Politics

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begged traditional rulers to groom their subjects on how to react positively to vote-buying and selling. Mr. Adedeji Soyebi, Board Chairman, The Electoral Institute, the research arm of INEC disclosed this at a news conference on Kogi and Bayelsa election organized by NESSACTION, ...

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel has lost his dad, Gabriel Nkanang. The governor’s aide, Aniekeme Finbarr revealed this via a Whatsapp message recently. According to him, Gabriel died on Sunday and he was 90 years old. Burial arrangements have been announced by the family. May his gentle soul rest ...

The World Bank has come out to say it will keep collaborating with the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to make statistics available to the Nigerian government to lift Nigerians out of poverty. Mr. Shubham Chaudhuri, World Bank Country Director, disclosed this at the launch of the report of the ...

The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Ade Ajayi, has said APC, based on its popularity and successes of Governor Kayode Fayemi would have a clean sweep of the local government elections billed for Saturday. Ade who bragged that APC would win the 16 chairmanship seats ...

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said poverty eradication is important for sustainable development in Nigeria and FG is focusing on that. Lai revealed this at the Quarterly Public Lecture of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) held in Abuja. According to him, FG plans to reposition ...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Muhammed Adamu has come out to say that a total moral re-orientation of the police is compulsory if they want to gain the trust of Nigerians. Represented by Peter Ogunyanwo, the DIG in-charge of Research and Planning, he said this during his official visit to ...

Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State agree that the closure of the border is part of measures to preserve Nigeria’s foreign policy. They revealed it during the launch of the maiden Foreign Policy Journal by the Association of Retired Career Ambassadors of Nigeria ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has come out to say it has and will never collaborate with any political party or institution to rig Nigeria’s electoral process. According to INEC, it does not make sense for the commission to go against what it was established for. This is coming ...

Ex Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide, Lauretta Onochie caused him mental and psychological trauma via fabricated offensive electronic messages when he was contesting to be Nigeria’s president. According to him, he saw several baseless allegations against his person on social media and they were aimed ...

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has come out to say that the new N30,000 minimum wage cannot even take workers home because of the current hardship in Nigeria. According to him, it will, therefore, be wickedness on the part of any governor to not pay the already small N30,000. He ...

Ex Ogun State governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba is fully against the ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation 2019’ bill trying to regulate Nigeria’s social media space. According to him, everybody will be victimized if the bill is signed into law. As he accused sponsors of the bill of trying to ...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has come out to say that FG remains committed to ending impunity and aiding recourse to justice for victims and due punishment for evildoers. Malami revealed this in a recent statement issued by Dr. Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the military to respect human rights and international humanitarian laws as they do their jobs. He disclosed this in Kaduna during the Chief of Army Staff conference and the commissioning of the ultra-modern Army Reference Hospital. According to PMB, his government will keep supporting the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has come out to say that he is yet to give any date for the reopening of the land borders. According to him, the decision to close it will not be changed until the situation improves. His spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, shared in a recent statement in ...

Plateau State governor, Simon Lalong has blasted the persistent agitation for the amendment to the Nigerian constitution. According to him, doing this is affecting the seamless operation of the document. Simon, who said this at the opening of the 2019 Law Week of the Nigeria Bar Association, Jos branch added ...

Executive Director, Kaduna State Rehabilitation Board, Alhaji Aliyu Yakassai has come out to say that those living with disabilities feel the most terrible effects of corruption due to their peculiarities. Aliyu revealed this at a symposium in Kaduna organized to celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities. According to ...

Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has come out to say there was no governorship election conducted in Bayelsa on November 16, 2019. According to him, the election conducted by INEC on that day was an insult to the people of the state. He added that what happened on November 16 ...

Ex governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo State, Mr Uche Nwosu has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for turning down the call for a 3rd term in office. Mr Uche, who revealed this in a statement issued in Abuja recently, said Buhari’s declaration proves his commitment to the ...

Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has engaged 5,000 out-of-school students in WAEC and NECO tutorial classes across the 21 local government areas in Adamawa State. State Supervisor, Future Assured Foundation, Alhaji Yau Babayi, revealed this during the graduation of 600 women and youths, trained in several skills acquisition and ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the Federal Ministry of Transportation for convincing the China civil engineering company (CECCC) to construct a university of transportation in Daura, Katsina state. He revealed this during the colorful ceremony of the newly established university in Daura on Monday. According to PMB, the institution will ...