…As Office Holds Carol Service Christians have been reminded of the need for peaceful co-existence during this yuletide season and beyond. The Accountant General of Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Uwem Andrew-Essien stated this while addressing staff during the 2021 Chrismas ...
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Electoral Act Update: Senate Makes U-Turn, Takes Battle with Buhari to January
The upper chamber of the National Assembly has taken the battle to override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the electoral act to January. President Buhari in his letter to the Senate on Tuesday told the lawmakers why he will withhold ...
Read More »NECO Sets to Make its Examinations Compulsory in all Schools
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has commenced nationwide advocacy as part of plans to make its examinations compulsory in schools across the 36 states of the federation and Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The national examination body riding on the crest ...
Read More »Returning to PDP is Like Going Back to Egypt – Umahi
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, says he has no plans of returning to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as doing so is like going back to Egypt. Umahi was apparently reacting to a claim by a Chieftain of the ...
Read More »NRCSF, NSC Reunite For Growth Of Sailng in Nigeria
President of the Nigeria Rowing, Canoe and Sailing Federation, Rear Admiral Festus Porbeni (Rtd) at the weekend sued for peace and reconciliation while urging the leadership of the Navy Sailing Club to remain focused on the growth of Sailing and ...
Read More »SSEB Fixes 28,29 December for Posting of Newly Employed Teachers
… Concludes 3- Day Orientation Workshop By Akaninyene Oton Akwa Ibom State Secondary Education Board, SSEB, has fixed 28 and 29 December,2021for posting of teachers in public secondary schools who were recently employed. This was made known by the chairman ...
Read More »Direct Primaries Will Truncate Democracy In Nigeria, Umahi Warns
Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has urged the National Assembly to have a rethink on the contentious direct primaries stipulation in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, warning that the provision may truncate Nigeria’s democratic process if the National Assembly insists ...
Read More »How I Lobbied Stakeholders With Intention to Change Nigeria For Good – Bankole
In 2003, I was elected to the House of Representatives to serve the Abeokuta South constituency, in Ogun state. My eight years in elected office made me less optimistic about change in Nigeria, but more realistic. The political system was ...
Read More »Akpabio: Blessing to Nigeria – Niger Delta Youths
…Warn Detractors Youths in the Niger Delta on Saturday lauded Senator Godswill Akpabio for launching the Strategic Implementation Work Plan (SIWP), describing the plan as a noble ideal and the most desirable objective in the region’s development policies. “SIWP is ...
Read More »Buhari Rejects Electoral Bill, Returns Bill To NASS
…Cites High Cost Of Conducting Direct Primaries President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the Electoral Amendment Bill over the removal of indirect primaries from the document and returned the bill to the National Assembly. A senator who spoke with Daily Sun ...
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