The card reader machine at Ofafuru Polling Unit 002, Ward ?002 in Ikere-Ekiti on Saturday rejected the voter card of Prof. Kolapo Olusola, the PDP candidate in the governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN), however, reports that the machine did not reject the card of his wife, Janet. OlusolaContinue Reading
Staff of ExxonMobi, Eket in Akwa Ibom, on Friday protested the sack of 860 spy police without entitlements. The protesters, who began the protest at about 8 a.m, blocked Mobil Housing Estate at Marina road, Eket Local Government Area of the state. The protesters were chanting solidarity songs, carried placardsContinue Reading
No fewer than six shops were burnt at Kofar Wambai Jewelry Market (Kasuwar ‘Yan Yeri) in Kano on Friday night. The Director of the State Fire Service, Alhaji Sagir Madaki, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Saturday that the fire burnt six shops. He said “weContinue Reading
Sen. Shehu Sani (APC-Kaduna) says he is yet to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to any other party. Sani made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday. He said that consultations were still ongoing with regard to the future of the party.Continue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will release timetable and schedule of activities to fill the existing vacancies in the Bauchl South and Katsina North Senatorial Districts by next week. The Commission disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Commissioner, Malam Mohammad Haruna on Friday inContinue Reading
A security cordon has been thrown on Ekiti as the simultaneous accreditation and voting process is set to commence in Saturday’s governorship election. Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) spread across the three senatorial districts report that armed policemen and personnel of sister security agencies such as theContinue Reading
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Nigeria’s economic outlook for 2018 remains challenging as private sector lending remains low and foreign exchange inflows are mostly short-term. IMF in a statement issued in Washington on Friday by Lucie Fouda, the Fund’s Press Officer, said higher oil prices and portfolio flows hadContinue Reading
Ebonyi Government says it will pay the July 2018 salaries of its workers before the month’s 13th day in spite of states not receiving the federation allocation since June. Chief Obinna Nwachukwu, the Commissioner for Finance made the disclosure on Thursday in Abakaliki while addressing newsmen. Nwachukwu said that theContinue Reading
The Niger Government on Thursday deployed all political appointees to the 742 political wards across the state to participate in the ongoing continuous voters registration in the state. Alhaji Danjuma Saulau ,Commissioner for Information, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday. He said allContinue Reading
