Ahmad Lawan Retains Saraki’s Aides
The Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has retained five political aides of his predecessor, Dr Bukola Saraki, to help in the discharge of his duties.The appointment of the aides, which…
Editorial: June 12 and Abdusalami Abubakar`s Abiola Secret
Finally, June 12 as a historically iconic date is official. It is no longer a mere symbol of what could have been. It is now encoded as a take-off date…
We Only Experimented with Server in 2018 -INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday insisted that the results of the 2019 general election were not transmitted electronically to its server, stressing that the commission only experimented with…
NDI/IRI issue Damning Report on 2019 General Elections
Like the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) that slammed the outcome of the 2019 general election, two United States Institutions that monitored the elections said the polls did not…
UBA Foundation Celebrates Day of the African Child
UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, yesterday joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Day of the African Child.…
27,000 killed in northeast Nigeria attacks since 2009, says UN
More than 27,000 people have been killed in attacks in northeastern Nigeria since 2009, the United Nations said. “The humanitarian crisis in northeast Nigeria is one of the most severe…
INEC and Nigeria’s many political parties
Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as part of its review of the 2019 General elections in the country is reportedly working on a proposal for the alteration of the…
CCB:‘We can’t disclose asset declarations by presidents, govs on ground of privacy’
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has denied a Freedom of Information request demanding specific details of asset declarations submitted to it by successive presidents and state governors since 1999,…
Divisions in APC delays submission of Cabinet list to Senate
There are very strong feelers that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Presidency are struggling to manage an unfolding series of political turmoil billowing in virtually all the states…
EU report on Nigeria’s 2019 general election vindicates us – PDP
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commended the European Union (EU) on its final report on the 2019 general election. The PDP made the…