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
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
Youth leaders, under the auspices of Niger Delta Coalition for Peace and Progress (NDCPP) on Sunday congratulated Atiku Abubakar for winning the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential primaries. The group said that the successful hosting of the primaries in Port Harcourt was an indication that the region was... 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
World football –ruling body, FIFA, has formally ‘welcomed’ the President of Nigeria Football Federation, Mr. Amaju Melvin Pinnick back to the fold of its elite Football Family, following Pinnick’s re-election as NFF President at the Elective Congress in Katsina on 20th September. This is a tradition after every member of... Read more
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has invited in-form Ahmed Musa and 23 other players for this month’s double-take 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying fixture against Libya’s Mediterranean Knights. Arsenal FC of England forward Alex Iwobi (who scored the goal against Zambia that qualified Nigeria for the... Read more
