independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it may be forced to postpone the 2023 elections if President Muhammadu Buhari fails to assent to the reworked Electoral Act Amendment Bill by Tuesday. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said this in an interview with Sunday Vanguard. …
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US Coast Guard Seizes $1 Billion Worth Of Cocaine And Marijuana
The US Coast Guard has seized 70,000lbs of cocaine and marijuana worth more than $1billion after a month-long operation off the coast of South America. The Fort Lauderdale haul of illegal narcotics brought home by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter James was one of the biggest in recent history, a …
Read More »We’ll Only Support Candidate With Will To Tackle Insecurity – Hakeem Baba-Ahmed
Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed is a retired federal permanent secretary, and currently, the Director of Publicity and Advocacy of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF). In this interview, he spoke on what the Forum considers as criteria for supporting the next president of Nigeria and why they are yet to endorse any …
Read More »Ballon D’or: Messi Doesn’t Deserve 2021 Award – Muller
Bayern Munich midfielder, Thomas Muller, has disclosed that teammate, Robert Lewandowski was a more worthy winner of the 2021 Ballon d’Or than Paris Saint-Germain superstar, Lionel Messi, Newsextra24 reports. The veteran midfielder also expressed his surprise that Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah did not make the Best XI. Lewandowski scored an incredible …
Read More »Constitution Review: 7 Controversial Clauses As NASS Panel Finalises Report
• Labour, railway, correctional service, airport, others moved to concurrent list • Stiffens requirements for political parties formation • Seeks diaspora voting, mayoralty status for FCT • It’s a way of meeting restructuring demand – Lawyers, CSOs The joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Review of the 1999 …
Read More »Oyetola Wins Osun APC Guber Primary (Official Results)
Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun State has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship pimary election held on Saturday, February19, 2022, across the 332 wards of the state, AMILOADED reports. The chairman of the primary election committee and the governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbsulRazaq, announced the …
Read More »Fuel Scarcity In 1974, See Cars In Vogue In The 70s As Nigerians Queue (video)
Fuel Scarcity In 1974, See Cars In Vogue In The 70s As Nigerians Queue Up To Buy Fuel (Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfc_YqQ54zE Some of the cars captured includes a Volkswagen Beetle (Ijapa), Peugeot 504 and 2nd-Generation Toyota Corolla Wagon. Others are the Peugeot 404 sedan, fourth Generation Toyota Crown, Land Rover Defender, …
Read More »South African Students Participate In #NoSchoolBagChallenge (Photos, Video)
Wow Pictures Some pics are sad, others funny, while others are plain sick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTkYxy6p60k
Read More »Anyim Pius Anyim Is 61 Today
Anyim Pius Anyim (born 19 February 1961) is a Nigerian politician who served as the President of the Nigerian senate and was Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) during Goodluck Jonathan presidency. He was elected a Senator on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 1999 …
Read More »Florence Ita Giwa Celebrates Her 76th Birthday Today
Florence Ita Giwa (born 19 February 1946) is a Nigerian politician, who was the Senator for the Cross River South Senatorial District of Cross River State. She attended the Kilburn Polytechnic in London, United Kingdom. She became a nurse, then a representative for the Beecham pharmaceutical company, and then moved …
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