DEVELOPING
-
1.0KEdo, Ondo Governorship Polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of Nigeria on Thursday announced the dates for the conduct of governorship elections in Edo and...
-
950PDP Ministers (1999-2015) Reject Sheriff
Their statement: We the Peoples Democratic Party ministers from 1999-2015 (hereinafter referred to as ‘The Forum’) met on Tuesday, 23rd February, 2016...
-
Adio Heads NEITI
Veteran journalist and communication expert Waziri Adio was Tuesday appointed executive secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative. Eight years ago,...
-
979Uganda’s 2016 Elections ‘Again Fall Short Of Democratic Benchmarks’, Say Commonwealth Observers
Kampala, 20 February — Uganda’s 2016 general elections were marked by a lack of a level electoral playing field, an increased prevalence...
-
966An Economy Explained
Almost everyone is talking about the economy. In beer parlours, motor parks and conference halls, the conversation centres on the prospects of...
-
Bayelsa Governor Loses Wife
The wife of Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State, south-south Nigeria, was reported dead on Thursday. Details of Rachael Dickson’s death will...
-
Ooni of Ife Becomes UNN Chancellor
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed newly installed Ooni of Ife, Enitan Ogunwusi (Ojaja II), chancellor of Nigeria’s first indigenous university, the University...
-
EFCC Arrests, Quizzes Alison Madueke
Nigeria’s EFCC on Wednesday in Abuja arested Mr Alison Madueke. He was accused of laundering over $600, 000. Madueke is the husband...
-
2.9K
SAS Is New PDP Chairman
Ali Modu Sheriff, popularly known as SAS (for Senator Ali Sheriff),who was governor of Borno State from 2003 to 2011, has been...
-
First African UN Boss Boutros-Ghali Dies
The secretary-general of the United Nations from 1992 to 1997, Mr Boutros Boutros-Ghali, has died at the age of 93, the United...