The presidential candidate of Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has arrived the Abeokuta home of former President Olusegun Obasanjo. Mr Abubakar, who recently emerged PDP candidate, hopes to convince the former president to support his ambition. Mr Abubakar was the vice president when Mr Obasanjo... Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has informed the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC that it will not be allowed to field candidates for elective positions in Zamfara state in the 2019 elections. The commission’s acting secretary, Okechukwe Ndeche in a letter to the APC said the party is... Read more
The Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD), a Civil Society Organisation (CSO) in Kwara state, has called on the state government to prioritise funding of the state-owned schools and declare state of emergency in the educational sector of the state. The group described most of the public schools in... Read more
The News Express 6th Anniversary Lecture and Economic Stakeholders Forum has been scheduled to hold early next month, November 2018, the organisers said on Monday. The event, which has as theme, Transparency – Bedrock of Sustainable Development, will hold at the main hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, according... Read more
… Daniels, Dickson, Obi, Iweala, Wike and Fayose said to make VP list Following the landslide victory of Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, GCON as the flag bearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), information available to us reveal that the jostling for who will be his running mate has reached... Read more
A a civic organization, BudgIT, is worried that some states in Nigeria are yet to fully offset the outstanding amounts owed pensioners and civil servants despite series of bailouts aimed at offsetting the liabilities. This, according to the group, was the finding of its recent survey. In a release... Read more
From Dianabasi Effiong Senator Bassey Otu says President Muhammadu Buhari, requires a virile legislature so as to be able to deliver democratic dividends effectively to the electorate during his second term in office. He made the remarks in an acceptance speech on behalf of APC aspirants who emerged... Read more
The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), of rigging the Osun supplementary election. In a statement by his spokesman, Ike Abonyi, Mr. Secondus said that the Osun election is a clear... Read more
…. As Airtel Launches 4G in Port Harcourt, Rivers State The Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, Segun Ogunsanya, has said the telco is currently building the largest and most reliable 4G network in Nigeria. Ogunsanya who was speaking during a courtesy call to... Read more
The Bayelsa Police Command on Thursday said it has restored normalcy to Brass Island in Bayelsa following reports of insecurity and violence in the area earlier in the day. Mr Victor Isaiah, Caretaker Chairman of Brass Local Government Area had told reporters that the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic... Read more
