Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba; Minister of Science, Technology and Innovations, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu; and Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, yesterday, resigned from their respective positions following the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that ministers in his cabinet who were desirous of running for elective offices should resign forthwith. However, … [Read more…]
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has said it would embark on a two-week warning strike from Monday, May 16. It a statement issued after an Emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja, ASUP President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, said the Federal Government was yet to meet the union’s demands despite various ultimatums it … [Read more…]
After some back and forth over a period of time, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has finally adopted report of the national caucus of the party, which approved the report of the 37-man committee that threw open the presidential ticket of the party. Before the NEC, PDP stakeholders had … [Read more…]
Some Nigerians have expressed concerns that the National Assembly’s latest amendment to the Electoral Act, 2022, to allow statutory delegates – all those elected – to participate and vote in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties, saying it was designed to boost the chances of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, who recently joined … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would suspend its ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) online pre-registration on May 30. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, in his remarks at the commission’s quarterly meeting with Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Wednesday in Abuja, said this would give time for online pre-registrants to complete their registration … [Read more…]
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State and will vie for the presidency on the party’s platform. A source in the ex-President’s camp told journalists on Wednesday that he formally joined the APC after registering for the party at his Otuoke Ward in Bayelsa State. This came … [Read more…]
Fact Check: Peter Mbah was not prosecuted by EFCC- Pinnacle Spokesperson Pinnacle and Gas Oil Limited has reiterated that its owner, Peter Mbah was never prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged illegal financial dealings and misappropriation of funds. The company was reacting to a story published by SaharaReporters over a … [Read more…]
BREAKING: Resign if you’ve picked nomination forms, Buhari tells ministers, others President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, ordered every member of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, who has ambition to contest elective offices in 2023 general elections to resign on or before May 16. Those affected are Ministers of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi; Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio; … [Read more…]
Senate has amended the Electoral Act, 2022, to giving room for ‘statutory delegates’ (all those elected), to participate and vote in conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties. The move has again, shut out ministers, commissioners and others appointees in the amendment. The action of the Senate followed the expeditious consideration of a bill during … [Read more…]
A bill, seeking to amend the Compulsory Free Universal Basic Education Act, 2004 and enact provision for increased funding of Basic Education in Nigeria, yesterday, scaled first reading on the floor of the Senate. The bill, sponsored by Senate Chief Whip, Orji Uzor Kalu, is entitled: “Compulsory Free Universal Basic Education Act (Amendment) Bill 2022. … [Read more…]
ENUGU—FORMER president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has restated his position that the South-East should be allowed to produce Nigeria’s President in 2023, insisting that it would ensure peace, justice, fairness and sustainable national development in the country. Similarly, former secretary to the Government of the Federation, Olu Falae, also threw his weight behind a South-East presidency, noting … [Read more…]
Breaking News: Court quashes Ebonyi cybercrime law, declares it unconstitutional, null & void The Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, on Tuesday, declared the controversial Ebonyi Cybercrimes Law 2021 unconstitutional, null and void. The court’s ruling followed a suit by one Pascal Etu who had sued the state governor, David Umahi, … [Read more…]