An Abuja High Court has thrown out a suit filed by a consortium of companies, the Converged Examinations Management Technology Platform Consortium (CEMPT Consortium), seeking its order compelling the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board to uphold an agreement for e-registration of candidates.

By Ben Agande ABUJA—The companies contracted by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to supply the 132,000 units of the Direct Data Capture machines to be used for the voters’ registration  have 35-day to supply the machines, the commission announced yesterday. In a statement by the commission, the three companies that got the contracts are […]

COMPANIES seeking to get expatriate quota approvals for their operations in the oil and gas industry must first advertise the positions to Nigerians through national and international media outfits as the Federal Government is set to repeal automatic expatriate quota approvals in the industry.

No fewer than six registered political parties in Imo State, have, in a show of solidarity, announced their support for Governor Ikedi Ohakim’s second term bid.

THE National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, has said if the party must win the 2011 general elections and beyond, it must present popular candidates for the elections.

A one-year-old baby-girl has been reportedly stolen from the custody of its mother.

DISTURBED by the perceived disunity amongst the Yoruba, the Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, weekend, advocated unity among the Yoruba race particularly among the traditional rulers in the region.

FORMER Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Lamidi Adesina, has cautioned President Goodluck Jonathan that attempts to shield corrupt state governors from prosecution would rubbish his free and fair crusade in the 2011 election.

A Delta State High Court sitting in Effurun, has ordered the state Commissioner of Police and three other policemen to exhume the corpses of a National Youth Service Corps NYSC, member, Collins Onaodowan and his brother, Owen Onaodowan, who were hurriedly buried by the police in August, for appropriate identification, joint post- mortem examination and interment.

LAGOS State chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria,ACN, has appealed to the striking doctors and health workers in the state to go back to work so that negotiation can continue with the government.

Reactions have continued to trail last week’s explosion at Government Guest House, Asaba, Delta State, with the member representing Warri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Mr. Daniel Reyenieju, describing the perpetrators as “irresponsible and criminal.”

WE may never know how much Corporate Nigeria , an irritating organisation that impetuously springs to life at the approach of a presidential election, contributed to the 29 October Jonathan-Sambo fund raising dinner.

New Eagles coach, Samson Siasia, has slammed English Premier League champions Chelsea for destroying the attacking instincts of midfielder Mikel Obi, who he showcased as a creative player at the 2005 FIFA Under-20 World Cup.

President Goodluck Jonathan has said that it was better to leave a legacy of service to humanity before departing this earth than to merely acquire university degrees.

The former Governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, has described the Governors Forum as selfish and anti-people which demands prompt rejection by the electorate in the next general election.