The Acting Inspector–General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun on Monday affirmed the decision on withdrawal of Police Mobile Force (PMF) officers from Very Important Personalities (VIPs). He said there is no going back on the policy. Reacting to recent news circulating regarding the possible reversal of the PMF reform policy, a statement issued by the […]

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says all sensitive and non-sensitive materials used for the 2023 general election were printed in Nigeria. He stated this during the commission’s quarterly consultative meeting with the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the ongoing review of the 2023 general election held on Monday […]

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission did not receive any direct funding or cash support from international development partners. He said the clarifications became necessary to correct the impression that the commission received funding support from development partners for the 2023 general election. He […]

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has asked those behind enforcing sit-at-home in the Southeast region to stop the exercise. He spoke through his lead counsel, Mike Ozekhome, SAN, in a video clip. According to Ozekhome, Kanu said he does not believe in the sit-at-home, insisting he could not be fighting […]

President Bola Tinubu has eulogised the first female Professor of Yoruba Studies in the world, Prof. Omotayo Olutoye, for her important contributions to the Yoruba language, culture and tradition. He said that her works and seminar interventions helped in deepening the knowledge and understanding of the Yoruba language. A statement by Mr. Dele Alake, presidential […]

Chairman INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, and Members of the Commission in a Meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on the review of the 2023 General Election at the Commission’s conference room, Abuja… Photo: Twitter/INECNigeria The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that thugs deployed by politicians and other factors made the 2023 general elections […]

Oil marketers have insisted that the current prices of petrol in the country were not a true reflection of the market. They were projecting a further price review this month, less than two months after the price of petrol was hiked from N189 per litre to N500. Their demand was granted when some filling stations […]