…vote-buying as directly witnessed by EU EOM observers, further detracted from an appropriate conduct of the elections.THE European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission to Nigeria’s 2023 general election has expressed worry over the “obstruction and use of organised violence” during the March 18 governorhip polls across the country.The EU...
THE Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Fund for Journalists is inviting applications for its fellowship.The programme aims to give participants the opportunity to report on international affairs during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.Fellows will make professional contacts, interact with seasoned journalists and gain a broader...
THE United States (US) has threatened sanction on masterminds of violence and voter intimidation during the March 18 governorship and state assembly elections in Nigeria. In a statement posted on its website, the US Consulate in Nigeria said it “witnessed some of the these incidents first hand” in Lagos,...
SIX drug traffickers have been sentenced to a total of 156 years imprisonment for offences bordering on drug dealing, transportation and conspiracy to transport illicit substances.
The cases were filed against the convicts by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
This was disclosed in a statement released on Tuesday,...
TWO Nigerians abroad have shredded their Nigerian passport booklets and denounced their citizenship in protest over the conduct of the 2023 general elections.
Separate videos posted by @Gidi_Traffic and @Ogundamisi, which have gone viral show two men who said they had lost faith in the country after observing how...
By Stephen Onyeiwu, Allegheny College
NIGERIA has successfully introduced new banknotes on about 10 occasions since its independence in 1960.
So why has the latest attempt been so controversial and traumatic? And what measures need to be taken to avoid a future debacle?
Nigeria’s central bank announced the introduction of...
IN this second and concluding part of this investigation, Ekemini Simon takes a look at multiple contracts awarded to different companies for the yet-to-be-finished reconstruction of Abak-Ekparakwa-Ete-Ikot Abasi road. Regardless of the N5.89bn reconstruction contract awarded to CCECC for the reconstruction of the Abak-Ekparakwa-Ete-Ikot Abasi federal road, the federal government...
CANDIDATE of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ahmed Aliyu has been declared winner of the March 18 governorhip election in Sokoto State.Aliyu won with a total of 453,661 votes, defeating Saidu Umar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who received 404,632 votes, in a close race.The State Collation Officer,...
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the March 18 governorship election in Adamawa State inconclusive.
INEC explained that its decision was due to the margin of votes recorded in the election by the contestants. According to the electoral body, the cancelled votes were more than the margin of...
