The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has recorded a landslide victory in the just-concluded Zamfara State local government election, winning all fourteen chairmanship seats and securing every councillorship position. The Chairman of Zamfara State Independent Electoral Commission (ZASIEC) Bala Aliyu announced the results on Sunday morning. Speaking with newsmen shortly after the collation exercise in Gusau, […]
The Yiaga Africa Watching The Vote has said Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election was characterized by massive vote buying, disclosing that voters accepted as low as N5000 before casting their ballots. This is contained in the preliminary report of the Yiaga Africa released on Saturday in Akure and jointly presented by Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu and Cynthia […]
The Governing Council of the Federal University, Lokoja, has approved the dismissal of four lecturers on account of examination misconduct and sexual misconduct. Our correspondent gathered that the governing council gave the approval at its Second Council Meeting on Thursday. This is coming on the heels of the investigation following allegations of examination malpractices and […]
Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be unable to resolve its internal crises if members keep trying to undermine him. Speaking during a media chat in Abuja on Wednesday, Wike described the current leadership failure in the opposition party as the worst in its history. […]
Former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, on Wednesday, warned that if Nigeria refused to do away with the 1999 Constitution, it would be hard for anyone to fix the country. He described Nigeria as a pluralistic country that needed to address its diversity with true federal constitutions. “To those who think that the trouble with […]
The Presidency has accused former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, of resentment towards President Bola Tinubu’s rise to power. Abubakar was criticised for proposing economic reforms and anti-corruption measures in a tweet titled, “What We Would Have Done Differently.” The Presidency claimed that, since Abubakar’s loss to […]
As the Ondo State Gubernatorial Election, scheduled for November 16, 2024, draws near, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has unequivocally assured the public of the Nigeria Police Force’s unwavering readiness to ensure a peaceful and orderly election process across all 18 Local Government Areas, 203 Wards, and 3,933 Polling Units in the […]
US President-elect Donald Trump ruled out on Saturday re-appointing two senior figures from his first administration, ex-secretary of state Mike Pompeo and former UN ambassador Nikki Haley. Writing on his Truth Social social network, Trump said he “will not be inviting” either figure to join his administration as speculation swirls about the identity of his […]
Democrats are facing a painful reckoning over Kamala Harris’s drubbing at the hands of Donald Trump in the US presidential election, as shock gives way to anger and recrimination in the aftermath of a devastating repudiation. Lawmakers and strategists looking for someone to blame for Tuesday’s wipeout have so far been more likely to target […]
US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday made his first cabinet appointment after his decisive election win, while signalling his intent to ditch the outgoing administration’s policies by talking to Vladimir Putin. Trump’s campaign manger Susie Wiles will serve as his White House chief of staff, the first woman to be named to the high-profile role […]
