a statement by the commission’s Public Affairs Officer, Mrs Oluwaseun Osimosu on Saturday, INEC said that collection of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Igbo Leadership Development Foundation (ILDF) has called on Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, to resign as Chairman South-East Governors Forum for what the group termed serious anti-Igbo stances and activities of the Ebonyi state governor. The grouse the ILDF has with Gov. Umahi is...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested persons alleged to have engaged in vote buying in the Ekiti governorship election. The EFCC is part of security agencies deployed to monitor the election. Parading some of the suspects at the Oke Ori Omi Area Division of the Nigerian...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A constitutional lawyer and Human Rights activist, Fidelis Onyebueke has said the popularity of the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi across the country is the handiwork of God in action. ‘This is a man who left over 73billion in the coffers of...
Accreditation of voters began early in most polling units in Ado-Ekiti for Saturday’s Ekiti State governorship election, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN correspondent who monitored the exercise, reports that election materials and officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived early in readiness for the...