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The Head of the European Union delegation to Nigeria and the Economic Community of West Africa States, Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, has said the EU delegation’s mission to Nigeria is not to select a leader for the country in the February 16, elections. Karlsen made the comment, Friday, during a courtesy visit to Governor Seriake Dickson […]

Officials of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State yesterday protested against an alleged plan to arrest former governor and party chieftain, Senator Ahmed Makarfi and others after one of their campaign directors, Ben Bako, was arrested and whisked away by security operatives to Abuja. Bako who is director of the media committee of […]

Former US President Bill Clinton has been scheduled to meet with major contenders in Nigeria’s presidential elections to negotiate a peace deal amidst the unfolding political mudslinging and tension in the countdown to the election. Facilitated by the Kofi Annan Foundation, Clinton will meet President Muhammadu Buhari, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), […]

The Lamido Adamawa, Alhaji Muhammadu Barkindo-Mustafa, the powerful monarch of the home state of PDP Presidential hopeful, Atiku Abubakar, has endorsed his rival, President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term, urging Nigerians to give Buhari more time to actualize his dream for the country. “Mr. President there is no doubt that much has been achieved […]

Most Christians in Enugu on Sunday boycotted Church services for the collection of their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) at the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) collection centers. Some of the electorate told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu that they took the action as Monday would be their last opportunity to collect the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has directed all political parties participating in the forthcoming general elections to complete the processes for the submission of the names of their polling agents by Monday. Feb. 11. INEC gave the directive in a statement issued by Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner, and Chairman, Information and Voter Education […]

Less than a week to the 2019 presidential election, the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Qua’an Pan LGA, Plateau State was gutted by fire on Saturday. Osaretin Imahiyereobo, Plateau State INEC Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity, in a statement, confirmed the disaster. “The INEC office is completely burnt with […]

Nigerian media practitioners rose from a two-day meeting in Abuja on Saturday with the declaration of Feb. 14 as the National Media Peace Day. Practitioners from the print, broadcast and the new media signed the declaration, read by the President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Christopher Isiguzo, and geared toward promoting violence-free 2019 […]

The United States has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resist external “pressure and intimidation” in the upcoming general elections scheduled for February 16 and March 2, saying those who “who interfere in the electoral process or incite violence” will be held to account. The United States’ Secretary of State, Michael Pompeo, in […]

In what observers have described as a classic case of the hunter becoming the hunted, the man at the center of the controversy over the suspension and trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen is now having his own run with the law. A Kaduna State High Court on Friday issued a warrant […]

Ebonyi state has clinched two slots; including the chairmanship and commissioner- in the 30 nominees for the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC). In the list, Mr. Elias Mbam from Ebonyi would serve as Chairman while Mr. Patrick Nworu Mgbebu, also from Ebonyi would serve as commissioner. President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the list […]