2019 polls: NASS Joint Committee on INEC to submit report
The Chairman Senate Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr Suleiman Nazif, on Friday said the committee would submit its report to the Committee on Appropriation for further action….
Nigeria Stock Exchange market capitalization inches N 236 billion
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) recorded the first gain for the week with the market capitalisation increasing by N236 billion on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that…
2019 General Elections: INEC releases elections notice in Lagos
As part of its preparations for the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral (INEC) in Lagos State on Friday published the notice of elections at its State office,…
Extension of PVC registration: Ortom advises Benue people to register
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has advised Benue people to take advantage of the two weeks extension of the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) registration by INEC by ensuring that they…
Snake rearing, most lucrative hard-currency-earning business
The officer in charge of Snakebite Treatment and Research Centre, Kaltungo in Gombe state, Dr Abubakar Ballah, has encouraged members of the public to embrace the trade of rearing snakes to…
Nigeria records 102,000 new cases of cancer annually
The Executive Director, Project Pink Blue, an NGO, Mr Runcie Chidebe, says Nigeria records about 102,000 new cases of cancer every year and a significant low surviving rate. Chidebe made…
Resolve LAUTECH crisis, ASUU tells Ajimobi, Aregbesola
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Owerri Zone, has called on Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and his Osun counterpart, Rauf Aregbesola, to resolve the crisis at Ladoke…
INEC promises credible governorship election in Osun
Mr Segun Agbaje, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Osun, says the Sept. 22 governorship election in the state would be credible. Agbaje said this on Friday at a…
Court discharges 9 men accused of murdering Apapa PDP chairman
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday discharged nine men charged with the murder of the Apapa local government PDP chairman, Adeniyi Aborisade. Delivering a ruling, Chief Magistrate…
Tunisia confiscates ex-bin Laden’s bodyguard passport
Tunisia has confiscated the passport of a man suspected of being an Islamist militant who once served as Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard to prevent him returning to Germany, a judiciary…