The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has urged the National Assembly to add more powers on its role of deploying technology in the nation’s electoral process by approving its recommendations on electoral process. Mr Festus Okoye , INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education, made the call at the Nehws Agency of Nigeria (NAN), forum in Abuja on Thursday. Okoye said: “we need the National Assembly to give us added muscle, added power to deploy technology in the electoral process. “Because as at today, the laws as they are programmed are manual and that is why we must collate results…
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The Zenith Labour Party and its governorship candidate, Hon Agboola Ajayi, have denied a media report that there are alliance talks with the People’s Democratic Party and its candidate, Eyitayo Jegede. A spokesman for the ZLP, Mr. Felix Olatunde, said the party was not contemplating any alliance with the PDP and Jegede ahead of the October 10. Olatunde said it only has an alliance with the people of Ondo State to oust Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and the APC from the Government House, Alagbaka. “The blatant lie reported by The Nation could at best be a product of the fertile imagination…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is on the watchlist of the United States Government and could be slammed with a visa ban before or after the October 10 governorship poll in the state, Sahara Reporters has gathered. Top officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and security operatives are also among notable Nigerians slammed with the visa ban by the US Government. Families of some Nigerian politicians are among those affected by the latest US sanction, which will also see to the deportation of their children and spouses already domiciled in America soon. Recall that the US Government had…
The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Dr. Wale Babalakin(SAN), has resigned following alleged disagreement with the Federal Government on the Visitation Panel sent to the university. He said there were too many vested interests in UNILAG matter, who were not approaching the issues objectively. But he said it has come to a stage he must stand by his principles since the Federal Government believed the actions he took may not be right. He said the visitation panel was raised to exonerate the Vice-Chancellor and implicate the Pro-Chancellor. He said although he appeared in protest before the panel, he…
The Young Progressive Party has condemned the violence between suspected supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Oba Akoko. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Akure by the candidate of YYP, Mr Dotun Ojon. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP candidate, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, had accused APC supporters of attacking his convoy on Wednesday in Oba Akoko in Akoko Southwest area of the state. Ojon said the party condemned the act in its entirety and called on the police authority in the state to…
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage Rail line should be ready by December, considering the progress works on the construction of rail stations by contractor. Amaechi gave the assurance while briefing newsmen in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, at the end of his monthly routine inspection tour of the project. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the minister started the inspection tour from Ebute-Meta in Lagos, in company of other management staff of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). NAN reports that though, the track laying from Ebute-Meta in Lagos to Ibadan in Oyo State,…
Criticism continues to trail the use of a jet for the aerial assessment of Kainji dam by the Minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, Sadiya Farouq. The Ministry in a tweet posted on Thursday said the minister flew over the dam to assess the impact of flooding at the banks of the river. “Yesterday, HM @Sadiya_farouq flew over the Kainji dam for an aerial view and assessment of the impact of the flooded banks.” Reacting to the post, Nigerians faulted the use of a plane for the assignment, arguing that a drone would have done a better…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday presided over a virtual meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was the fourth virtual meeting as the nation complies with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) protocol on COVID-19 pandemic. The governors joined the virtual NEC from their respective states. At the last virtual meeting on Aug. 20, NEC disclosed that President Muhmmadu Buhari had approved the sum of N13 billion for the implementation of community policing in the country. It said the president’s gesture was borne out of his resolve to rejig the security…
The leadership of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo state has said that its governorship candidate would contest the October 10 election just as it denied political alliance with any other political party. Chairman of the party in the state, Dele Ogunbameru told newsmen in Akure after a meeting with leaders of the party across the state that the party is strong enough to win the election. Ogunbameru who denied the report that SDP was in alliance with a political party maintained that the party will be fielding and supporting its governorship candidate, Peter Fashua and his running mate,…
The Special Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government to investigate the management crisis rocking the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has submitted the report of its findings. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, received the report on behalf of the Federal Government in Abuja on Thursday. He said the recommendations of the panel will be thoroughly scrutinized with the aim of full implementation. Shortly before presenting the report to the minister, the Chairman of the panel, Professor Tukur Sa’ad expressed optimism that the report of the panel will bring an end to the crisis that has festered in…