I can’t be bought over – Jega

I can’t be bought over – Jega

The Chairman-designate of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, yesterday, told the Senate that judging from the assurances he received from the Presidency when he was nominated for the appointment, he did not envisage any interference in the discharge of his duties.
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Mayhem: Rep Nwachukwu docked, gets bail

Mayhem: Rep Nwachukwu docked, gets bail

Following the free-for-all in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, the lawmaker representing Ehime/Mbano Federal Constituency, Mr. Austin Nwachukwu, was yesterday arraigned before an Abuja Chief Magistrate’s Court for allegedly inflicting grievous bodily harm on one of his colleagues, Mr. Chinyere Igwe.

2011: Soyinka, Fashola task Jega on new voter’s register

2011: Soyinka, Fashola task Jega on new voter’s register

NOBEL laureate—Professor Wole Soyinka, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, Pastor Tunde Bakare and Professor Pat Utomi have called on the newly-appointed Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega, to ensure a new voter’s register is provided for the conduct of the 2011 general elections just as they called for the rejection of the current register.

4 killed in fresh Tiv massacre

4 killed in fresh Tiv massacre

NO fewer than four persons have been confirmed dead at Anchiha village near Ikpayongo, Mbasombo in Gwer local government area of Benue State in a renewed bloody clash between Fulani herdsmen and Tivs.