Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, says Nigeria has been recording over-bloated figures of votes since the 1999 general elections when the country returned to democracy. Falana disclosed this while speaking on Channels Television’s political programme on Sunday night. He commended the introduction of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) — an electronic device designed to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has fixed April 15 for the conduct of all outstanding governorship, National and State Assembly supplementary elections. This was made known by the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi on Monday. INEC says govs, lawmakers-elect to get certificates of return WednesdayOyekanmi said, “Arising from its meeting held…
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, has said that the PDP constitution expressly prohibits any organ of the party or executive committee at ward, state or national level to take any disciplinary measure against any member of the National Executive Committee, therefore only the NEC can suspend him. Ayu also stated…
A 55-year-old fake official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Omotutu Bamidele, has confessed that his team makes an average of N1 million while posing as officials of the agency. The suspect, who was arrested at the weekend by operatives of LASTMA in Ikoyi, Lagos, confessed to have been in the business for…
The National Bureau of Statistics has stated that domestic air transport fares rose by 66.36 per cent in one year. In its latest report titled, ‘Transport Fare Watch (February 2023)’, the Bureau noted that in air travel, the average fare paid by air passengers for specified routes single journey decreased by 0.18% on a month-on-month…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned of a possible rise in heat-wave and temperature across some cities in Nigeria, which may lead to thermal discomfort. The agency, in a release yesterday, said that observations from the source region indicated that temperature would rise above 40 degree centigrade in the next 48 hours. The statement…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has released more old notes to Deposit Money Banks as the apex bank steps up efforts to flood the economy with more cash after a prolonged cash crunch that has made life difficult for millions of Nigerians and residents. The CBN had on Thursday begun the release of billions of…
The Rights Group blamed the crises currently rocking Seplat Energy PLC on the alleged refusal of the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company, Mr. Basil Omiyi, to honour the provisions of the Nigerian Code of Corporate Governance on the tenure of Directors and step down. The group also asked the Federal Government…
The director-general of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Habib Mustapha Ahmed, an engineer, has called on state governments to set up local government emergency management committees for early prevention of flood disasters from the grassroots. Speaking Saturday when the Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji, visited him in his office, he said there was the…
The Lagos State Government said it would sue Chrisland High School, Ikeja, some members of staff, and one of the vendors for “Involuntary Manslaughter and Reckless and Negligent Acts,” following the death of a 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran, during a sporting event organised by the school. This is according to a Friday statement released by…
