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Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has described election preparations, deployment and implementation as the most extensive mobilization that could happen in a country in either peacetime or wartime. Dwelling specifically on Nigeria, Prof. Yakubu averred that preparations for the 2023 General Election would involve the recruitment and training of staff and managing the logistics ... Read More »

• Says state now a model in funds utilisation Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) on Thursday said it had a very bad experience with Kwara State in the past over utilisation of matching grants that were meant for development of basic education. The commission added however that the situation changed with the coming of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq whose administration the ... Read More »

Mustapha Balogun, a former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), is dead. Family sources confirmed the death of Balogun, who became IGP in March 2002, to… Mustapha Balogun, a former Inspector-General of Police (IGP), is dead. Family sources confirmed the death of Balogun, who became IGP in March 2002, to Daily Trust on Thursday night, but did not go into details. Born ... Read More »

• As Nge Urges Journalists to Uphold Ethics, Ensure Quality Content Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged politicians and public office holders not to gag the media, saying press freedom was important in a democracy. He made the appeal on Thursday at a workshop organised by the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), themed: “Journalist and Digitalisation: the imperative ... Read More »

Tinubu not supporting Adelabu in Oyo – Kekemeke The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in the South-West, Mr Isaacs Kekemeke, has described as a lie the claims that the Accord Party governorship candidate in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu, is enjoying the backing of the presidential candidate of APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Kekemeke said Tinubu was fully in ... Read More »

• As Senator Ashiru presents vehicles to Kwara South APC Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Thursday that no part of the state is without the projects or beneficiaries of various programmes of the administration — whether in road, potable water, healthcare, or social investment for the vulnerable. AbdulRazaq said residents of every part of the state can attest ... Read More »

There was confusion in Ibom State High Court as Uduak Akpan, the first accused in the murder of Akwa Ibom job seeker, Iniobong Umoren, was sentenced to death by hanging. Akpan attempted to escape shortly after the sentence was announced by the trial judge, Justice Bassey Nkanang, on Thursday. Our correspondent reports that it took the intervention of the police ... Read More »

: Elated by the generous donation to his alma mater, Hon. (Dr) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has commended Dr Philip Ozuah, a Nigerian doctor based in New York for his very generous donation of one million US Dollars to the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan hostel project. Dabiri-Erewa who put a personal call through to ... Read More »

Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, is to remain in prison custody as the Central Criminal Court in the UK has adjourned the alleged organ harvesting case involving him and his wife, Beatrice. The former deputy senate president and his wife, are facing charges bordering on conspiracy to arrange/facilitate the travel of another person with a view to exploitation, namely ... Read More »

…As Dangote, Bill Gates Foundations sign MOU on immunization of Nigeriens President/Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has been conferred with the Commander of the Order of Merit of Niger award by the President of the Republic of Niger, His Excellency Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey. According to the certificate of conferment presented to Dangote in Niamey, the nation’s ... Read More »