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 ...
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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 ...
Read More »CHRISTMAS BIZZARE: Thieves Hacked, Roasted To Death At Ikot Oku Ikono Junction
…As POS Operator Recovers Three Hundred Thousand Naira By Inemesit Amos Two Young men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-eight have been hacked and roasted to death by an angry mob at Ikot Oku Ikono Junction early today for ...
Read More »NDDC Pledges To Pay Contractors, Calls For Calm
…As FG, Oil Companies Owe Commission over N4 trillion The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has pledged to settle all verified outstanding claims by it contractors in its efforts to facilitate sustainable development of the oil-rich region. A source close ...
Read More »NPC Set for Census 2nd Pre-Test Exercise in Four LGAs
…Commends Gov. Udom, LG Chairmen, Stakeholders Ors By Saviour Ekpe The National Population Commission has earmarked Itu, Ikot Abasi, Mbo and Ukanafun local government areas for the second phase of the Census Pre-test Exercise in Akwa Ibom State. This information ...
Read More »PDP, Cross River Govt Bicker Over Anti-Open Grazing Stance
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River state and Governor Ben Ayade-led government are at each other’s throat over the governor’s stance on the anti open grazing law advocated by Southern governors. The governor had, last Thursday, said he ...
Read More »JAMB introduces physical health, computer science for UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it is introducing two new science subjects for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The subjects are Physical Health Education and Computer Science. “We are asking and sensitising the public, particularly the students, ...
Read More »Vaccine crisis: 1,000 Lawyers, 10,000 medical Experts Prosecute WHO, Ors For Crime Against Humanity
The world is beginning to fight back the COVID-19 domination and deprivation of medical rights of global citizens. The protest of the vaccine mandate and the conditioning of the human race on the surface of the earth to the dictates ...
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