The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says it has discovered 19 illegal polling units in Akwa Ibom. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Mike Igini, made the disclosure at Enlarged Stakeholders’ Forum in Uyo in Monday. The REC said that the illegal polling units were in Obot Akara and UyoContinue Reading
Prospective enrollees into N-Power agricultural programme in Anambra have complained of rejection by some local government authorities in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The enrollees, who spoke in separate interviews with NAN correspondent on Monday in Awka, said some heads of departments of agriculture had refusedContinue Reading
By Arsalan Altaf Police say drivers attacked warden after he ordered to remove wrongly parked vehicles. SCREENGRAB ISLAMABAD: Transporters badly beat up a traffic warden in Murree on Sunday after the official tried to issue tickets to a vehicle, which was illegally parked and blocking traffic. Police told The Express Tribune that driver ofContinue Reading
The defection of Senate Minority Leader, Chief Godswill Akpabio, to All Progressives Congress (APC) has been described “as the beginning of the end of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’’. Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers, made the prediction in a statement onContinue Reading
Ray Ekpu: clocks 70 tomorrow From London, where he is vacationing, President Muhammadu Buhari has sent warm greetings to veteran journalist and co-founder of Newswatch Magazine, Ray Ekpu, who turns 70 tomorrow. The year also marks Ekpu’s 45th year as a journalist and an administrator. President Buhari joined the mediaContinue Reading
Habibu Harisu/Sokoto Sen. Aliyu Wamakko (APC Sokoto) who staged a grand homecoming to Sokoto today said defectors to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties from All Progressives Congress (APC) will surely regret their actions. Wamakko stated this on Saturday at a special rally in support of President MuhammaduContinue Reading
The Conference of Speakers of the State Legislatures of Nigeria has elected Mr Mudashiru Obasa, the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly as its new chairman. NAN reports that the conference elected new executives at its 2018 Second Quarter Conference held between Friday, Aug. 3 and Sunday Aug.Continue Reading
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will on Tuesday inaugurate the Lagos edition of the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic. Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, the state Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, disclosed this on Sunday in a statement signed by Babasola Ogunmosunle, Public Relations Manager in the ministry. Oladunjoye saidContinue Reading
The Army says they have arrested a wanted Boko Haram suspect, Maje Lawan at Banki, Borno. According to a statement by Brig.-Gen Texas Chukwu, the army spokesman, the suspect is believed to be number 96 on the wanted list earlier published by the army. Chukwu said Lawan was apprehended afterContinue Reading
