Politics

--By Fred Ojiegbe The future of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the State owned oil company, appears to be hanging in the balance, going by political developments preceding the 2019 general elections in the country. …
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With the conduct of last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections and the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the next stage of battle would be who becomes number three citizen of the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Nigerians for keeping faith with his government and giving him another four-year mandate, assuring that he will continue to serve the nation diligently. The President who spoke at the…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has scored the highest votes in the 2019 presidential election polling 15,191,847 votes. His closest challenger and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled…
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Observers say Saturday's vote to re-elect Muhammadu Buhari or his main rival Atiku Abubakar is too close to call. The election was marred by technical issues that delayed the opening of polling stations in some areas. Most…
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The Independent National Electoral Commissioner (INEC) on Friday said underage voters caught during the general elections would be arrested and prosecuted. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at a news…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has revealed the total number of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) collected by qualified Nigerian voters ahead of rescheduled elections starting less than 48 hours from the time of publishing…
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The Deputy Speaker of Yobe State House of Assembly, Dr. Ibrahim Kurmi is dead. He died on Monday night, after a protracted illness at the Yobe State University Teaching Hospital in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital. A family source…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has decided to shift Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections till next week 23 February. It was one of the decisions reached early today in a crunch talk between INEC…
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The 42nd President of the United States of America, Bill Clinton; and Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Baroness Patricia Scotland, have been named dignitaries for the goodwill messages at the signing of the National Peace Accord. …
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