The African Democratic Congress (ADC) says it will not participate in the rerun of the local council poll scheduled to hold in weeks time in Ondo State. The State Leader of the party, Mr Bode Iwaloye, made the declaration at a press briefing on Sunday in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) had announced on Aug. 23 announced the cancellation of the council poll held on Aug. 22. The commission had cited ‘anti-election activities’ in four wards in the state as the reason for cancelling the poll. ODIEC had also…
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has lifted suspension earlier placed on some processes on its platforms to accommodate more requests from candidates who took the UTME prior to 2020. The board made this known in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Dr Fabian Benjamin. According to him, JAMB lifted suspension on processes covering those years to ensure that candidates who took the exams during the period, and who required certain corrections of their processes are accommodated. ” As you may be aware, the need to prevent overcrowding at its Computer-Based…
A peace advocacy group in Southern Kaduna has thanked President Muhammadu Buhari, the Chief of Defence Staff and the service chiefs for the deployment of Special Forces, following the crisis in the area. A statement issued by the group under the aegis of Southern Kaduna Peace Practitioners (SOKIPEP), disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja. According to the group, the crisis have killed and displaced many people in the area and have destroyed property worth several millions of naira. It expressed gratitude to Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), the internal security military outfit in the area for holding mediation talks between warring…
As part of strategies for promoting national peace and security, the United Nations Women has called for women’s inclusion in national peacebuilding processes to check the rate of insecurity in Nigeria. Speaking at the seventh Lagos Public Relations Stakeholders Conference, a web edition, themed: Adopting Proper Communication Strategy, Channels and Technology for National Peace and Stability in Nigeria, held on Thursday, August 27, 2020, the Programme Specialist, Women, Peace & Security, UN Women, Peter Mancha noted that, Though women bear the brunt of major conflicts across the country, but they are largely excluded in the peacebuilding processes. He noted that…
Chairman, Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh has called on the Federal Government to declare October 1st 2020 Nigeria’s technology independence day. He made this call in a recent virtual chat with technology correspondents. The serial digital entrepreneur, who has remained one of the foremost personalities in Nigeria’s technology ecosystem, based his recommendation on the giant strides recorded by the country in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). ‘‘October 1st 2020 is traditionally Nigeria’s Independence Day. It is a day that commemorates Nigeria’s emergence as a sovereign state. Considering the massive strides recorded so far in our journey to…
Leading Igbo Think Tank, Nzuko Umunna has commended President Muhammadu Buhari, Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika and the Governors of the South East for the successful reopening of the Akanu Ibiam International Airport on Sunday 30 August 2020. The Federal Government shut the airport for one year over safety concerns and to enable repairs and extension of the runway. Nzuko Umunna in a statement praised the collaborating entities for the quality of work at the airport saying experts had judged it as meeting international standards. The statement added, “We also note the construction of facilities which had hitherto been lacking at…
By Godspower Michael-Eyakwaire As the politics of succession takes centre stage across the federation, the People’s Democratic Party in Delta State have a real chance to further cement their position as the preferred party in the state. That opportunity is embodied by Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, serial entrepreneur and foremost indigenous private employer of labour in the state. But it remains to be seen whether the party leadership will seize the opportunity. To say Delta State is a PDP stronghold is akin to saying the Pope is catholic. It’s that obvious. However, despite such complete dominance since the inception of the…
The Christian Rights Agenda CRA, has condemned in the strongest terms the substitution of the name of Mr. Silas Ali Agara, a Christian from Nasarawa state as the Chairman of the National Population Commission NPC, by President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday, the CRA said the latest action by President Muhammadu Buhari is nothing but a continuation of the government’s islamisation agenda in which most sensitive Federal government positions in the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary are being populated by northern Muslims. CRA recalled that President Buhari had in March this year appointed Mr. Agara who…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), said no parallel local government (LG) congresses held in Ebonyi on Saturday to elect party executives. The congress committee chairman, Chief Nicholas Adekunle-Ajayi, stated this on Sunday in Abakaliki, while addressing newsmen. Adekunle-Ajayi, at a joint media briefing, with the State Party Chairman, Chief Eze Nwachukwu, described report of parallel congresses in Ebonyi as misleading, lacking in truth and without merit. Adekunle-Ajayi said that the congresses that held across the 13 local government areas were peaceful and successful. He affirmed that he supervised the congresses in five local government areas across the three senatorial districts…
The Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) said on Monday that the dead fishes floating the Niger Delta coastline had nothing to do with its operations. Residents along the Atlantic coastline in Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom have reported massive death of croaker fish species since February, raising concerns of increased toxicity of the territorial waters. An environmentalist, Mr Furoebi Akene, had alleged that the dead fishes littering Niger Delta coastline were caused by the discharge of toxic chemicals from Shell’s operations at Ogulagha in Delta. SPDC in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said…