The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, says there will be no e-voting in 2019. Prof. Yakubu said this yesterday in Abuja at the end of a three-day International Conference of Election Management Bodies (EMBs)…
Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan (APC, Yobe), yesterday, said the “NASS Open Week” programme was conceived to foster public participation in the democratic process of the country. Sen. Lawan who chairs the National Assembly Planning Committee of NASS Open Week told…
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Ntufam Mba Ukweni, has said President Muhammadu Buhari will not introduce any new thing, but continue with his ‘inefficient’ mode of administration if he is re-elected in 2019. Ukweni said, “If President Buhari…
The Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Dr Ali Ahmad, on Tuesday accused the Federal Government of failing to show the required immediate response after the armed robbery attacks about some banks in Offa in the Offa Local…
Worried by the delay in passing of N8.612 trillion 2018 budget by the National Assembly, Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, yesterday, mandated the Appropriation Committee, led by Senator Danjuma Goje (APC, Gombe Central), to submit its report next week. According…
President Muhammadu Buhari has written the Senate to confirm Festus Okoye as National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr. Okoye is among 26 new appointees the president wrote, in separate letters, to the Senate for confirmation. Buhari’s…
A Muslim group, the Muslim Rights Concern, have in a statement condemned the recent attack on Atiku Abubakar’s campaign office in Katsina. Hoodlums were said to have reportedly attacked the Katsina State campaign office of ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar. The…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has dissociated itself from a group of pastors who claim to be Arewa Pastors Peace Initiative, Nigeria (APPIN) who visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday to pledge their support to him and his government.…
Boko Haram faction, Islamic State West Africa Provence (ISWAP), has given the reason it released the girls kidnapped from the Government Girls’ Technical College, Dapchi in Yobe State. The group, in an audio recording exclusively obtained by said the girls were…
The Shehu of Bama Kingdom, Bornu State, Shehu Kyari Ibn Umar El-Kanemi, has accused the federal government for allowing Boko Haram insurgents enough space to operate, adding the growth of the insurgents group was a failure of the state. Speaking…