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

From Dianabasi Effiong Another 108 Nigerians have been awarded full secondary education scholarship under the NNPC/SNEPCo National Cradle-to-Career (NC2C) Scholarship scheme launched in 2014, bringing the total number of beneficiaries in the last four years to 375. A statement by Mr Bamidele Odugbesan, Shelll Nigeria Exploration and Production Company... 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

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

An influential coalition of young Nigerians, the Young Professionals For Progress, has called on Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, a presidential candidate in the Labour Party and immediate past governor of Ondo State, to “step away from the on-going unproductive drama” in the Labour Party and lead the movement towards victory... Read more

The Lead Strategist at DigitalSENSE Africa Media group, Mr. Remmy Nweke would be leading discussion on Trends in Online Regulation in Africa at the 2018 Forum on Internet Freedom in Africa (FIFAfrica2018). Other speakers at the Fifth edition session of FIFAfrica to be moderated by Nweke includes Sakah Bernard... Read more

The Advocacy for Integrity and Economic Development (AIED) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prove its unbiased stand by releasing the total number of permanent voter’s cards collected in the seven polling units slated for supplementary election in Osun State today. In a press release signed... Read more