Editorial: Banning electronic transmission of election results
Certainly, the signs do not portend positive signals for future elections as Nigeria’s renascent democracy now faces existential threats besides the electoral malpractices and sundry abuses including ballot box snatching…
Sound Sultan dies of throat cancer at 44
Nigerian popular singer, Lanre Fasasi, who was better known as Sound Sultan, is dead. The singer died after a long-drawn battle with Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma. News of his death was…
Building a New Nigeria: Imperatives for Shared Prosperity -Akinwunmi Adesina
…Nigerian system not federalism but fatherism ― Dr Akinwunmi Adesina Good morning everyone! A very happy morning to you the Class of 2020 and Class of 2021! Today is your…
Governor Obaseki says no Plans to Fight Oba of Benin over returned Artefacts
Godwin Obaseki, the Governor of Edo State, has declared that there are no plans by his administration to start a fight with the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, over the…
Yahaya Bello, Kogi Governor says Rotational presidency is unconstitutional
Yahaya Bello, the Kogi Governor who is gunning to be Nigeria’s president in 2023, has criticized the demand by the Southern Governors for the presidency to be zoned to their…
ECOWAS Court awards N30m against FG for ‘torture of journalist Agba Jalingo’
The ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja on Friday “ordered the Federal Government to pay journalist Agba Jalingo N30m as compensation for ill-treating and torturing him while in detention in…
PSC drops Ibrahim Magu in Promotion Exercise, as it lifts 24 CPs, others
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has given its nod to the promotion of 24 Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Assistant Inspectors General of Police, (AIG, it said…
Nigeria Says Airlines to Refund airfares after two-hour delay
The Nigerian government has wielded the big stick against airline operating in the country with a directive that they must refund the full cost of travel tickets to passengers after…
Senate Begins screening of Lauretta Onochie, others as INEC Commissioner-Nominees
The Senate on Thursday began the screening of Lauretta Onochie, an aide of President Muhammadu Buhari, and other nominees for National Commissioners for the Independent National Electoral Commission. Onochie is…
Senate approves $6.1bn external loan request, passes N982.72bn supplementary budget
The Senate on Wednesday approved a request of $6.1 billion by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly also passed a supplementary budget of N982.72bn presented to…