The Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, has stated that if Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has been detained, he should be given the right to defend himself. The outburst followed reports that the popular Yoruba freedom warrior had been apprehended by security forces in Cotonou, West Africa. Igboho was reportedly apprehended Monday night […]Read More
The House of Representatives reaffirmed Monday that the electoral bill’s ratification will not prevent the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), from implementing electronic voting and transmitting election results in 2023. It went on to say that it had granted the electoral umpire appropriate discretionary powers over whether or not to transmit election results electronically in […]Read More
Stakeholders in the South-South have rejected the National Assembly’s endorsement of three per cent contributions to the host communities’ development trust fund in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). They said the provision was grossly unfair to the goose that lays the golden eggs. They urged President Muhammadu Buhari to reject it and make it at […]Read More
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has raised concerns over the proposed ownership structure of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), as defined in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The governors, who said they support the unbundling and commercialisation of the NNPC, faulted the part of the legislation that places its ownership on the federal government. The […]Read More
President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration is prepared to use everything within its powers to end insecurity in the country and bring perpetrators of criminal activities to book. The President, who spoke on Tuesday at a dinner with members of the National Assembly, held at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, said ‘‘insecurity, manifesting as […]Read More
The Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye; Yoruba Nation Agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho and other 49 Yoruba Self-Determination groups have filed a 27-page petition against the government of Nigeria at the International Criminal Court (ICC). Several leaders of Yoruba Self-Determination groups appended their signatures on the petition. We were informed […]Read More
…charges NNPC on proper surveillance, maintenance Nigeria lost 42.25 million barrels of crude oil valued at 2.77 billion dollars to oil theft in 2019, the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said in its latest audit report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the report on Oil and Gas was presented to the […]Read More
…Reveals 542,576 Nigerians have completed online voter registration thus far The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday expressed reiterates that voter’s registration remains the heartbeats of any credible election. He also put the number of Nigerians who have completed online voters’ pre-registration at 542,576, while expressing the determination of […]Read More
The Senate yesterday passed a bill to establish the Electoral Offences Commission under which anyone caught snatching voting materials during election upon conviction is liable to 20 years imprisonment without an option of a fine. The passage of the bill was a sequel to the consideration of a report on the bill by the Committee […]Read More
The Senate on Tuesday said the nomination of Lauretta Onochie, an aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, was rejected because of her partisanship and breach of federal character principle. Onochie’s nomination had attracted condemnation from a large section of Nigerians who argue that she is too partisan to be an INEC commissioner. In a statement titled, […]Read More
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