2023: Senate President Tasks INEC On Fairness, Ask Aspirants To Accept Party Primaries Outcomes
Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan Tuesday tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on fairness, justice, and equity which it earlier promised as political parties move into the process of primaries. Lawan gave the charge be...
No Extension Of Timeline For Primaries, INEC Tells Political Parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday said it has no intention of extending the timeline for party primaries. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja. ...
Why We Will Remain On Strike — ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) has said there is no going back on its decision to continue with its ongoing strike following Federal Government’s failure to honour the 2009 agreement. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, said thi...
Industrial Action: COEASU Gives FG 21-Day Ultimatum To Meet Demands
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has given the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to address the union’s demands else it will embark on industrial action. NAN reports that this is co...
Court Declares Ebonyi Cybercrimes Law Illegal, Unconstitutional
A Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki yesterday declared the controversial Ebonyi Cybercrimes Law No 12 of 2021 unconstitutional, null and void. The Court ruling followed a suit by one Pascal Etu who had sued the State Governor, David Umahi over ...
Inmates Allegedly Escape From Agbor Correctional Centre
On Monday evening, scores of convicts reportedly escaped from the Correctional Centre in Agbor, Ika South Local Council of Delta State, after the prison wall collapsed. According to sources, the wall fell after the wind ripped off part of the roof ow...
2023 Election: APC Picks Consensus Governorship Candidate In Cross River
All Progressives Congress in Cross River State has picked Senator Bassey Otu as its gubernatorial candidate for the 2023 general elections. The party announced Otu's emergence in a statement on Tuesday. The former Senator, who represented the Souther...
Governor Ayade Gives Condition For Accepting APC Consensus Candidate
Cross River State Governor, Professor Ben Ayade, on Tuesday, has said that he won’t accept to step down for any consensus candidate if the process of selection is unfair and unjust. He said this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politi...
Sales, Disposals Of Recovered Assets Not Within Your Power, Court Tells AGF Malami
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has nullified the Asset Tracing, Recovery and Management Regulations, 2019, created by the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, Abubakar Malami, SAN, for being an invalid statutory instrument. The court also ...
31 Scrap Markets Shut Down In Abia
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has directed the immediate closure of scrap and waste (akpakara) markets in the state, pending the proper identification of those involved in the collection and sale of scraps as well as the proper organisation o...
