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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has been named honorary president of the ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) after steering the network in the last two years as president. The network’s new president, Dr. Maria ...

The Kebbi Development Forum (KDF) has appealed to Governor Atiku Bagudu to ensure full participation of women in the state’s local council polls holding on October 26,2019. Chairman of the forum, Professor Danladi Sahabi, who made the call at a ...

Following the readiness of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to deploy special squad to combat the recurring spate of insecurity in South West, the Nigerian Army has assured of its commitment to complement the police. General Officer ...

President Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessors in office, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), have canvassed concerted action against the spread of cancer in the country. They spoke at the launch of the Henry Seriake ...

The Progressive Governors Forum has criticised the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, for the party’s ‘diminishing fortunes’. Its Director-General, Salihu Lukman, in a letter entitled, “APC: Appeal for Reconciliation”, dated August 6, 2019, and ...

The Federal Government is to probe the fatal altercation between men of the 93 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Takum and officers of the ASP Felix Adolije-led IGP Intelligence Response Team in Taraba State. The clash resulted in the death ...

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has advocated a declaration of state of emergency due to the insecurity in the South West Zone. He made the call yesterday in Akure, Ondo State on the sidelines of the D.O Fagunwa Study Group ...

The Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) has lamented that the outstanding bills owed by its customers, which has hit N148.63 billion, is slowing down the vision to ensure constant electricity supply in its catchment area. According to the Head of ...

The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has tasked ECOWAS parliamentarians to enact laws and other measures to protect whistleblowers in the region. Head, Democracy and Good Governance, ECOWAS Commission, Mr. Eyesan Okorodudu, said this during ...

Polytechnics are to turn out wealth creators and not job seekers. This was the submission of Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Dr. Olusegun Aluko. Addressing a news conference to herald the institution’s 40th anniversary and 19th convocation yesterday in Ogun State, ...