Kingibe: Obasanjo knew about June 12 annulment, I have video recording
Babagana Kingibe, running mate of MKO Abiola in the June 12, 1993 presidential election, says he has a video recording of the events surrounding the election. Kingibe said this on Wednesday when he featured on an NTA programme. The former ambassador had been criticised as not been part of the struggle after the election was […]
A lone Republican refuses to shield Trump’s corruption. He will be severely punished.
The Plum Line (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) By Greg SargentOpinion writerJune 12 at 10:29 AM One of the big stories of the past two years has been President Trump’s slow but concerted effort to mold the Republican Party into an army of lawmakers who are fanatically devoted to shielding his corruption and lawlessness from accountability at […]
NASS Leadership election : emergence of Lawan & Omo-Agege
Just like in 2015, Mr Lawan again emerged as party favourite in 2019. Initially , he was poised to contest against two of his colleagues; Ali Ndume and Danjuma Goje, but Mr Goje withdrew a week before the election day. On Tuesday, 109 Senators-elect voted Lawan got 79 votes to defeat Ali Ndume, his closest […]
JAMB Fixes Cut-off Mark For 2019/20 on Tuesday
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board will meet with stakeholders on Tuesday to decide the cut-off mark for the 2019/2020 admission. The 2019 Policy Meeting with stakeholder will hold on Tuesday, June 11 at Gbongan, Osun State. JAMB’s Head of Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, the nation’s […]
Kazakhstan’s choreographed election goes off script
An autocrat tries something new for central Asia—organising a transition in his lifetimeAsia ALMATY “HAPPY HOLIDAY!” a pie seller in Kazakh national dress told voters leaving a polling station in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s financial capital. A short stroll away in a leafy park, police were ruining the festive mood. Masked security forces carried away prostrate protesters […]
Music Producer Threatens to Sue EFCC for Parading Him as ‘Yahoo Boy’
An Abuja-based music producer and photographer, Mr Nasiru Ali, popularly known as “Kozzographa”, on Sunday threatened to sue the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for wrongly calling him a fraudster (Yahoo boy). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ali was among 10 suspected internet fraudsters paraded on May 17 by the EFCC […]
CUPP demands religious balance in National Assembly leadership
By Brendan Umoren The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) on Sunday called for religious balance in the leadership of the House of Representatives. The CUPP deputy spokesman, Mark Adebayo, made the call while speaking at a press briefing in Abuja. He said while the All Progressives Congress (APC) is at liberty to zone the position […]
BOMB BLAST: IRONA, SECURITY CHIEFS VISIT EZIORSU COMMUNITY
…POLICE TO MEET SCRAP DEALERS IN IMO Walter Duru Imo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Gerald Irona, Weekend visited Eziorsu community in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State to commiserate with the families of those that lost their lives in Thursday’s bomb explosion that claimed the lives of three. On the Deputy Governor’s team […]
Kano Police Bans Demonstrations, Tall & Protests State
The Kano State Police Command has suspended issuance of permission to hold any form of rally, demonstration, procession or assembly in the State. This was contained in a statement signed by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna. He explained that the move was to prevent and avert any threat, breach of peace […]
DAAR Communications’ Licence Suspension Is ‘Blatant Illegality’ -SERAP
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has described the suspension of the operating licence of DAAR Communications by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) as blatant illegality. The group said it was considering all legal options to challenge NBC over the suspension of DAAR Communications’ licence. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday […]