THE Independent National Electoral Commission says it has presented its cash requirement for prosecuting the forthcoming elections to the Central Bank of Nigeria, as requested by the apex bank. It expressed hope that its demand would be met with a positive response. The Chief Press secretary to the INEC Chairman, …

FORMER All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship aspirant in Akwa Ibom State, Prince Augustine Utuk has announced his decision to withdraw his case at the Supreme Court. At gathering of party supporters at his residence in Uyo on Friday, the grassroots politician endorsed the the party’s candidate Akan Udofia. Udofia recently …

VIDEO Assistant Referee, VAR Lee Mason is leaving the PGMOL, according to SportsMail. This means he will no longer officiate in the Premier League. It is understood Mason quit his role by mutual consent, a week after making a major mistake in Arsenal’s 1-1 draw with Brentford. The VAR incorrectly …

DUMEBI Kachikwu, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), has claimed that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) naira redesign policy was designed purely to target the presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sen Bola Tinubu. Kachikwu made this claim while expressing his concern over the …

HAD the three legs of the power triangle, brand them godfathers of Delta State politics –  the Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa; ex-governors, Chief James Ibori, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, harmoniously resolved on a consensus Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate for the March 11 governorship polls , no other political force …

HUMAN rights activist and lawyer, Professor Chidi Odinkalu has said that President Muhammadu Buhari has not disobeyed the order of the Supreme Court by his pronouncement and that the counter directives by some state governors against the president’s order amount to treason. Speaking on Thursday in an interview on Channels …

THE Federal Government yesterday wound up the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, after 46 years of operation and in its place, the Petroleum Industry Act enabled Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, took over as the nation’s oil company. NNPCL was set up in 2021 in line with the Corporate …

THE Presidency on Friday said that it is only politicians who are afraid of losing elections that are accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of planning to truncate the democracy and handover to an interim government. The President also warned those peddling such information which it said was meant to incite the …

A 60-year-old Pastor of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Idahun, Oba-Ile, Akure, Ondo state, Pastor George Olusanya Omoolorun, has reportedly shot himself after aiming at an antelope. Reports had it that the gun after it was shot by the cleric who also hunted for bush meats, backfired and hit …

Popular TV host, model and actress Idia Aisien who played the lead role in the remake of the 1994 horror mystery film, ‘Nneka the Pretty Serpent’ has said relocating to Nigeria wasn’t a good choice for her as she’s currently not doing what she came back home to do. The …