Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has said the European Centre for Electoral Support (ECES) spent N170 million on this year’s general elections. Speaking in Kano while opening a two-day 2019 post-election review workshop, Yakubu ...
Read More »Army recovers, hands over stolen animals to Kaduna State government
The 1 Division of the Nigerian Army has recovered and handed over 14 sheep and 120 cows believed to have been rustled along Kaduna-Abuja highway to the Kaduna State Government. The division’s Garrison Commander of the Division, Brigadier General Jimmy ...
Read More »Global investment in renewable energy hits $2.5 trillion
Global investment in renewable from 2010 to 2019 is to hit $2.6 trillion, with more Gigawatts of solar power capacity installed than any other generation technology, the Global trend in Renewable Energy Investment 2019 report has shown. In the document ...
Read More »Tribunal dismisses more partitions in C’River, upholds A’Ibom’s N’Assembly election
The Cross River State Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed five additional petitions in the state and ruled in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had filled the petitions against PDP candidates challenging ...
Read More »WANEP bemoans rising conflicts in Nigeria, unveils peace projects in six states
The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Nigeria has lamented the increasingly violent conflicts in the country, which has resulted in wanton destruction of lives and property. This follows its establishment of a weekly live radio programme in seven states ...
Read More »Stakeholders blame delay in Ogoni cleanup on clumsy procurement processes
Stakeholders have identified the cumbersome procurement processes in awarding contracts and non-payment of firms handling the project as reasons for the delay in the cleanup of Ogoniland. They spoke yesterday at a joint meeting of Governing Council and Board of ...
Read More »EFCC arraigns professor, 48 Internet fraudsters, others over alleged fraud
A 60-year-old man, Charles Jide-Oni, who claimed to be a professor at the Obafemi Awolowo University (O.A.U), Ile Ife, Osun State, was arraigned at a Federal High Court, Lagos for allegedly obtaining money under false pretence and advance fee fraud. ...
Read More »Taxes generated 60% of govt’s revenue in three months, says FIRS
Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, has disclosed that taxes contributed 60 per cent of revenues distributed at the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) in the last three months. Fowler gave the hint when Chairman ...
Read More »Solanke, Falana task religious bodies on justice, education system
Nigerian lawyers and social critics, Mrs. Folake Solanke (SAN), and Femi Falana (SAN) have urged religious bodies, especially the church, to join the public conversation in addressing the crisis in the education sector and ensure justice for the masses. Solanke, ...
Read More »Email users worried as Yahoo site partially crashes
Yahoo Mail users across the world were unable to access their emails for several hours yesterday following the temporary crash of the site. The incident drew the ire of thousands of users, who had no clue of how long the ...
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