The Senate has rejected a proposed 10-year jail term for buyers and sellers of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), opting instead to retain a two-year imprisonment term while increasing the fine from ₦2 million to ₦5 million under Clause 22 of the Electoral Amendment Bill. The decision was taken during clause-by-clause consideration of the bill, where […]

The Minister of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has dismissed claims that ongoing judicial infrastructure projects in Abuja could compromise the independence of the judiciary. Wike spoke on Thursday after inspecting several judicial projects in the nation’s capital, Abuja. The projects inspected include the Court of Appeal complex Judges Quarters and […]

Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, on Thursday commended the pace of transformation and quality of governance in Enugu State under Governor Peter Mbah administration, describing the governor as “a new sheriff in town.”

“At a time when democracies across the world are strengthening their electoral systems through technology, the Nigerian Senate has chosen to cling to opacity, protect loopholes, and preserve a system that has historically enabled manipulation, tampering, and post-election disputes.”

No fewer than 162 people have been killed in a deadly attack on Woro village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Tuesday, in what has been described as the deadliest armed assault in the state this year.