Fire guts Plateau INEC Office, destroys election material
Less than a week to the 2019 presidential election, the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Qua’an Pan LGA, Plateau State was gutted by fire on Saturday.…
Valentine’s Day declared National Media Peace Day
Nigerian media practitioners rose from a two-day meeting in Abuja on Saturday with the declaration of Feb. 14 as the National Media Peace Day. Practitioners from the print, broadcast and…
US “intensively focused” on Nigerian elections – Sec. Mike Pompeo
The United States has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resist external “pressure and intimidation” in the upcoming general elections scheduled for February 16 and March 2, saying…
Court orders arrest of Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) Chairman
In what observers have described as a classic case of the hunter becoming the hunted, the man at the center of the controversy over the suspension and trial of the…
Ebonyi gets two slots in Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC)
Ebonyi state has clinched two slots; including the chairmanship and commissioner- in the 30 nominees for the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). In the list, Mr. Elias Mbam…
Presidency defends El-Rufai’s death threat to foreigners over election interference
Even though El-Rufai himself has tried to walk back his offensive and inflammatory comments, the office of President Muhammadu Buhari has come out to defend the death threat issued to…
PDP protest deployment of Egbetokun as Kwara Police Commissioner
The deployment of police commissioners in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has elicited controversy and anger as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Conference of…
Red Card Movement denies endorsing Atiku
In spite of media reports that it had endorsed the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, the Red Card Movement said it was not disposed to aligning…
Court orders arrest of former NIA boss Oke, wife
A Federal High court in Lagos has ordered the arrest of the former director general of the National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folashade Oke. The Economic and…
ACPN rejects Oby Ezekwesili’s campaign finance report
The national chairman of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, (ACPN) party, Alhaji Gani Galadima, who led party leaders to disown Obiageli (Oby) Ezekwesili and adopt the President Muhammadu Buhari’s…