THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Friday, disclosed move to recruit over 1.4 million adhoc staff in preparation ahead of the 2023 general elections. This was made known by the Chairman, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, in a keynote address delivered at the launch of Yiaga Africa Election Result Analysis Dashboard (ERAD) Report on Electronic Transmission of Results in the 2022 Ekiti and Osun Governorship Election in Abuja. Mahmood said number of adhoc staff to be deployed by INEC for the 2023 general election is above number of personnel of both the military and police, which indicates the magnitude of the…
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King Charles III on Friday pledged to show affection for his son, Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan. The King made this known during his first address as the British monarch, assuming the throne of his late mother who passed away on Thursday. King Charles III said, expressed his “love for Harry and Meghan” in the address to Britain and his Commonwealth realms. “I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas,” the king said of his son and daughter-in-law, despite their rift with the royal family. He stated…
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and Federação Portuguesa de Futebol have signed a formal agreement for the Super Eagles and A Seleção to clash in a prestige senior team friendly at the Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon on Thursday, 17th November. Nigeria’s Super Eagles have won the Africa Cup of Nations on three occasions (as well as Olympic men’s football gold, silver, and bronze) while Portugal won her first continental trophy (Euro Championship) in France in 2016. Already billed to play 2019 African champions Algeria in Oran on 27th September, the encounter with Portugal is another effort by the Amaju Pinnick administration, to get…
President Muhammadu Buhari says he has received with immense sadness news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. In a statement late on Thursday evening, the president mourned the dead monarch and commiserated with the Royal Family. “My family and I, and the more than 200 million Nigerians have learned with immense sadness of the passing of the Queen and the end of her unique and wonderful 70 year reign. Her late Majesty was the only British Sovereign known to 90 percent of our population. “Our thoughts and sincere condolences are with the Royal Family and…
Queen Elizabeth’s son Charles will rule under the name King Charles III, it has now been confirmed. Details later…
BRITAIN’S longest-serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II has died “peacefully” at her private castle in Balmoral aged 96, two days after appointing Liz Truss the 15th Prime Minister in her 70 years reign. The Queen came to the throne in 1952 and witnessed enormous social change. Confirming the news in a statement on Thursday, His Majesty the King Charles III said: “The death of my beloved mother Her Majesty the Queen is a moment of the greatest sadness for me and all members of my family. “We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and a much-loved mother. I know…
Walid Jibrin, chairman of the board of trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has resigned from his position. He made the announcement on Thursday at a closed-door meeting of the BoT at the party’s headquarters in Abuja. Jibrin has held the position for six years after taking over from Haliru Bello who was removed in 2016. It was reported how Jibrin briefed senior members of the party on his decision to quit. With Jibrin’s resignation, the party is expected to name a new BoT chairman from the south. Recently, there have been protests about the regional lopsidedness in…
The Muhammadu Buhari regime says it will not withdraw names of some nominees sent to the National Assembly to be confirmed as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This came as the regime faced heavy criticism for nominating some persons alleged to be “card-carrying members” of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Buhari had on July 26 forwarded the names of 19 nominees as REC into the nation’s electoral body to the National Assembly for confirmation. Out of the nineteen nominees, 5 of them were reappointed while 14 others were new appointees. But on Wednesday,…
Nigeria’s Internet fraudster Ramon ‘Hushpuppi’ Abbas has pleaded for leniency in his sentencing at the District Court for the Central District of California on the grounds of being a changed person after obtaining several educational certificates during the period of his incarceration. Having spent over two years in a U.S. prison, Mr Abbas, through his lawyer Louis Shapiro asked the court to consider the several positive changes he has made while incarcerated and reduce his sentencing years. According to Mr Shapiro, instead of sitting idly in prison, Mr Abbas devoted himself to hours of study, acquiring relevant knowledge in specific…
Elders from riverine communities under the aegis of Ilaje Unity Forum (IUF) have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to constitute the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and make the nomination from the state the managing director of the board. They said it was the turn of Ondo State to produce the MD of NDDC. In a statement issued in Akure and signed by the Chairman of the group, Stephen Jatuwase and Secretary, Olabanji Orogbemi, the elders hailed Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for recommending Gbenga Edema as the MD of NDDC. They said Edema as the chairman of the Ondo…