The Department of State Security ( DSS ) has not invited any National Commissioner or any top electoral official, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Tuesday. A section of the media reported on Tuesday morning that the National Commissioner on Logistics, Dr Okechukwu Ibeanu, for questioning. But INEC’s National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakbubu, said there was nothing like ... Read More »

The Theatre Arts and Motions Pictures Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) has denied abandoning one of its members, Babatunde Omidina, a Yoruba movie comedian, in the hospital. The renowned comedian, popularly known as ‘Baba Suwe’, is currently battling an undisclosed illness. While speaking with reporters on Monday, in Abeokuta, Bolaji Amusan, the National President of the association, said the report was ... Read More »

Scores of hoodlums swooped on the seedy Lafenwa market on Tuesday afternoon and disrupted the distribution of the Federal Government’s Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) popularly called ‘TraderMoni,’ forcing distributors and beneficiaries to flee in different directions for safety. They whisked away the Iyaloja and Babaloja of Lafenwa market to an unknown location. The hoodlums, numbering over 50, T here ... Read More »

The Independent National Electoral Commission says the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, never offered the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa State, Kashim Gaidam, $1m or a house in Dubai. INEC said this in a Facebook post while reacting to social media rumours that Atiku had compromised the Adamawa elections. A report which trended on social media ... Read More »

Former Akwa Ibom Governor Senator Godswill Akpabio has alleged some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were colluding with Governor Udom Emmanuel to compromise the forthcoming elections. He accused some of the INEC officials of being not completely independent, alleging they have been compromised by Governor Emmanuel. Akpabio told newsmen in Abuja the governor has deployed huge sums ... Read More »

. Affirms Bolarinwa as authentic Kwara APC chair . Balogun-Fulani dissatisfied with judgement Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital on Tuesday sacked the Hon Ishola Balogun-Fulani faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The court thereafter affirmed the authenticity of the Hon Bashir Bolarinwa-led APC executives in the state. A Kwara state High ... Read More »

  The Tony Elumelu Foundation, an African-funded and founded philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs has announced its last call for applications into its prestigious 2019 Entrepreneurship Programme. The application portal launched on the 1st of January 2019 will close on the 1st of March, 2019. Selected beneficiaries will join 4,470 current alumni and will receive $5,000 seed capital, access ... Read More »

THE Comedy Central Roast of AKA is set to rally Africans from Lagos to Cape Town, to join in the celebration of poking fun at the celebrities they love the most. Taking place at the Teatro at Montecasino, Johannesburg, South Africa, on February 21, 2019, the show welcomes three wise men to unite Africa’s socio-political differences in a spectacular show ... Read More »

President Muhammadu in Daura, Katsina State, has said he is disappointed by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s decision to postpone the presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled for today, February 16, by one week. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced the postponement early on Saturday morning. Buhari regretted that despite INEC’s assurances that it was ready, the long ... Read More »

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State, Buruji Kashamu, has said the presidential candidate of the party, Atiku Abubakar, cancelled his visit to the state to avoid causing chaos. Kashamu, who spoke to our correspondent on Thursday, also said despite the controversy that surrounded his emergence as the candidate of the party, he would win the ... Read More »