SERAP gives Buhari govt 24 hours to withdraw gag order on reporting of terrorist attacks
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his leadership position “to urgently instruct Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of…
Presidency Attacks Kukah over comments before US Congress
The Presidency has rebuked the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Dr. Matthew Kukah over his comments about the persecution of Christians in Nigeria by armed extremist groups in the North.…
Katsina ranch development More Important than e- transmission of election results – Okechukwu
Mr. Osita Okechukwu, the Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria and a founding member of the Progressives Action Congress has described the development of N6.25 billion Katsina cattle ranch as…
Ortom to Buhari: It’s Hypocrisy to Approve Ranching for Katsina and Insist on Open Grazing for others
Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has critised President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly approving the establishment of ranching in Katsina State, while the Federal government insists on the operation of open grazing…
Soludo Will Contest Anambra Governorship Election – Aide
Prof Charles Soludo, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, will contest the November 6 2021 governorship election in Anambra State, one of his aides has assured. Soludo’s…
Reps pass electoral bill amidst protest, allow INEC to Decide Mode of result transmission
The House of Representatives on Friday passed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, leaving unchanged Clause 52(2) as presented, the center of controversies surrounding the bill. The clause allows the Independent…
Soludo, Ozigbo Dropped as INEC releases list of Anambra Gov candidates
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, dropped the name Professor Chukwuma Soludo, a factional candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), in the list of candidates for the November…
Editorial: Senate rejects e-transmission of election results
In a manner that was sufficiently self-indicting and far from being evocative of any painstaking commitment to the rigors of lawmaking, the Senate Thursday rejected Clause 52(3) of the Electoral…
Finally, Senate Powered by APC Machinery, Rejects e-transmission of Election results
…as debate stall in House of Reps The Senate on Thursday employed technicalities to reject a proposal for the electronic transmission of election results in the country. The voting on…
Gen Ahmed, former Army Provost Marshal killed by bandits along Lokoja-Abuja highway
Major General Hussaini Ahmed, former Provost Marshal of the Nigerian Army, during the tenure of Lt. General Tukur Yusuf Buratai was on Thursday assassinated by suspected Bandits/kidnappers along the Lokoja-Abuja…