Telecoms Operators Hamonise Shortcodes For Airtime Recharge, Data Plan, Others
Pursuant to the regulatory modernisation initiative of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), telecommunications operators in the country have commenced the hamonisation of shortcodes across all networks. Their umbrella body, the Association of Licensed Telecoms Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), made this…
SaMBA To INEC Chairman: Resign Now If You’re Not Ready To Ensure Free, Fair And Credible elections
. . . Advises IGP, DSS DG, Tribunal Members To Bow Out Honourably If They Can’t Defend Integrity Of Electoral Process The Southern and Middle Belt Alliance (SaMBA) has asked heads of organisations responsible for the conduct of elections to…
INEC Suspends Sokoto REC, Nura Ali, Appoints Hauwa Kangiwa In Acting Capacity
Barely four days to the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Nigeria, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has ordered the suspension its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Sokoto State, Dr. Nura Ali, with immediate effect, while charging Hauwa…
BVAS, Electoral Materials Inspection: Uncertainty Trails March 11 Polls As INEC, Tinubu, Atiku, Obi Engage Tribunal In Counter Legal Fireworks
There is uncertainty over the March 11 governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections as President-Elect, Bola Tinubu has sought an order from the Court of Appeal to access electoral materials used by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for…
Banks Yet To Start Cash Payment, Leaving Customers Stranded
Commercial banks in some satellite towns of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) had yet to start cash payment, leaving customers stranded and frustrated in spite of the Supreme Court ruling on recirculation of old N500 and N1,000 notes. The News…
Kwara 2023: SDP Denies Alliance With PDP, Others As Prince Adebayo Canvasses Support for Hakeem Lawal
Ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial and legislative elections in Nigeria, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) Presidential Candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo has urged Kwarans to vote Hakeem Lawal and other party’s House of Assembly candidates during March 11 elections. This is even…
2023 Elections: Timi Frank Wants Yakubu Stripped Of His Professorship, Urges US, UK, EU To Reverse INEC Chair’s Visa Status
A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Timi Frank, on Monday, called on the the international community to review and reverse all the current visa status of the chairman of the Independent…
Peter Obi Visits Woman Who Returned To Vote After Thugs Attacked Her At Polling Unit
The Labour Party candidate for the February 25 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, has visited a Lagos woman, Mrs Jennifer Efidi, who was attacked by thugs while waiting for turn to cast the ballot. After treatment in the hospital, she…
I’m Bigest Threat To Their Succession Plan In Lagos – LP Candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour
The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Chinedu Rhodes-Vivour has said that he remains the biggest threat to their succession plan which will see Seyi Tinubu, the son of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress…
Supreme Court Affirms Dauda Lawal As Zamfara PDP Governorship Candidate
Ahead of the March 11 governorship election in Zamfara State, Dauda Lawal has been affirmed by the Supreme Court of Nigeria as the authentic governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. In a unanimous judgment, the…
Buhari Seeks Duty-free Market Access for Least Developed Countries
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on developed and developing nations to grant duty-free and quota-free market access for products originating from the world’s 46 least-developed countries. He said that this would ensure their integration in regional and global value chains….
