Polls: No public holiday on Friday – Lagos govt
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday clarified reports making the rounds that it had declared Friday, March 8 as Public Holiday for Civil Servants, saying the information was untrue.
Today is Ash Wednesday
TODAY, March 6, 2019 is Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the lenten season.
APGA gov candidate accuses Yari of plotting to rig polls using police
ABUJA—AHEAD of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, governorship candidate in Zamfara State, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi, has accused the state governor, Abdulaziz Yari of plotting to rig the election using men of Nigeria Police.
Benue guber: Ortom plans to compromise electoral officers with over N380m —APC
ABUJA— All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State has accused Governor Samuel Ortom of plot to dole out huge sums of money to electoral officers in a bid to retain his seat at all cost.
Encounter with an anointed, but unassuming one
FOR the past 19 years, the status quo had remained the same in Lagos. It was all about: Win a first term, do some pretty transformative work and win an easy second term. But for the first time, we heard a new name, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and beheld posters of a new candidate cropping up around Lagos. Is this a case of the party of change changing someone that wasn’t delivering on his promises?
IS-backed Boko Haram faction may have new chief – sources
The leader of an Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram may have been replaced, sources say, against a backdrop of speculation as to his fate — and the group’s future direction.
