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…
Kanu: FG shows injustice by releasing 1,009 Boko Haram insurgents – HURIWA
Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, says the Federal Government displayed injustice by releasing 1,009 Boko Haram fighters, while the embattled leader of the proscribed Indigenous…
Amidst Protests, Senate passes harmonised PIB with 3% Host Community Fund
The Senate on Thursday passed the harmonised Petroleum Industry Bill, a version it said was produced by a conference committee of both Upper Chamber and the House of Representatives. The…
NAFDAC approves Moderna, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Thursday announced it had given permission for emergency use of three COVID-19 vaccines – Moderna, AstraZeneca (from Korea)…