LAGOS — EMINENT Nigerians, yesterday, expressed outrage over the revelation that millions of eligible voters are yet to collect their Permanent Voters’ Card, PVC, in the southern part of Nigeria, describing the development as an indication that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, lacks the capacity to conduct a credible election.

TWENTY-THREE states — Akwa Ibom, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Enugu, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Ondo, Osun, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara — voted against local government financial autonomy. Their votes meant the required two-third majority required to change the law was not met.

The shares of 7up Bottling Company Plc, Seplat Petroleum Development Co. Plc and Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc have been included in the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE 30 Index.

It all started just over a week ago when the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the course of its statutory obligations published the details of the presidential candidates and in the place of the educational qualification of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari listed an affidavit.
Buhari, the All Progressives Congress, APC presidential candidate had in the affidavit deposed thus:

Despite the various security strategies adopted by the Lagos State Government, residents have continued to lament the rising number of robbery cases in the state. In 2007, when Governor Babatunde Fashola came on board, he had initiated the Lagos State Security Trust Fund, LSSTF, to fund the police and other security officials in the state to enhance policing across the state.

Gay men will be able to donate blood one year after their last sexual contact, if indications from the US Food and Drug Administration are anything to go by, under a proposal that will be introduced this year to end a ban that has been in place since 1983.

A POLITICAL pressure group poised to ensure the victory of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) in the February 14, presidential poll, Buhari Movement For Change, BMC, was yesterday, inaugurated in Warri, Delta State with a mandate to “intensify door-to-door campaign for the desired change from tribal governance to national government.”

Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, yesterday, explained the reason for the sack of two female political appointee and the redeployment of two others in his cabinet, saying it was part of efforts to ensure service delivery and fulfillment of his restoration agenda.

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, has confirmed the death of seven persons in a motor accident on the Lokoja-Ajaokuta Road in Kogi State.

Over the years, the littering of water hyacinth along the water ways in Lagos State has continued to pose a major challenge to several administrations in the state. The menace caused by this water weed has forced several residents, especially fishermen and transporters to abandon several waterways, even as a lot of damages have been done on the propellers of boats.

NIGERIANS must acknowledge that positive transformation in every facet of human endeavour is a necessity that must be embraced by any nation that is committed to the improvement of the welfare of its citizens. This explains why the Federal Government alligns with resource driven and globally comparable achievements in virtually all segments of the nation’s endeavour.

The Guild of Motoring Correspondents, the umbrella body of all Motoring Journalists in Nigeria, has named Dr. Oscar Odion Odiboh as the winner of the 2014 Nigeria Auto Journalists’ Awards, held in Lagos, recently.

As the clock chimes towards next month’s general elections, the recent redeployment of Resident Electoral Commissioners, REC, has sent chills down the spines of opposition parties in Enugu State. By Francis Igata ENUGU State has been a political flashpoint in the build up to next month’s general elections. Although the litigation dust raised from primaries […]

WORKERS of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti yesterday embarked on indefinite strike action over non payment of their allowances.

ENUGU—The sleepy town of Nkpologu community in Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been thrown into mourning following news of the death of a young woman on New Year eve, during a Fulani herdsmen robbery attack on a commuter bus.