Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has cleared the air on allegations that he intended to remove the state Chief Judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Akeredolu from office over alleged professional misconduct. Akeredolu was reacting to a judgment by a Federal High Court in Abuja which barred the state governor and his attorney general from investigating or...
Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday said it would begin the online voter registration, via its registration portal, on June 28. The INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, announced this at a news briefing on the preparations for the Gwaram bye-election in Dutse. “The INEC Voter Registration Portal will be deployed to enable...
Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, assured Nigerians of the commitment of his administration to fight terrorism to the end and ensuring that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are fully returned to their ancestral homes to continue normal lives. President Buhari, on official visit to the State to appraise the security situation and...
Read MoreGarba Shehu, President Mohammadu Buhari’s senior special assistant on media and publicity has accused the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of refusing to support the initiative to end herders crisis in the country and thereby save livestock and lives. In a statement reacting to the position of the main opposition governors on the...
Read MoreThe Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has slated the conduct of Ekiti and Osun Governorship elections for Saturday, June 18 and Saturday, July 16, 2022, respectively. The Commission made the announcement in Abuja on Wednesday. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, said the detailed timetable and schedule of activities for the elections have been uploaded on...
Read MorePresident Muhammadu Buhari has urged countries in the West African sub-region and those in the Sahel, facing insecurity to team up to confront the menace. The President spoke Tuesday at State House, Abuja, while receiving the new Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mahamat Saleh Annadif, a...
Read MorePresident Mohammadu Buhari is currently meeting with Members of the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council in State House, according to his spokesman, Femi Adesina. He, however, did not provide any details of the agenda of the meeting. Nigeria is expected to mark democracy day on Saturday while the meeting could also be a fallout of the...
Read MoreNigeria is in the process of recruiting 10,000 police officers in a bid to strengthen the security capacity of the agency while making efforts to improve the welfare and wages of the force. According to President Mohammadu Buhari, the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) has been directed to also review upward the...
Read MorePresident Mohammadu Buhari received made in Nigeria Phone in the presidential villa on Wednesday and also presides over Federal Executive Council Meeting after Swears-In Commissioner of the Federal Civil Service Commission and National Population Commission in State House, according to the spokesman. President Buhari also Swears-In Wakil Bukar as Commissioner of the Federal Civil...
Read MoreBauchi Governor Bala Mohammed has sacked his cabinet including his Secretary to the State Government (SSG) and Chief of Staff (CoS) with immediate effect. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mukhtar Gidado, the Governor announced the dissolution of his cabinet on Wednesday. “The Governor has approved with immediate...
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