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The Labour Party has refuted reports alleging it failed to upload the names of its presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the 2027 general elections before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) closed its nomination portal, insisting that the process was completed four days before the deadline. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the…
Kenneth Okonkwo, a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and aide to the party’s presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, has explained that the choice of former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi as running mate for the 2027 election was intended to demonstrate that Atiku holds no prejudice against the Igbo people. Okonkwo made the…
Bello Hassan was seated in his classroom with a pen in hand, writing a test, when armed men stormed his school in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State and marched him into the forest at gunpoint. Fifty six days later, the 15 year old walked out of captivity carrying an unexpected message. “Since…
One hundred thousand companies have been placed on notice for removal from Nigeria’s official register of businesses, as the Corporate Affairs Commission pushes ahead with one of the most sustained cleanups the country’s corporate database has ever seen. The Commission disclosed the fresh round in a public notice signed by its management on Wednesday, describing…
Nigeria is preparing to convert one of its least understood assets, the genetic code of more than 200 million citizens, into an engine for medicine, agriculture and national income, with the Federal Government unveiling plans for a dedicated Nigeria Genomic City. The announcement signals a deliberate attempt to move the country from a spectator in…
Andy Burnham stands at the threshold of Downing Street, yet the man widely expected to become Britain’s next prime minister is already confronting a sharp demand from within his own party: hand women half of the senior jobs, or risk carrying an old grievance into a new government. The pressure has come from Labour’s…
American warplanes pounded targets across southern Iran again on Thursday while Tehran fired drones and missiles at United States bases and allies in the Gulf, driving the reignited war over the Strait of Hormuz into a punishing sixth day and reviving fears of a fresh global oil shock. The US military said it launched…
Barely minutes after booking their place in a second straight World Cup final, Argentina’s players turned a night of sporting triumph into a diplomatic flashpoint, unfurling a banner in Atlanta that reasserted their country’s claim to the Falkland Islands and drew the reigning world champions into the path of a possible FIFA sanction. The banner,…
Nigeria’s electoral umpire has opened a fresh front in its long running struggle to clean up a bloated and ageing voters’ register, announcing plans to lean on the country’s national identity database to strip out duplicate entries and tighten verification before the 2027 general election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Wednesday…
The N2.550 trillion that landed in the coffers of Nigeria’s three tiers of government for June carries a headline that is easy to read and a subplot that is far more consequential. The distributable sum, shared at the July meeting of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in Abuja, marks the highest monthly payout…
