INEC’s lifeline for prospective voters
FOLLOWING the last-minute stampede towards the former August 17, 2018 deadline for prospective voters to get their Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, gamely extended the deadline to August 31, 2018.
Wanted cult kingpin, security guard killed in Delta
UNKOWN gunmen have shot dead a 41-year-old security guard, Bashiru Ibrahim, at a sand excavation site in Oleh, while suspected cultists stabbed a 19-year-old documented kingpin of Vikings cult, Michael, dead in Ughelli, both in Delta State.
Eid-el-Kabir: Ugwuanyi at Mosque, urges special prayers for Buhari, Osinbajo, others
GOVERNOR Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State yesterday joined the Muslim community in Enugu at the Central Mosque, Owerri Road, to celebrate the feast of Eid-el-Kabir, calling for special prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other leaders in the country.
Controversy trails death of APC boss in Ebonyi
CONTROVERSY has begun to trail the demise of the chairman of a faction of the All Progressives Congress, APC, loyal to Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, Barr. Ernest Odu, who died last Saturday at a hotel in Enugu during a meeting with party chieftains.
FG should insure ‘Rent-to-Own’ housing initiative — NCRIB
THE Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, NCRIB, has urged the federal government to take up insurance for its ‘Rent-to-Own’ housing initiative.
Auto policy: Leventis assembles VW trucks in Ibadan
THE impact of the National Automotive Policy on the local vehicle manufacturing industry in Nigeria has been boosted with the assemblage of VolksWagen (VW) trucks by AG Leventis Nigeria in Ibadan.
Rohr eyes Kalu for AFCON role
Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr said he will try out Bordeaux striker Samuel Kalu in the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles next month.
We’re not jittery over direct primary — Ondo APC
THE All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, said yesterday, that the debate on the option to be adopted for primaries into elective offices for both State and National Assembly has been contentious and that it is not jittery over the option.
2019 general elections and the question of national unity: The Constitution and credible candidates (5)
The immediate impact of this is felt in the corruption that has pervaded our political class. Each state and local government receives what is known as monthly allocation from the Federal Government of Nigeria. The ongoing prosecution of some past office holders on account of misappropriation of funds from the monthly allocations of their state or local government shows that the said allocation is seen by politicians as a prime opportunity to corruptly enrich themselves.
FG has failed our zone in projects — S-East govs
Governors of the South-Eastern states have lampooned the Federal Government on implementation of projects in the zone, saying the centre has short-changed states in the region in the implementation of capital projects in the 2017 budget.
Women Affairs Minister attacked by crowd she rented—Ishaku
Taraba State government has said Saturday’s attack on the convoy of Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Aisha Alhassan, by suspected hoodlums during Takum I assembly election was a fallout of alleged disagreement over unpaid bill by the minister.
