The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has disclosed that some voter cards from certain migrants were recently intercepted and confiscated, warning that “stiff sanctions await any migrant” who attempts to participate in the nation’s electoral process. According to Premium Times, the Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI), Isah Idris, made this known Wednesday at a meeting […]
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has deepened as six members of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party returned N177.6 millions paid into their accounts as bribes by the party’s leadership. Those who have returned the alleged bribe paid to them from the “proceeds of the N10bn sale of nomination […]
AS political campaigns begin ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has tasked political gladiators to be wary of the law by playing by the rules. The commission particularly asked political actors to study to get themselves aquatinted with the new electoral law, saying it would not hesitate to […]
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, Northerners have been urged not the repeat the mistake of 2015 where the North, for the first time ; closed all religious and ethnic gaps and voted in one direction with incredible expectations that leaders they elected will get them through and out of their limitations around security […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Benue State University, Makurdi (ASUU-BSU) on Thursday said that they would continue with the strike in alliance with its national body. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof Joe Iorapuu, had earlier directed the reopening of the University on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, for staff. But after a meeting, […]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, says the insecurity in Nigeria is not as bad as it was in 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari came into power. According to NAN, Mohammed said this on Thursday, at a public lecture, which was part of activities to mark Nigeria’s 62nd Independence Day anniversary. The minister’s […]
Over 700,000 students have passed the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination, the National Examinations Council (NECO), said on Thursday. NECO Chief Executive Officer, Professor Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this during a press briefing in Minna, the Niger State capital. “It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the conduct of this year’s Senior […]
STERN – looking heavily armed soldiers Thursday stormed Umunze in Orumba South local government area of Anambra where gunmen on Wednesday ambushed soldiers on patrol, killing six persons, including a civilian The appearance of the soldiers created tension in the area, forcing traders and other business outfits, as well as schools to close. On […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia state has scheduled Tuesday to hear the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu’s extraordinary rendition suit filed before it in March. Kanu’s special counsel, Aloy Ejimakor revealed this on Thursday in a statement titled, “RE: Court to hear Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s extraordinary […]
The Presidential candidate of Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, Thursday, pledged to turn Nigeria from being a consuming to producing country if elected in 2023. Obi made the pledge in Ibadan, after a closed-door meeting with Governor ‘Seyi Makinde in his office at Agodi, Secretariat, Ibadan. He said, despite Nigeria has performed poorly in […]
