ASUU Strike to Continue Until Government Budges
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will press on with its ongoing industrial action while the Federal Government makes the money required to fulfil its obligation…
Rivers Crisis: Court Nullifies Commission of Enquiry
The eight-man Judicial Commission of Inquiry inaugurated by Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi to investigate the crisis in the House of Assembly has been nullified by a Port Harcourt…
INEC Registers Two New Parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered two new political parties in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amended) and…
Jigawa Deputy Speaker Dies in Road Accident
Deputy Speaker of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Inuwa Sule Udi, is dead.Udi died in Kano on Thursday night while travelling to Ringim, Jigawa, his home state. It was…
Atiku,Irked Northern Governors Set to Dump PDP
Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, may have been nursing the dream of dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) a second time. Just like previously when he teamed up with…
PDP, Amaechi Trade Words on Insecurity, Mbu
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers State and the camp of Governor of the state, Rotimi Amaechi on Thursday continued their war of words over the…
2015: INEC Receives 20m Permanent Voter’s Cards, to Phase out Temporary Cards
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is now in possession of 20 million permanent voter’s cards for 2015 general elections, its resident electoral commission in charge of Akwa Ibom State,…
APC Governors Not Opposed To LG Autonomy – Mohammed
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said its governors are not against autonomy for local governments, as reported in a section of the media on Thursday, describing such reports as…
INEC Denies Confirming Application by Atiku, Others to Register New Party
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday denied ever confirming that former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar and some other Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors had applied for registration of…
JTF Announces Killing Boko Haram’s Second In Command
The military on Wednesday announced that it had killed the second-in-command of the Boko Haram sect saying this was achieved while its officials repelled an insurgent attack earlier this month.…