INEC to publish final list of presidential and governship candidates September/ October
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as said that the final list of presidential, senatorial and house of representatives candidates for the 2023 general election will be published on September 20. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this on Thursday at a meeting on ‘conducting elections in a volatile security environment’, organised in collaboration with the […]
Court stops NBC from shutting down indebted broadcast stations
The federal high court in Lagos has stopped President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) from revoking the licences of 53 broadcast stations in the country. Akintayo Aluko, the presiding judge, granted an order of interim injunction on Monday while ruling on an ex parte application filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability […]
Community Development Charter (CDC) Protocol: Deepening Participatory Budgeting in Kaduna State
By Yusuf Ishaku Goje Kaduna State has continued to attract the attention of the global Open Government Partnership (OGP) community. Evidently because the State government has never shied away from initiating bold reforms in public fiscal transparency, management and accountability. This is exemplified as the State is the first sub-national in Nigeria to subscribe to […]
Shekarau defects to PDP
Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, representing Kano Central Senatorial Zone, has officially declared his defection from New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The declaration was made at a grand ceremony at his residence in Kano on Monday. Shekarau, said he had already written a letter to Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, National, State, […]
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Monday morning
Good morning! Below are today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, yesterday, said it was unfitting to compare the realities of the Nigerian economy with those of other smaller African States. He argued that at least 10 Nigerian States “have bigger GDPs than those countries.” 2. Former President, Chief Olusegun […]
Nigeria can now make COVID vaccines, says NAFDAC
Director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Mojisola Adeyeye, says Nigeria now has the capacity to produce COVID-19 vaccines of international standard. Adeyeye said this on Saturday during the oversight visit of the house of representatives committee on COVID-19 to the NAFDAC facilities and COVID-19 laboratory projects in Lagos. […]
NO ONE KNEW SHE DIED UNTIL AFTER TWO YEARS !!!
Story of Joy Vincent…. In december of 2003, 38 years old, Joyce Vincent died of an apparent asthma attack in her north London flat. The television was left on. The mail continued to be delivered. Her rent was set up to be automatically deducted from her bank account. The days rolled by and no one […]
DisCos yet to pay GenCos, dept to hit N2tn – Group
Power generation companies have blamed low power generation for the inability of the utility firms, also known as the DisCos, to pay up the N2trn debt owed them. This was revealed by the Executive Secretary, Association of Power Generation Companies, Dr Joy Ogaji, at the Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria annual conference held in […]
Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning
Good morning! Below are today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The wife of Kazeem Ali, a chieftain of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers, kidnapped in Apomu, Osun State, has said her husband’s abductors are no longer reaching out to his family. Speaking with newsmen on phone, on Wednesday, wife of the victim, Jemila […]
FG says It’ll be insensitive to resume Abuja-Kaduna train operations, approves about N1.49 billion for crane repairs
The federal government says it will be insensitive to resume the Abuja-Kaduna train service as abducted passengers are still in captivity. Mu’azu Sambo, minister of state for works and housing, said this on Wednesday while briefing state house correspondents after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting. The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. […]