Why grains importation won’t happen soon – Stakeholders
There may be delay in implementation of the zero-tariff grains importation policy of the federal government as Financial Vanguard reliably learnt at the weekend that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) is yet to receive a comprehensive list of the firms to select for participation in the intervention programme.
Breaking: Atiku asks tribunal to sack Buhari, declare him winner
In a rush to beat the 21 days deadline provided by the Electoral Act, lawyers to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Monday evening, stormed the tribunal to lodge a petition against President Muhammadu Buhari.
APC, PDP attack INEC over Bauchi, Adamawa gov polls
THE ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were at the jugular of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, weekend, accusing the electoral umpire of bias and favouritism in recent elections and planned supplementary polls.
Re-Run: Fresh fears in INEC over role of security agencies
Fears are being expressed by the leadership of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, regarding the possible role security agencies may play in the forth-coming re-run governorship elections slated for Saturday.
Fallout of Lagos building collapse
Around 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Adedayo Adedoyin waved her 6-year-old twin son and daughter off as they took the short walk to their school, a few meters away from their home in Lagos Island.
Okrika, Ogu/Bolo women strip, form human shield to stop soldiers hijacking ballots
UNKNOWN to most Nigerians,what they read in the newspapers, watched on screen concerning the violence that trailed last Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the South-South was a child’s play compared to what really transpired on ground.
Rowdy session in Senate over elections
THE alleged militarization and massive rigging of the February 23 Presidential, National Assembly and March 9 Governorship, State Houses of Assembly and Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Area Council elections, yesterday, threw the Senate into a rowdy session.
Suspended polls : Anxiety heightens as INEC holds back on Rivers
THE Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said it would conduct supplementary elections on March 23 in states where the exercise was put on hold due to violence or other reasons.
Inconclusive state polls: PDP, APC war over S-South states, Sokoto, Adamawa
THE two leading political parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were at each other’s jugular, yesterday, over the results of the governorship election in Sokoto, Adamawa, Plateau, Sokoto and the South-South states.
INEC halts polls in Rivers as Makinde, Sanwo-Olu, others win
Following reports of widespread violence and disruption of elections in Rivers State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, yesterday suspended all electoral processes in the state indefinitely.
Apathy, killings mar Governorship, State Assembly Polls
The governorship and House of Assembly elections held across the country, yesterday, were characterised by poor voter turn out.
