INEC introduces portal for voters e-registration

The Independent National Electoral Commission, in its bid to resume the Continuous Voter Education next week, has introduced an online portal for registration. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made this…

OSINBAJO URGES NIGERIAN YOUTHS TO REJECT DIVISION

VICE-President Yemi Osinbajo has called on Nigerians youths to work for the unity of the country and  avoid stoking the embers of division. Osinbajo, who spoke on Monday during the…

REPS FAULT PLANNED SALE OF LOOTERS’ ASSETS, SAY ITEMS UNDER PROBE

The House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of the Federal Government of…

EX-DIG SEEKS TO STOP ORJI KALU’S ALLEGED N7.1BN FRAUD RETRIAL

A company belonging to a former governor of Abia State, Orji Kalu, Slok Nigeria Limited, has urged the Federal High Court, Abuja, to stop the retrial of the case against…

KIDNAP VICTIMS PAID N2BN RANSOM TO HERDMEN YEARLY – SOKAPU

THE Southern Kaduna Peoples Union has said over N2bn has been paid as ransom to kidnappers by families and friends in Southern Kaduna to kidnappers for the release of victims…

MEDIA BILL: BUHARI RE-INTRODUCING DECREE 4 UNDER DIFFERENT GUISE, SAY STAKEHOLDERS

The President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Christopher Isiguzo, on Monday reiterated the position of stakeholders in the media towards the National Press Council (Amendment) Bill currently before the…

#ENDSARS PROTESTER STILL IN PRISON WITH NEWBORN, BAIL APPLICATION NOT HEARD

The Ondo State High Court sitting in Olokuta Akure, Ondo State, on Monday did not grant bail to Kemisola Ogunniyi, one of the EndSARS protesters , who delivered baby in…

REPS BEGIN TWITTER BAN PROBE TODAY

The House of Representatives’ Committees on Communications; Justice; Information and Culture; and National Security and Intelligence are to hold their inaugural investigative hearing on Tuesday (today) after the expiration of…

RESIST PRESSURE TO BE USED AGAINST PROJECTS, WIKE TELLS YOUTHS

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has urged youths in the state to resist any attempt by “disgruntled persons” to sabotage government infrastructural projects in their domain. Wike spoke during…

COURT ORDERS FG TO PAY BAYELSA $951M OVER DERIVATION FUND

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday ordered the Federal Government to pay $951m to the Bayelsa State Government as the 13 per cent derivative sum due as…