Chief Ikechi Emenike (left) receiving the certificate as the Chairman of Governing Council of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) from the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, in Abuja on Thursday The Federal Government on Thursday appointed a former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega and former Minister of […]
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The Senate on Thursday passed the electoral act amendment bill 2021 amidst a rancorous atmosphere after a disagreement over clause 52(3) almost torn the red chamber apart. Some senators of the ruling All Progressives Congresses (APC) kicked against the electronic transmission of results during the plenary session.The Senators considered the bill which had 158 clauses, […]
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A Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS) on Thursday barred the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) from arresting the Elegushi of Ikate Kingdom in Lagos Oba Shaheed Ademola Elegushi and two others. Justice Gafar Safari ruled the order subsists pending the hearing and determination of a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by them. […]
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Ondo Police Command has confirmed three persons dead after robbers attacked a bank at Ilara Mokin, Ifedore local government area. Among the dead were a policeman, a commercial motorcyclist and a staff of the Elizade University identified as Bunmi Afuye. Spokesman for Ondo Police Command, Tee-Leo Ikoro, spoke after he paid an on-the-spot assessment of […]
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The Senate had a rowdy session on Thursday while it considered the electoral act amendment bill especially clause 52(3) which indicated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may transmit results of elections by electronic means where and when practicable at its discretion. Senator Sabi Abdullahi had sought for an amendment to the clause saying, […]
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The newly established Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc has appointed Mrs Miriam Olusanya as the managing director of Guaranty Trust Bank Limited. It also announced its new board of directors as well as changes to the board of its banking subsidiary, Guaranty Trust Bank Limited on Wednesday. The statement said, “The banking subsidiary, Guaranty Trust […]
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A resolution by the Senate empowering the National Communications Commission (NCC) to determine that a network is adjudged secured and approved by the National Assembly before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) can transmit election results electronically, on Thursday, led to uproar in the Upper Chamber. Deputy Chief Whip Aliyu Abdullahi had during consideration of […]
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Former Governor Olusegun Osoba of Ogun State, who turns 82 today, speaks with Eniola Akinkuotu on his life and times and other trending topics in the polity How do you feel celebrating your 82nd birthday in a country where the United Nations has pegged life expectancy for men at 54? My feeling is that of thanksgiving […]
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Plenary at the House of Representatives began on a rowdy note on Thursday as members, especially from the South-South geopolitical zone, protested against the reduction in the amount allocated to host communities as contained in the Petroleum Industrial Bill. The Niger Delta lawmakers, who rose and shouted at the top of their voices, said, “Give […]
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Senators in the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly are poised for a showdown this morning as the Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission pushes for the confirmation of Prof. Sani Adams, whose nomination was stepped down on Tuesday. Adams and a presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie, were not cleared by the Senate on […]
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