The Independent National Electoral Commission on Wednesday announced dates for general elections in the country for the next 36 years, starting from 2019 to 2055. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mamood Yakubu, made the announcement at a consultative meeting with…
Former Commissioner for Health in Kano State under Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s administration, and member of State Committee on Scholarships, Dr. Abubakar Labaran Yusuf will on March 8, 2018 appear before a Kano High Court over allegations of misappropriation of public funds…
Eden Hazard feels the time is right to leave Chelsea with a new offer on the table to keep the forward set to be turned down. According to Spanish news outlet Don Balon, the 27-year-old has been offered roughly £15m per…
About 700 churches have been closed down in Rwanda for failing to comply with building regulations and for noise pollution. Most of them are small Pentecostal churches. One mosque was also closed. A government official told the BBC that some…
For the third time, alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans has asked a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere to quash the two separate charges filed against him by the Lagos State Government which borders on kidnapping.…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP), lawmakers, Wednesday staged a walkout from the State House of Assembly’ chamber, following endorsement of Governor Simon Lalong, by the All Progressive Congress (APC), lawmakers to contest the 2019 elections. The walkout was led by…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has again cautioned Nigerians to be wary of investments in cryptocurrency, stressing that virtual currencies are not legal tender in Nigeria. The bank in a statement last night reiterated that cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin,…
Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Timi Frank, yesterday, flayed the extension of the tenure of Chief John Odigie-Oyegun-led National Working Committee, NWC, for another 12 months. According to him, “the tenure elongation…
The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has alleged that some persons are using the war against Boko Haram to loot the treasury. He noted that the fight against insurgency had become a business because those benefiting from Internally Displaced Persons…
Senator Dino Melaye has said the APC has failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians, many of whom he said, defied the odds to vote for Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s President in the 2015 general elections. The Kogi lawmaker stated this on…