Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) cannot be held responsible for the poor turnout of petitioners in Saturday’s verification of signatures for the recall of Senator Dino Melaye, an official has said. The INEC Federal Commissioner in-charge of Kogi, Kwara and Nasarawa states, Alhaji Mohammed Haruna, made the statement in Lokoja after the end of the
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it would track finances of candidates and political parties for the 2019 general elections. National Commissioner In-Charge of Election and Party Monitoring Committee at the INEC headquarters, Alhaji Baba Shettima Arfo, disclosed this on Wednesday in Gombe at the commencement of a two-day workshop for its staffs
The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved N10.7 billion for the establishment of 10 rice mills in 10 states. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Heineken Lokpobiri, while briefing State House reporters, said this was to enhance the milling capacity of rice value chain in the country. He said the rice mills would be located
The Federal High Court in Abuja has upheld the suit filed by Accord Party challenging the National Assembly’s re-ordering of the sequence of election which countered the time table released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The court ruled on Wednesday that the National Assembly could not amend the election timetable of INEC. Both
THE Nigerian Senate on Wednesday cut short its plenary session today to visit embattled Senator Dino Melaye at the National Hospital in Abuja. It also summoned the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to appear before it on Thursday to face its scrutiny over the treatment of one of their members, Dino Melaye. This happened
The House of Representatives on Wednesday summoned President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before it to explain the spate of killings in many parts of the country. The assembly also passed a vote of no confidence on the country’s Service Chiefs and all the security advisers to the president. It further resolved to suspend sitting for
The President,National Movement for Positive Change (NMPC), a body primarily committed to positive change in Nigeria, Barrister Niyi Aborisade, has declared that the movement which is non-political was established to serve as check on the government, saying the way the country is being run “is not fair on the citizens”. Aborisade stated this while delivering
The President,National Movement for Positive Change (NMPC), primarily a body committed to positive change in Nigeria, Barrister Niyi Aborisade, has called on Nigeria to cement their constitutional power of electing their choice political officer holder in the next general election by participating in the ongoing Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) exercise as well as collecting their
SWITZERLAND said it has returned all the money kept in the country by late Nigeria’s Head of State Gen. Sani Abacha, with 1.5 million dollars interest. Ambassador Pio Wennubst, Assistant Director-General and Head, Global Cooperation Department, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York.
THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to order the Senate President Bukola Saraki, Senator Dino Melaye and 107 other senators to refund illegal and unconstitutional N13.5 monthly allowance allegedly received by each senator with interest, and to stop the lawmakers from receiving such unjustified allowances. SERAP