INEC to disclose position on electoral act on Saturday
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will on Saturday make public its position on the 2022 Electoral Amendment Bill singed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday. The commission disclosed this in a statement by National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in Abuja on Friday. Okoye said […]
Russia ready for negotiations with Ukraine
Russia is ready to send a delegation to the Belarusian capital Minsk for peace talks with Ukrainian officials, the Kremlin said on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had twice made the offer to conduct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zelensky had made an initial proposal of talks in a speech addressed to Putin late […]
43rd KADCIMA trade fair to promote blue economy – DG
The Director-General of the Kaduna Chambers of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (KADCIMA), Mr Usman Saulawa, said the 43rd Kaduna International Trade Fair would promote blue economy in the state. The DG said this in an interview with newsmen, on Friday in Kaduna. According to report the trade fair which commenced on Feb. 25 and would […]
Court Sentences Billionaire Kidnapper Evans, Two Others To Life Imprisonment
The Lagos High Court in Ikeja has sentenced kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans and two others, Uchenna Amadi and Okuchuwkwu Nwachukwu, to life imprisonment. Justice Hakeem Oshodi handed out the sentence to the trio on Friday after convicting them on two counts of conspiracy and kidnapping of a businessman, Donatus Duru. The […]
Buhari signs Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has signed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2022 into law. President Buhari signed the Bill at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, on Friday. The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, […]