The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Jude Ogbimi, as the winner of Saturday’s Isoko North Constituency by-election. It said 11 parties contested the House Assembly poll. The Returning Officer,…
The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, yesterday, described as unfounded the fear that the recent manoeuvre by separatists in parts of the country will threaten the North’s political fortune, ahead of the 2023 elections. NEF’s spokesman, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, who stated…
Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, says the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan would help displaced people otherwise affected by the crisis in north-eastern Nigeria. The Minister made the remark during the launch of a $1…
• ‘We’re tired of excuses by military top brass’• ‘Our silence misconstrued because of background of service chiefs’• Nyiam, Yakassai, others back call• ‘Their retention against military protocol’Northern elites, have threw their weight behind the call on President Muhammadu Buhari…
The House of Representatives has ordered investigation into the alleged misappropriation of N100 billion at the North East Development Commission (NEDC). The Green Chamber ordered the investigation following the adoption of a motion moved by the Minority Leader, Hon.Ndudi Elumelu,…
The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra was on Sunday gutted by fire. Confirming the incident to journalists, SP Haruna Mohammed, Police Public Relations Officer in the state command,…
The North East zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Gombe said it received 81 petitions in the first quarter of 2019 (January to March). Head of Operations in the zone, Mr Michael Wetkas, disclosed this…
Amidst political scheming and controversies on who becomes the next Speaker of the House of Representatives, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Youth Movement of the North – Central zone has backed the zoning arrangement of APC for the various Leadership…
