The Africa Civil Rights Congress has thrown its weight behind President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to assent to the amended Electoral Act saying there should be a limit to which selfish personal interests should be allowed to push the country to the brink. President Buhari declined assent for the bill citing among other reasons the confusion […]
Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met on Friday at the PDP Campaign Office in Port Harcourt to discuss key issues ahead of the 2019 general elections. The party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, his running mate, Peter Obi, Director-General of the Presidential Campaign Council, Bukola Saraki, and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu attended the […]
The Commission’s new Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List, published today, names websites and physical marketplaces outside the EU that are reported to engage in, facilitate or benefit from substantial counterfeiting and piracy. These activities undermine intellectual property rights of EU companies and creators, harm businesses and jobs and risk consumers’ health and safety. The Watch […]
The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday in Abuja presented the party’s flag to its governorship candidates for Lagos, Oyo and Ogun States, ahead of the 2019 general elections. The candidates are Ladi Adebutu for Ogun, Seyi Makinde for Oyo State and Jimi Agbaje for Lagos State, who was represented by Oluwayemisi […]
The pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has expressed dissatisfaction with the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) level of preparedness to conduct a free, fair and credible elections in the country next year. A leader of the group, Ayo Adebanjo, stated this while speaking with journalists at Toru-Orua, the hometown of Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, during […]
The wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, says Nigeria has enough resources to provide treatment for people living with HIV/AIDS, (PLWHA) without depending on foreign agencies. Mrs Buhari made the assertion at the launch of Free to Shine Campaign against Childhood Aids, at the Secretariat of African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) on Friday in […]
A Congolese army colonel has been arrested for alleged involvement in the murder of two United Nations staff in the volatile Kasai region, officials said on Friday. “Jean de Dieu Mambweni was arrested on Thursday as part of the investigation into the murders of Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalan,’’ Timothee Munkuntu, an army lawyer, told […]
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been asked to release Zamfara State governorship aspirant on the platform of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Daudu Lawal from detention or arraign him in court. A group, under the aegis of Coalition of Democratic Watchdog of Nigeria, in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Comrade Yunusa […]
I remember the good old days when I was a much younger lad. A time engaging in sports was a major focal point of the citizenry and the federal government. Such times were days of glory and honour for my country, Nigeria. A season where sports (not just football) were the adhesive factor that broke down walls […]
The Deputy Director of Child Rights Information Bureau, Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, Olumide Osanyinpeju, has said that increased investments in child nutrition will raise human and capital developments. Improved nutrition, according to him, entails empowerment and education of people on “dangers and implications” of malnutrition among 23 million children in Nigeria. He explained […]
