THOUGH the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, swiftly issued a statement last Sunday affirming that “electronic transmission of results has come to stay”, the confusion as to the continued role of “manual collation” of results in our electoral management under the recently amended Electoral Act remains. Festus Okoye, INEC’s Chairman of the Information and Voter […]
THE Federal Government on Wednesday, launched a plan, seeking to raise $10 billion for Nigeria’s energy transition. Speaking at the launch in Abuja, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said the plan was a decisive action, which the nation cannot afford to delay. He also said Africa’s increasing energy gaps require collaboration to take ownership of the […]
THE Catholic Bishop of Ekiti Diocese, Reverend Felix Ajakaye, yesterday, declared that only prayers of the people of God can rescue the country from its present socio-political, economic and security quagmires. This came on a day the General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Christian Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi allayed the fears over the 2023 general […]
INTERNATIONALBreweries Plc (IBPlc) has indicated that it is evolving strategies to sustain the positive earnings it achieved in 2021 as well as grow its share of the beer market. The chairman, HRH Nnaemeka Achebe, gave the hint at the company’s 45th Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos, saying that IBPlc has continued to grow its […]
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed. THE Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N954.085 billion July 2022 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting […]
THE Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N718.19 million to secure the 45-kilometre Abuja rail tracks and stations. This was disclosed by the Minister of the FCT Mohammed Bello during a briefing after the FEC meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. “In the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting of today, I presented a memo and the council […]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has made it clear that he will campaign for members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) contesting the 2023 general elections. The president in a statement on Wednesday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said he will not recognize former members of the party or politicians who have court cases against the APC. The […]
PHOTOS of Nigeria’s Super Falcons sleeping on chairs and floor at a Turkish airport in Istanbul, Turkey, have emerged online. The team was said to be travelling from Costa Rica and on a 24-hour layover in Istanbul. Posting the photos to his social media pages, a Super Eagles’ ex-media officer, Collin Udoh, said, “Nigeria’s #Falconets […]
THE Centre for Women’s Health and Information (CEWHIN) in collaboration with Gender and Environmental Risks Initiative (GERI) with support from US Embassy Abuja has unveiled GBV Tête-À-Tête mobile app. The GBV Tête-à-Tête mobile app is CEWHIN’s first technology product with intent to bring freely to millions of Nigerians the knowledge and skills for psychological first […]
SAVE the Children International (SCI) Nigeria has called on the Zamfara State government to begin the full and immediate implementation of the Child’s Rights Act (2003) just passed into law by the State House of Assembly almost 18 years after the Act was first presented. The Child’s Rights Act (2003) law defines a child as […]