By Rafiyat Sadiq The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has assured that security agencies will take firm action against anyone found culpable of vote buying and other electoral malpractices during the by-elections. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ogun State, Saseyi Feyijimi, gave the assurance on Saturday in Sagamu while reacting to reports of vote …
PDP candidate, INEC staff, and thugs arrested By Rafiyat Sadiq During Saturday’s by-elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), reports emerged of arrests for vote buying, the capture of thugs, the abduction of party members, and the assault of election agents. The elections took place in two senatorial districts in Anambra and Edo; …
By Rafiyat Sadiq The Julius Abure-led faction of the Labour Party has praised a court ruling that ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow it upload the names of its candidates. The ruling came from the Nasarawa State High Court. It directed INEC to give access codes to the Abure-led group to submit …
By Rafiyat Sadiq The federal government has imposed a seven-year ban on the creation of new federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, even as it approved nine new private universities. The decision was reached at Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Minister of Education …
By Rafiyat Sadiq Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, says no politician, including former President Goodluck Jonathan, can defeat Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Bwala spoke on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He dismissed recent calls for Jonathan to contest, describing them as a plot …
By Rafiyat Sadiq Nigeria’s debate over prisoner voting has gained new urgency, with legal experts and political commentators backing the principle of inclusion but insisting that the country must first fix deep flaws in its electoral system and guard against the risk of prison votes being exploited for political advantage. The push for inmate voting …
By Rafiyat Sadiq Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has declared that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has lost the war against Russia, ahead of a planned meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. In an interview published Wednesday by Hungarian news outlet mandiner.hu, Orbán said, “The Ukrainians have lost this war; Russia …
By Rafiyat Sadiq President Bola Tinubu has said Nigerians have no reason to be poor, pledging renewed support for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to drive economic growth. Speaking at the 8th Expanded National MSME Clinic in Calabar on Wednesday, Tinubu, represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, said the country’s human and natural resources …
By Rafiyat Sadiq French President Emmanuel Macron has formally acknowledged the violent repression carried out by French forces in Cameroon during and after the country’s fight for independence. The admission follows a joint investigation by French and Cameroonian historians into France’s suppression of independence movements between 1945 and 1971. READ ALSO: Israel Intensifies Gaza City Bombing …
By Rafiyat Sadiq A British Army investigation has found that some soldiers stationed in Kenya continue to use sex workers, despite a ban introduced in 2022. The inquiry focused on the British Army Training Unit Kenya (Batuk), located near Nanyuki, about 200 km north of Nairobi. It examined conduct at the base from July 2022 …
