Reports reaching us indicate that office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Rivers State has been brought down by fire. It was gathered that the unfortunate incident occurred at the INEC office in Bori. The building was reportedly completely razed by the mysterious fire. As at the time of filing this report, it…
An Acting Vice Chancellor has been named for the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State. He is Professor Anthony Elujoba. Elujoba, 68, is a professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy. He defeated his colleague in the same department of the institution, Adebayo Lamikanra, to clinch the exalted position. Elujoba is an indigene of Ife.…
A lot of questions have been asked by Nigerians in the past in respect of recovered loot by the Commission; these questions were given some prominence under the administration of a former chairman, through a certain George Uboh who has a dubious history of being a serial convict, first in the United States and recently…
Nigerian government says it has already commenced discussions with militants in the Niger Delta region of the country. President Muhammadu Buhari, speaking at a farewell audience with Michael Zinner, the outgoing Ambassador of Germany to Nigeria at the State House, Abuja, the talks are through oil companies and law enforcement agencies. The President pointed out…
In its efforts to increase revenue in this economy downturn, the Federal Government may begin to collect tax from Nigerians on petrol, diesel, kerosene and other petroleum products they consume. In a report made available to the Ministry of Finance, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, disclosed taxation of petroleum products is revenue potential…
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has accused the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmud Yakubu, of taking actions that are inimical to credible rerun elections in the state by his alleged secret meeting with the Rivers State APC chairman, Davies Ikanya and Senator Magnus Abe on July 19, 2016. Addressing…
The International Committee of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, has commended the African Union, AU, for the launch of a single, common electronic passport (e-Passport) for all Africans at the just concluded 27th AU Summit, in Kigali, Rwanda. It also applauded the ultimate goal of the single passport which is set to realize the…
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has announced the restructuring of leaderships of the Senate’s committees. In the latest reshuffling, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, a member of anti-Saraki Unity Forum, was named chairperson of Committee on Environment, while Kabiru Marafa, Saraki’s main critic, was appointed chairman of the Petroleum (downstream) Committee. Before now, he used to…
Senator Oluremi Tinubu says she has forgiven controversial Senator Dino Melaye despite getting hurt by his action last week. Last Tuesday, Melaye, who is representing Kogi West Senatorial District at the Senate, had an altercation with Tinubu, who is also in the Senate representing Lagos Central Senatorial District. Speaking on Wednesday when members of the…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has debunked rumour that he has left the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. There were media reports not too long ago that Saraki had called it quit the APC because he was spotted at the PDP Senate’s caucus meeting on Wednesday. But reacting on Thursday,…