COVID 19: Kaduna State Under Red Alert To Curtail Third Wave Delta Variant
KADUNA UPDATE: Statement from the Kaduna State Taskforce on Covid-19 FG RED ALERT on COVID-19 THIRD WAVE: An Appeal to Residents to take responsibility and adhere to the FORWARD campaign The Kaduna State Government wishes to alert citizens that the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is already in our country, and the Delta variant […]
Lugard as Pastor Adefarasin’s Electoral Act amendment devil
By Festus Adedayo Seventy six years after his death on April 11, 1945 and cremation at the Woking Crematorium, Woking Borough in Surrey, England, poor Frederick John Dealtry Lugard has been killed many times thereafter by Nigerians. Though he died peacefully at the age of 87, having been born on January 22, 1858, this soldier, administrator and […]
Why APC politicians are terrified by e-transmission of votes
… Buhari and APC henchmen obviously love ballot snatching that favours them. FAROOQ KPEROGI The political elites of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have chosen to regress to the stone age in matters of election at a time that Nigeria is relentlessly digitalising in every other sphere. Banking is now almost entirely digitised, POS […]
Civil Defence To Commence Recruitment Exercise On 2nd August 2021
PRESS STATEMENTNSCDC 2019 RECRUITMENT EXERCISE The Commandant General and Management of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, in compliance with the directive of the Board of Civil Defence Correctional Fire and Immigration Board hereby notifies the public of the commencement of the 2019 nationwide Recruitment Exercise into the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps. […]
APC Senators Vote Against Electronic Transmission Of Election Results
Senators under the All Progressives Congress who were present during plenary yesterday have all voted against the electronice transmission of results. The senators voted on Thursday.The Committee had, in the report, recommended in Section 52(3) that, INEC “may transmit results of elections by electronic means where and when practicable.” But an APC senator from Niger […]
Reps pass conditional electronic transmission of results as PDP members stage walkout
The House of Representatives has passed a conditional electronic transmission of election results. The House had on Friday been told that about 49% of polling units in Nigeria are without a network by the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC). Ubale Maska, the NCC commissioner of technical, said the Commission carried out a survey in 2018 of […]
Experts urges Sokoto govt, society support for improved basic healthcare facilities component
By Suleiman Adamu , Sokoto A team of experts and professionals promoting the activities of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Integrated Health Project(IHP) has emphasised the need to strengthen basic healthcare facilities components in Sokoto state with a view to reduce maternal and child morbidity in the state. The call came at […]
SCI, CSOs call for prioritised health budget in kaduna
Save the Children International (SCI) in partnership with some Kaduna-based civil society organizations are calling for citizens prioritized health budget both at the state and local government levels. Advocacy and Campaign Assistant SCI, Amabel Olukotun, disclosed this during a one-day capacity strengthening for the champions of the CDC across the 23 local government areas of kaduna […]
What The South Must Learn From The North
Give it to the North, they get what they want at every turn while the South do the talking. Most radical ideas that had shaped Nigeria’s political landscape often originated from the South only to be perfected to advantage by the North. For instance, while the South championed the struggle for independence, the North acted […]
WHY ELECTRONIC VOTING, RESULTS TRANSMISSION SHOULD GO TOGETHER – JEGA
Prof Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has faulted National Assembly’s, NASS, exclusion of electronic transmission of results from the Electoral Amendment Act (2010). Jega made the observation when he appeared ChannelsTV’s Sunday Politics on Sunday. According to him, allowing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to use electronic voting […]