British charity tasks Tinubu on out-of-school crisis
The British charity, IA-Foundation, has urged the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu to take urgent steps to tackle Nigeria’s out-of-school crisis, to restore hope to some 20.2 million out-of-school kids. The founder and Chief Executive Officer of IA-Foundation, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, made the appeal in a letter to the president-elect, according to a report by the […]
INEC Denies Appointing Femi Odubiyi As Head of ICT
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied appointing Femi Odubiyi as the head of its ICT department. The commission made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. On Sunday, a Lagos politician and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Olabode Goerge said that the commission had appointed Mr. Odubiyi, a former commissioner […]
Rhodes-Vivour remains authentic LP guber candidate in Lagos – Legal team
The legal team of Labour Party (LP) candidate for March 18 Governorship election in Lagos State, Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said its client remains the party’s authentic flag-bearer in the state. Mr Olagbade Benson, the Lead Counsel to Rhodes-Vivour, told newsmen in Lagos that three court cases instituted against its client’s candidacy recently had been […]
Plateau APC governorship candidate mourns ex-Nigerian international Mabo
The APC governorship candidate in Plateau State, Dr Nentawe Yilwatda, has expressed shock over the demise of the renowned Nigerian international footballer and coach, Ismaila Mabo. Mabo died on Monday at the age of 80. Yilwatda in a statement by the Spokesperson of the Generation Next Campaign Council, Shittu Bamaiyi, condoled with Mabo’s family and […]
Buhari mourns Afegbua
President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the family, friends and associates of Senator Franca Afegbua, the first female Senator in the country. She died in Edo State at the weekend. She was 79. The late Senator was elected under the defunct National Party of Nigeria (NPN), to represent the old Bendel North. The president in […]
Call Your Supporters To Order, De-escalate Tensions, CAPPA Urges Candidates
Ahead of the March 18th governorship polls, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged politicians to call their supporters to order and de-escalate rising tension and election-related violence in several states across the country. CAPPA in a statement issued over the weekend, expressed worry over the rising use of hate speech, tribal and […]
Osun: Appeal Court begins hearing Adeleke’s appeal
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, on Monday, commenced sitting in an appeal filed by Mr Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against a judgment of the tribunal which invalidated his election as governor of Osun State. The three-member panel of justices led by Justice M.F. Shuaibu, began sitting in the appeal at about […]
Elections: Stop overheating polity, call your supporters to order, CAPPA urges candidates
As the country gears up for the rescheduled March 18 governorship polls, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has called on politicians to prevail on their supporters to be law-abiding and de-escalate rising tension and election-related violence in several states across the country. CAPPA in a statement over the weekend expressed worry over […]
CBN denies giving money to LP governorship candidate in Lagos
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said it did not give a “kobo” to Mr Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party in Lagos State, ahead of the March 18 Governorship Elections, as reported by a national newspaper. This is contained in a statement by the Bank’s Acting-Director, Corporate Communications, Alhaji Isa Abdulmumin, […]
Obaseki lauds first female Senator Afegbua
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said the late former first female Senator Franka Afegbua, remains a pace-setter, trail-blazer and visioner, who remains an inspiration for women in Nigeria and across Africa. The Afegbua family had on Sunday announced her death. She was 79. Obaseki in a condolence message in Benin said, “I […]
