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    INEC Ad-hoc Staff Lament Non-Payment of Allowances

    Some members of National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, who performed their duties as ad-hoc staff at the just concluded elections are yet to be paid. Investigation carried out by our reporters, on the welfare of ad-hoc staff who worked during the elections, reveals that some of the corps members, after performing their duties and providing […] More

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    Nigerian Actress Gets Vogue Magazine Feature

    Popular Nollywood actress, Adesua Etomi-Wellington has been featured in the April issue of Vogue magazine. She was featured on Vogue magazine’s list of 14 global superstars.Adesua broke the news of the magazine feature on her Instagram page when she posted a photo of the feature cover with the caption; “Nigeria to the world. Celebrate brown […] More

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    Tension, Protests and Vote Buying in Mushin

    We set out on Friday the 8th of March to monitor the proceedings at the Ward 7 Registration Area Centre, RAC at Mushin local government area of Lagos State. Since the state government had declared that there were no public holidays on the eve of the March 9 governorship and House of Assembly elections, everywhere seemed […] More

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    UK Threatens Sanctions Against Trouble Makers

    The British High Commission in Nigeria has warned against any attempt by anyone to incite violence during the governorship and state houses of assembly elections in the country. It said that anyone caught doing so could be denied access into the United Kingdom. “We were concerned by reports of high levels of violence in some […] More

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    EFCC Releases Atiku’s Son-in-Law

    The Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has released Babalele Abdulahi, Son-in-Law to the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.  He was released alongside Atiku’s finance director, who was also arrested on Saturday over an alleged 150 million euros money laundering.   Their released came after the anti-graft agency invited Tanimu Turaki (SAN) who leads Atiku’s […] More

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    INEC Ad-Hoc Staff Narrate Experience After Postponement of Election

    Following the last minute postponement of the presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled to hold today, February 16, 2019 by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, some ad-hoc staff of the commission in Lagos have expressed mixed reactions. Adisa Ibrahim, an ad-hoc staff at ward 7 in Mushin Local Government Area of the state said: […] More

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    Ganduje Shuts Sani Abacha Stadium Ahead PDP Rally

    With less than five days to the presidential campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Kano, the state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has ordered a two-week shutdown of the Sani Abacha Stadium. Although many Nigerians consider the action of the governor as outrageous, Ganduje, who has been in the eye of the storm […] More

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    Ezewesili Withdraws from Presidential Race

    Obiageli Ezekwesili, the presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria, ACPN, has withdrawn from the presidential race. Ezekwesili made this known in a statement issued on Thursday by Ozioma Ubuabukoh, spokesperson for Obiageli Ezekwesili Presidential Campaign Organisation, where she said that she took the decision to quit after “extensive discussions with Nigerians at […] More

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    Osun Sets Up Committee to Revive OSBC

    In a press release signed by Adelani Baderinwa, the supervisor, Ministry of Information and Strategy, the names of the members of the committee, were released alongside the objectives and terms of reference of the revitalization committee. “The objective of the committee is to find out the challenges militating against the smooth and required professional operation […] More

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    National Council of States Approves N27,000 Minimum wage

    The National Council of States has at its meeting held today in Abuja, approved N27,000 minimum wage for the country, as a minimum wage bill is expected to be sent to the National Assembly on Wednesday. Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, also announced that an additional N3,000 has been approved for federal workers, making theirs […] More

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    Gov. Wike’s Aide Kidnapped

    The Special Adviser to Governor Nyeson Wike on Lands and Survey, Dr. Anugbom Anuoha, has been kidnapped. The Rivers State Police Command, through its Public Relations Officer, DSP Nnamdi Omoni confirmed he was taken away by unknown gunmen dressed in military uniforms. Nnamdi told newsmen that Anuoha was kidnapped at around 8:30 PM on Thursday […] More

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    Imo APC Moves to Expel Okorocha

    The 9-man disciplinary committee of the Imo State chapter of the All Progressive Congress, APC has recommended the expulsion of the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, for his anti-party engagements. In a letter signed by the committee chairman Matthew Omeghara and secretary Kevin Ugwu, the committee revealed that the Imo State governor could not appear before […] More

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