Tinubu reelected as ECOWAS chairman
President Bola Tinubu has retained his position as the chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Tinubu was reelected on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 during the 65th ordinary session
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National ID: 6m Nigerians register
MR CHRIS Onyemenam,‎ the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) on Wednesday said six million Nigerians had been registered on the Electronic National Identity Card (e-ID) scheme. Onyemenam‎ made the
Election shift a blessing, says Jega
• Insists on card reader, 800,000 PVCs not ready • Declares further postponement unconstitutional • Disqualifies 4m voters over multiple registration THE Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, Wednesday
Lagos retains death penalty to check violent crimes
CONTRARY to the expectations of several campaigns for the abolition of death penalty in the Lagos justice system, the state government Wednesday re-endorsed capital punishment to serve as deterrence against violent crimes,
National Assembly approves independent candidacy
• 20 states reject council autonomy • INEC empowered to deregister political parties IN a major departure from the extant electoral law which stipulates that candidates for elections must be sponsored by
Borno PDP accuses APC of torching campaign offices, others
BORNO State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the torching of its campaign offices, during which 29 youths were also injured without provocation during the visit of the All Progressives
‘NIMC enrols six million Nigerians’
DIRECTOR-GENERAL of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Chris Onyemena, says the commission has enrolled about six million Nigerians so far into the national register. Speaking Wednesday at the National Assembly,
Sambo leads delegation to The Gambia’s golden jubilee
A FEDERAL Government delegation led by Vice President Namadi Sambo left Abuja for Banjul, The Gambian, Wednesday to attend the country’s 50th Independence anniversary celebration. Other members included the Governor of
CAN alleges 40% of Christians yet to collect PVCs in Bauchi
THE Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Bauchi State Chapter, has raised an alarm that over 40 per cent of Christians in the state are yet to collect their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs).
‘TAN’s aid to internally-displaced persons beyond support for Jonathan’
IN demonstration of its resolve to make TAN not to be seen as only a political tool, the group said it has initiated humanitarian projects through visits to various Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs)
NLC fixes March 12 for fresh election
THE National Executive Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has fixed March 12, 2015 for a new election. The President of the NLC, Abdulwahed Omar, who disclosed this in Abuja