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INEC The constant failure to consistently enforce sanctions against individuals who disobey established laws over the years during elections has encouraged impunity and violence that often characterize electoral contest in Nigeria. This position was stressed by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, at a Public Hearing on a Bill to establish […]
BENUE Benue State Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Reverend Akpen Leva, has said that herdsmen incursions in the state has led to the destruction of more than five hundred churches in parts of the state. Reverend Leva, who spoke in Makurdi, said the destruction which cuts across Catholic, Pentecostal, Anglican and several other […]
BILL Indications have emerged that Senators have begun moves to override President Buhari’s veto to the new amendment of the Electoral Act which seeks to re-order the sequence of the polls during general elections. Reports say that lawmakers from both chambers of the National assembly have commenced the process of getting members to actualize it, […]
NSCDC Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Niger state says it has mobilized over one thousand five hundred operatives to ensure a hitch-free visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to the state Thursday. NSCDC Commandant, Philip Ayuba, who made this known in Minna, said that the command had made robust security arrangements with sister agencies […]
POLICE Nigeria Police has refuted claims that Policemen attached to the Presidential Villa, Abuja, protested over unpaid allowance since 2015, saying none of its personnel is owed salary or allowances. The refutal which was contained in a statement issued in Abuja today, by the Force spokesman, Jimoh Moshood also denied claims that senior Police Officers […]
Former President Babangida urges Nigerians to vote Buhari out, but however insist Nigerians should support him till his tenure is over in 2019. Here’s a text of the full press statement released to the media on Sunday by his spokesman, Kassim Afegbua. “In the past few months and weeks, I have played host to many […]
BUHARI/EAGLES Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has lauded the Super Eagles for beating Sudan by one goal to nothing, in the semi-final of the 2018 CHAN in Marrakesh, Morocco. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President said he joined millions of football fans in the country in celebrating […]
BUHARI Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari and former President, Olusegun Obasanjo have met each other at the African Union, meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Obasanjo had recently written a terse letter to Buhari to desist from contesting the 2019 presidential election, citing poor leadership in managing the economy of the nation. But Buhari had replied Obasanjo […]
#StateMatters Dr. Olusegun Obasanjo, Former Nigerian President has in a special press statement in Abuja advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to seek re-election in 2019 when his first term is over. Read the Press statement below. ~ Whatever may be the state of President Buhari’s health today, he should neither over-push his luck nor over-tax […]
APPOINTMENT The presidency has defended the choice of Ahmed Rufai as the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency describing the criticism trailing his appointment in a section of the media as regrettable. The position of the government is contained in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by Deputy Director (Information), Media Unit of the State House […]
