From Our Correspondent The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended election in nine Registration Area (RAs) in Kogi State over electoral malpractices. The INEC National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee, Malam Mohammed Haruna, confirmed the suspension in a statement on Saturday. According to Haruna, INEC received reports from its officials in […]
From Our Correspondent The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday, declared Gov. Hope Uzodinma of the APC the winner of Imo governorship election, thus securing a second term in office. The State Returning Officer, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, declared results of the Saturday’s off-circle election. Fasina said Uzodimma polled 540,308 votes to defeat 17 other […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has charged electoral staff to always demonstrate highest level of patriotism and professionalism. Yakubu gave the charge in a message, issued on Thursday, to staff who will conduct the governorship election in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states on Saturday. “Electoral staff […]
From Our Correspondent Various security agencies have deployed no fewer than 40,000 operatives to ensure hitch-fee polls during the Nov. 11 governorship election in Kogi State. The head of the security committee, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Habu Sani, announced this at a press conference, on Thursday, in Lokoja. Sani, from the Intelligence Department, […]
From Our Correspondent The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it plans to honour some performing governors and lawmakers elected on its platform in a Productivity Award. The Chairman of APC NewsOnline, Dr Tom Ohikere, told newsmen on Thursday, that the award would take place on Nov. 25 in Abuja. Ohikere said the party would also […]
From Our Correspondent A Federal High Court in Abuja has restrained the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from further denying issuing the NYSC certificate to Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State. In a judgement on Monday, presiding Justice Inyang Ekwo, held that evidence before him showed that Mbah properly participated in the NYSC programme. Ekwo […]
From Abdulfatah Babatunde, Akure Renowned Constitutional Lawyer and Human Rights Activist, Dr Tunji Abayomi has urged Nigerians to embrace new thinking that will put Nigeria on the path of development. Abayomi told newsmen on Saturday in Akure, Ondo State, that there was a need for Nigerians to develop better maturity. “Losing in a contest is […]
From Our Correspondent The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has called on opposition parties to lend their support to President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Addressing journalists at the presidential villa during his congratulatory visit to Tinubu, Abbas expressed that the court’s judgment had been anticipated. Tinubu had secured a validation of his victory […]
From Our Correspondent The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed the appeal by former Vice President and Presidential candidate of the PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar against President Bola Tinubu. Atiku is seeking to nullify the Feb. 25, presidential election, which Tinubu won. Atiku and Peter Obi of the Labour Party had filed separate appeals to challenge […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde Thousands of Nigerians under the aegis of the Conference of Islamic Organisations (CIO) rallied at the weekend in Lagos to call on the United Nations to ask Israel to cease its bombing of Gaza and other areas. They lament that the indiscriminate destructions have brought horror not just to the Palestinians but […]