Yola – Internally Displaced Persons from Michika and Madagali Local Government Areas of Adamawa would cast their votes in designated centres in Yola.

The age old dilemma of every new mother still ranges between breast feeding and using the bottle. Choosing whether to breastfeed or bottle feed your baby is one of the first decisions expectant mothers make. For every new mother, the thought of bonding with her baby makes her want to try breast feeding. Statistics in Nigerian hospitals show that most new mothers are advised to breast feed for 6 months or longer, with nurses stating that exclusive breast milk is the best for babies.

The newly elected Institute of Credit Administration President/Chairman of the 3rd Governing Council of the same body and Managing Director, Mobil Oil Nigeria, Plc., Mr. Adetunji Oyebanji, unequivocally stated during the induction of new members in Lagos that the council for effective credit management in Nigeria will advocate empowering the economy to create wealth and jobs through advocacy and enlightenment about the role of credit, infrastructures necessary for sound credit system, business character that encourage credit availability, government initiatives that facilitate access to credit, lend

I arrived Dutse to meet a pleasant surprise. Well tarred roads, modern state secretariat, newly built high court, an airport and more. It was a city in haste to develop. Things no doubt, have changed around here and the current governor, Sule Lamido has seen to that. The last time I was here was over two decades ago. I took time to go round the city and to talk with the Director of Press. This is the gist I came back with. Enjoy it.

Today, led by the World Wide Web Foundation, fifty African civil society organisations, open data advocates and technology pioneers will come together to take the first steps towards establishing a groundbreaking new policy and investment framework to open up government data in Africa. Following the UN’s call for a Data Revolution, this coalition of organisations will agree concrete next steps to unlock the potential of open data across the continent, which experts agree could help beat corruption, spark innovation and improve government services.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential candidate, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (ret) has call on Prsident Goodluck Jonathan to call errant security agencies to order.

Shola Animashaun is one of Nigeria’s leading photographers with exploits dotting the lines in and outside the country. An Accounting graduate turned photographer who specializes in editorial, wedding, event, commercial concert, model and sport photography. He is a member of Professional Photographers of America (PPA) who has five awards to his credit. Shola teaches photography in his photography Academy.

Following preparations for distribution of sensitive materials by INEC, Borno state Government on Friday relaxed the 7pm curfew to 10pm to allow smooth conduct of the exercise.

The UN Secretary-General High Level Representative to Nigeria, Dr Mohammed Ibn Chambas, said the United Nations (UN) had provided 60 million dollars, about N1.2 billion, to ensure the success of Nigeria’s 2015 general elections.

Mr Henry Okpkigbe, INEC Electoral Officer in Epe Local Government, on Friday said that the commission had engaged about 25 canoes and five flying boats for its staff moving to riverine areas.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has issued a strong warning to those who may be planning to thwart the will of the people, by announcing cooked up result of Saturday’s general elections and then unleashing armed troops against those who may protest the fake result, to desist from such an anti-democratic and anarchic plot.

Names of Candidates                                                         Office                   Party                 Gender          Age  Qualification   JCI SEN. TUNDE ANIFOWOSE-KELANI          PRESIDENT                  AA                 MALE                              BED COMRADE ISHAKA PAUL OFEMILE               VICE PRESIDENT       AA                 MALE                               HND   RAFIU SALAU                                                       PRESIDENT                  AD                 M            58                               SSCE AKUCHIE CLINTON CLIFF                                VICE PRESIDENT       AD                 M            64                           B.SC   […]

Ahead of the Presidential and National Assembly elections , Sokoto residents have expressed hope that the elections will be peaceful , despite apprehension on the parts of non-indigenes travelling out of the state.

A voter on arriving the polling station on Saturday will meet a team of between four and five polling officers. The voter will, on arrival, join the queue for accreditation and when it gets to his or her turn, the voter will handover the Permanent Voter’s Card, PVC to an assistant presiding officer, APO, whose duty it is to check the authenticity of the card using the card reader.

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan is Nigeria’s 14th Head of State. Born on November 20, 1957 at Ogbia, Bayelsa State, he attended St. Stephens Primary School Otuoke (1961-65), St. Michaels Primary School Oloibiri (1966-69), Mater Dei High School Imiringi (1971-77) and the University of Port-Harcourt (1977-81), (1983-84) and (1987-95).
He holds a B.Sc Hons Zoology (1981), M.Sc Hydrobiology and Fisferies Biology (1984 and PhD in Zoology (1995).

Major-General Muhammadu Buhari was Nigeria’s seventh head of state (December 31, 1983 – August 27, 1985). Born on December 17, 1942, he joined the Nigeria Army in 1962, attending the Nigerian Military Training College the same year. He attended Mons Officer Cadets School in Aldershot, England; Defence Services Staff College, Wellington in 1973 and United States War College Pennsylvania.