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Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has disclosed that the commission has concluded arrangement to begin voter registration exercise from May this year. Speaking on Wednesday at a meeting between the commission and State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIEC), organised by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Jega said Nigerians can […]

Friends of former Minister of Aviation and current chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Femi Fani-Kayode are yet to overcome the shock the suffered by his visit to President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday. Though Fani-Kayode has said he has not left the APC for the PDP, many of his friends on social media are […]

Rotimi Abiru, deputy whip of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has mocked the Federal Government’s assertion that Nigeria has the best economy in Africa. According to Abiru, this is the biggest illusion of the century. Responding to the assertion on Wednesday, Abiru observed that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the nation, which revealed that […]

 Executive Governors Murtala Nyako, Kashim Shettima and Ibrahim Gaidam of terror-ravaged Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States have appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to postpone the 2015 general elections in their states notwithstanding the activities of the insurgent Boko Haram. The governors made the appeal on Wednesday in a joint statement signed […]

Beneficiaries of the monthly stipends for the aged in Ekiti State have commended Governor of the state, Dr. Kayode Fayemi for rescuing them from old-age poverty. During the visit of the campaign train of the governor to Ekiti East Local Government Area, beneficiaries of the social security scheme for the elderly who turned out in […]

Understandably, glasses are clicking in Abuja in celebration of the latest rating of Nigeria as the largest economy in Africa. Whilst the euphoria and jubilation concerning this self-inflicted ego booster by a lacklustre government desperate to cling to any measure of achievement is still ongoing, it is apt to reflect on some of the fundamental […]

“How does this affect the price of fish?”, was the cynical rider to anewspaper report early in the week that Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as Africa’s leading economy. This followed the cheery news coming from the National Bureau of Statistics, which confirmed, of course, what many had long believed- that the Nigerian economy has […]

Following a motion moved by Honourable Ibrahim Gusau, the Federal House of Representatives has invited Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar; Minister of Defence, retired Lt.-Gen. Aliyu Gusau; and National Security Adviser, retired Col. Sambo Dasuki to give their accounts on the security situation in the country. The House summoned the trio on Tuesday and saddled […]

The Anambra State House of Assembly on Tuesday approved a list of 19 new commissioners and 10 special advisers sent to them by the state governor, Willie Obiano. According to the list, Architect Callistus Ilozumba and Barrister (Mrs.) Lilian Azuka Enemuo were both retained in their respective ministries of works and local government. Special Advisers, […]

The visit of former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode to President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday has rattled the All Progressive Congress (APC), the party which Fani-Kayode belongs.  Many of the party members never knew that Fani-Kayode had been planning the visit to the president, who is believed to have invited him.  Now, members of the […]

Seventy-two companies have been sealed off by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) for evading the sum of N552.6m in tax in the first quarter of the year. The report was revealed by Mrs. Folasade Coker-Afolayan, head, Distrain Unit of LIRS, who explained the outstanding income tax profile of Lagos State to journalists during […]

President Goodluck Jonathan has restated his administration’s commitment to rid the country of terrorism. He gave the assurance on Tuesday while making remarks at the commissioning of the new Nigeria Police Force International Peacekeeping Centre and Force Museum at the Force Headquarters in Abuja. According to the president, terrorism and insurgencies are the bane of […]