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Editor: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received reports showing that the election conducted in Oguta constituency of Imo State last Saturday, June 29, 2013, witnessed incidents of violence and unruly conduct by partisans, necessitating the cancellation of the election in eight (8) polling units. This cancellation made the election inconclusive. Field reports showed […]

Editor: Arising from its NEC meeting at the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU) over the weekend, the Academic Staff Unions of Universities (ASUU) declared an indefinite strike action. As always, the issues that has forced the union to declare strike is the Federal Government’s persistent refusal to fully implement the FGN/ASUU agreement signed since 2009. The […]

Editor: Permit me to respond to a repeated claim by notable politician, Senator Iyiola Omisore that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, is in defiance of a court order removing Ambassador Rufus Akeju as the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Osun State. The politician restated this allegation in an […]

Editor: Following the Super Eagles ouster from the ongoing Confederations cup in Brazil, a lot of reactions have thus been generated. While not being unmindful of the anger and exaspirations of Nigerians with the usual shoddy display of the team in the matches played in the competition, one must admit that the senior national team […]