Why PVC Thefts Should Bother INEC
BY its admission, more than one million permanent voters’ cards have been stolen from the Indepen-dent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which prefaces this story with the trite line that the cards are useless since only their authentic owners could use them. INEC should get wiser as the thefts continue.
APC formed to install a northerner as president, no Buhari, no APC, Clark alleges
AHEAD of the Presidential and general elections slated for March 28 and April 11 respectively, former Federal Commissioner for Information and South South leader, Chief Edwin Clark claimed yesterday that the All Progressives Congress, APC was formed with the sole aim of installing a northerner as the president of the country.
CBN denies plot to convert customers’ domiciliary accounts deposits to Naira
LAGOS — The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, refuted allegation of proposed plans to convert domiciliary accounts deposits of banks’ customers to naira.
Anambra records 110 leprosy cases
Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Akabuike yesterday announced that the state had recorded 110 cases of leprosy in different parts of the state.
I’m one of Majid Michel’s admirers —Cynthia Shalom
Cynthia Shalom has only appeared in a few Nollywood movies but her quality performances in them have proven that she is one to watch out for. She revealed to us in this interview the trouble upcoming actresses go through to make it in the film industry – plus more
Foxy battles in Bauchi
Bauchi State’s knack for betraying even accomplished political leaders is legendary. It is thus no surprise that ahead of the forthcoming general elections that many voters and political leaders are keeping their intentions close to the chest
FG discovers fresh 15,000 ghost pensioners
ABUJA — The on-going pensioners verification exercise by the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate, PTAD, has revealed 15,000 ghost pensioners, an indication that massive frauds still exist in the Defined Pension Scheme of the Federal Government.
2015 budget wasteful, frivolous with needless votes — CSOs
ABUJA — A coalition of civil society organisations under the auspices of Citizens Wealth Platform, CWP, yesterday, warned that the challenges currently facing the Nigeria economy will persist for a long time to come unless the wastage associated with governance and the frivolities, wasteful and unclear expenditures in the 2015 budget presently before the National Assembly are addressed.
FG contracts must involve indigenous freight forwarding component — NCT
Maritime lawyers are divided over the refusal of terminal operators to obey the ruling of Justice C.N Buba ruling of December 17th2014 asking the concessionaires to stop the collection of unapproved port charges and refund over N150billion illegally collected from port users in last three months.
Yero pledges improved security in Southern Kaduna
Kaduna State governor, Alhaji Mukhtar Ramalan Yero yesterday reaffirmed his commitment to improve the security situation in the southern Kaduna, where raids by suspected Fulani herdsmen on several communities had left hundreds dead since 2011.
Why it won’t be business as usual for election riggers —Okojie, REC, A-Ibom
THe Akwa-Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Austin Okoje in this interview reassures the people of Akwa-Ibom State that the commission would provide all the candidates for the 2015 General Elections a level playing field to ensure rancour-free polls. But he implores the political class to cooperate with INEC since according to him, every successful election requires effective partnership and cooperation as well as adequate timing and planning among other issues.
