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INEC Reveals Why Voter Registration Can’t Be Extended Further
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says extending the voter registration exercise will hamper its preparations for the 2023 general elections. This is according to the Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Mike Igini...
Hold PDP Responsible For ASUU Strike — Keyamo
The spokesperson for the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Festus Keyamo, has said ASUU is on strike because of the 2009 agreement signed by the Peoples Democratic Party-led government. Keyamo disclosed this during an interview on Trust TV’s Daily Politics on Monday. He added that between 1999 and 2015 when the PDP handed over to the ruling...
NCDC Lied About Kano Death Toll – MURIC
An Islamic human rights organization, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has disputed figures recently quoted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, as the death toll for Kano State. MURIC kicked against the death toll being released by the Nigerian agency in a press statement signed on Tuesday, 5th May 2020, by the group’s director, Professor Ishaq Akintola and made...
Abaribe Kicks Against Buhari’s Nominee For Chairman, DG Of PENCOM Board
Senate Minority Leader Enyinnaya Abaribe has kicked against the nomination of Aisha Umar (North East) as Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PENCOM). President Muhammadu Buhari had in a letter urged the Senate to confirm the nomination of Oyindasola Oni as Chairman and Aisha Umar the DG of PENCOM Board respectively. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, read the letter on...
#EndSARS: No Plans To Clampdown On Protesters — Ikpeazu Assures
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has called on people of the state to disregard insinuations that the state government is planning to clamp down on protesters. The governor in a state-wide broadcast on Wednesday while acknowledging the people's right to protest in a democratic society monitored by ABN TV, said, the state government under his leadership does not intend...
Osinbajo Calls For Review Of Curricular, Says Education Should Be For Employability
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has called for the review of Nigeria’s higher education curriculum to focus more on technology and creativity, stating that education today must be for employ-ability, not just for its own sake. He stated this on Friday at the fifth Convocation Lecture of the Federal University, Duste, Jigawa State. Professor Osinbajo, in a lecture titled “Facing the New...
How Senator Kalu Secured The Freedom of 29 Inmates From Kuje Prison
While the return of Senator Orji Uzor Kalu continues to trend in the media, little is known about some of the benevolent activities of the Senator during the time he was in prison. But ask any inmate or staff of the Kuje correctional custodial centre and you will receive the same mixed feelings of sadness and satisfaction. They are sad...
Okonjo-Iweala Disqualified From Vying For WTO DG
The African Union has disqualified Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala from vying for the office of the Director-General, DG of the World Trade Organisation, WTO SaharaReporters has exclusively gathered. In July 2019, the Executive Council of the AU invited member states to present nominations into the office of the DG of the WTO so that the AU would agree on a consensus...
Buhari Best President Since Amalgamation Of Nigeria — Masari
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State says “since the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914, the country has never had a better government and President like Muhammad Buhari.” The governor disclosed this on Saturday in Katsina during a rally organised by the beneficiaries of the Federal government’s Social Investment Programme (NSIP) in the state. Reports have it that the rally was organised...
I’ll Never Listen To Those Urging Me To Join Presidential Race — INEC Chairman, Yakubu
National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has dismissed reports and calls urging him to join the 2023 presidential election as preposterous, saying he would never do so. Professor Yakubu as ch...
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