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Mazi Afam Osigwe SAN, the newly sworn-in President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), has appointed renowned human rights lawyer, Barrister Deji Adeyanju to the newly established Citizens’ Liberties Committee (CLC). This announcement was made during Osigwe’s inaugural speech at the recent NBA conference in Lagos. Osigwe, who succeeded Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, took the oath of office on Thursday, officially ... Read More »

Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Chairmen and other Leaders of Political Parties National Commissioners The Secretary to the Commission Other Senior Officials of the Commission Members of the INEC Press Corps Ladies and Gentlemen I welcome you all to this meeting exactly one month since our last regular quarterly consultative engagement with you on Monday 29th July 2024. You ... Read More »

The Commission met with leaders of political parties today, Thursday 29th August 2024, to deliberate on preparations for the forthcoming Edo State Governorship Election scheduled to hold in the next three weeks on 21st September 2024. Among the issues discussed was compliance by political parties with the upload of Polling and Collation agents to the INEC dedicated portal, which closed ... Read More »

A bill seeking for a law to establish the Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy has scaled a second reading on the floor of the Lagos State House of Assembly. At a sitting on Thursday, Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, committed the bill to one of the committees on education for further processes. Lawmakers at the sitting had unanimously ... Read More »

..Unveils Commemorative Birth Certificate, to accelerate birth registration in Nigeria The First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has emphasized that a robust and efficient civil registration system is pivotal to National Development and Governance. She stated this at the official Launch of the 2024 UNICEF/RHI Commemorative Birth Certificate at the State House in Abuja. Senator Oluremi Tinubu noted that ... Read More »

The issue of critical national importance of the day is the growing trend of unreasonable pricing of consumer goods and services across the country, and the unwholesome practice of market associations engaged in price fixing. As a responsive organization, we have carried out discreet market surveys extensively across the country in the past few weeks. Our findings are quite disturbing, ... Read More »

Representative of the President, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Nigeria Country Director, Mr. Uche Amaonwu receiving a Lagos State Government plaque from the Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu during a courtesy call at Lagos House, Marina, on Wednesday, 28 August 2024. Representative of the President, Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Nigeria Country Director, Mr. Uche Amaonwu; Governor ... Read More »

•Sanwo-Olu: “We’ve made the right decision given impacts recorded’ Fellows in the pioneer cohort of the Lateef Jakande Leadership Academy (LJLA) had an exciting departure on Wednesday, reminiscing about their journey in driving positive change in their communities through the one-year fellowship. The 29 fellows graduated from the leadership programme initiated by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to train and raise a ... Read More »

The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has commended the Federal Government for its decision to engage an external auditor to verify the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s (NNPC Limited) petrol subsidy claim. This move is seen as a vindication of the CNPP’s long-standing call for an independent forensic audit of NNPC Limited. According to a statement signed by its ... Read More »

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NiDCOM), says partnership between Africans, home and in the Diaspora is key pathway to a formidable Continental development and advancement. Dabiri-Erewa stated this while receiving a delegation from US-Africa Chamber of Commerce in her Office in Abuja. Dabiri-Erewa believes that Africa can be better through intentional investments by Africans in the Diaspora. ... Read More »