Politics
INEC creates 440 additional polling units in Bayelsa
By Emem Idio, Yenagoa As part of its voter access expansion exercise, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that the Commission has created 440 additional polling units in
Rift in Lagos ADC as another chieftain, Kome, defects to PDP
Dr. John Kome… ‘No third Force party in Nigeria.’ The African Democratic Congress, ADC, Lagos State chapter, has suffered another blow with the official resignation of Dr. John Kome, who
Nigeria: Opposition PDP Says ‘Bandits Invasion of Presidential Villa Shows Buhari Can’t Secure Country’
Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) says the invasion of Aso Presidential Villa, Nigeria’s seat of power, by bandits and armed robbers “further point to the collapse of the country’s security command structure under
Nigeria: We Succeeded Where Present Government Failed, Former Health Insurance Boss Yusuf Says
Usman Yusuf, a former Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme says the team that ensured the release of the 27 abducted students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation in Nigeria’s northwestern Kaduna State succeeded
APC, PDP bicker over killings of policemen in Akwa Ibom
By Harris Emanuel, Uyo The ruling People’s Democratic Party and All Progressives Congress, have traded over words of the worsening security situation in Akwa Ibom State. In the last couple
Deregistration: Stop misleading public on Supreme Court’s judgment ― CUPP tells INEC
…Chides electoral body for wasting tax payers’ money on frivolities By Chris Ochayi The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, NEC, of misleading
Nigeria: How $1.5bn Contracts Pitted Transport Minister Amaechi against Ports MD Bala-Usman
Last week’s suspension of Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Ms. Hadiza Bala-Usman, at the request of the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, was the culmination of
Atiku, five governors to commission Fintiri’s projects
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and five state governors will next week commission projects executed by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State within two years of his administration. The post
IPAC to monitor 18 political party primaries, begin voter education
The Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Anambra State, led by Chief Uche Ugwoji, has said that the group would monitor primaries of 18 political parties that were okayed to contest
‘Yoruba agenda fuelled by state of Nigeria, insecurity, others’
Clamour for a Yoruba agenda, in which its proponents are agitating for Oduduwa Republic, is fuelled by the current state of Nigeria, exacerbated by insecurity, banditry… The post ‘Yoruba agenda
