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The United States reopens its land and air borders Monday to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against Covid-19, ending 20 months of restrictions on travel from around the globe that separated families, hobbled tourism, and strained diplomatic ties. The ban, imposed by former President Donald Trump in early 2020 and upheld by his successor Joe Biden, […]
The Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators has issued a-14 day ultimatum to the federal government to publicly parade and prosecute the perpetrators of the invasion of Justice Mary Odili’s house in Abuja. The Coalition, in a statement yesterday and jointly signed by Gen. John Dukku and Gen. Ekpo Ekpo, gave the ultimatum after its general […]
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State, Prof. Charles Soludo, Sunday maintained a very strong lead as shown in the results declared at the INEC collation centre in Akwa. Of the 19 local government areas’ results declared, Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Anambra Governorship Election inconclusive. Professor Florence Obi, the returning officer of the election, made the declaration at INEC head office in Awka, Anambra capital on Monday. She cited the disruption of election in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state as the major reason for this, […]
Following his complaint, a stakeholders’ meeting was held after which the result of the LGA was announced. In the results announced, Soludo polled a total of 4,787 votes ahead of Senator Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 2,672 votes and Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came a distant […]
Speakers at the Nigeria Info’s 2021 Security Summit have stressed the need for Nigeria to go beyond just military intervention to solve the country’s myriad of security challenges. The speakers, including the 2015 presidential candidate of KOWA Party, Professor Remi Sonaiya; United States’ Consulate representative, Stephen Ibelli; former military officer, Captain Umar Babangida Aliyu; and […]
Chief Victor Oye, National Chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), says he is confident that Nigeria can successfully adopt electronic voting as well as the electronic transmission of results. Mr Oye said this on Sunday night while the collation of results from the 21 LGA’s of the state in the governorship election was still […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s probe panel has cleared the Governing Council and the management of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) of infractions in the appointment of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami, as a Professor of Cybersecurity. It said the university followed due process and […]
(ASUU) has again cautioned both the federal and state governments to stop establishing new public universities in the country, saying there is no need for such at both the present time and the near future. The president of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, made this assertion in an interview with Tribune Online. He said government […]
Although collation of results has been concluded in 19 of the 21 Local Government Areas of Anambra State, the final results of the election have not been declared. Voters across the state went out on Saturday to elect their next governor. A total of 18 candidates contested the election, which was almost disrupted by technical […]
