Governors Aminu Masari (Katsina), Babagana Zulum (Borno) and Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi) have commended President Muhammadu Buhari for signing the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) pact. They said the agreement would increase the country’s volume of trade and boost the ...
Read More »INEC urges N’Assembly’s speedy action on amendment of electoral law
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has urged the National Assembly to speed up action in amending the nation’s electoral act to avoid robbery at collation centres. Yakubu, who spoke at the 2019 General Elections Review ...
Read More »Upcoming Kogi, Bayelsa guber polls challenging, INEC declares
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday admitted that the November 16, 2019 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa would be challenging due to the history of political violence in the two states. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Voter Education ...
Read More »Ex-INEC chair Jega seeks review of youth empowerment policies to check insecurity
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Jega, has sought review of youth empowerment policies to check the increasing criminality in the country. Besides, he wants Nigerians to pressurise government in engaging them productively. Jega, who spoke ...
Read More »Suspected killers of Governor Bello’s aide indict Kogi ex-Senator, it’s laughable exhibition of ignorance, says Ogembe
Some suspected killers of Yusuf Adabenege Onivehu, an aide to Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, who were paraded in Okene have alleged that former representative of Kogi Central Senatorial District, Ahmed Ogembe sponsored them for the dastardly act. Kogi State ...
Read More »EFCC trains officers on digital banking operations, investigation
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has charged officers to put in their best in curbing fraud associated with digital banking. Magu gave the charge at the training for officers on digital banking operations ...
Read More »South, Middle Belt coalition threatens to resist attacks in North
A Southern and Middle Belt Coalition under the auspices of Citizens Against Tyranny (CAT), has threatened to ensure that any form of intimidation or violence against Southern Nigerian peoples in the North would be met with equal resistance. While calling ...
Read More »Troops neutralises one bandit, rescue 13 kidnap victims in Kaduna
Katsina State Governor Aminu Bello Masari has charged security agencies to ensure protection and safety of corps members posted to the state on compulsory one-year service. He also called on council area heads and traditional rulers to collaborate with security ...
Read More »Again, bandits kill six in Katsina, Masari wants safety of corps members
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the death of six persons who were killed following attacks by bandits on Dan Sabau, Makera and Pawwa villages in Kankara Local Government Area at the weekend. There were, however, reports that the ...
Read More »High refugee figure in ECOWAS sub-region worries regional body
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Parliament has expressed concern over the United Nations High Commission on Refugees’ report that the sub-region constitutes 40 per cent of the world’s 70 million refugees and displaced persons. It blamed ...
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