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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday, announced its plan to recommence Continuous Voter Registration exercise (CVR) on June 28 across the country. The commission’s chairperson, Mahmood Yakubu, stated this while addressing journalists in Abuja. The exercise, as stipulated in Section 10 of Nigeria’s Constitution, should be on continuous basis but that has not been constant due to “exigencies of …

An overwhelming opinion in the public space about most Nigeria’s Police Force paints a picture of widespread corruption, crime and extrajudicial murder. It is also believed that the security agency is open to political machination. The police, to many discerning members of the public, is the embodiment of all that is wrong in the Nigerian system. Last year, the people, …

*Flags off 27th MSMEs Clinic in Gombe State *VP commends inventors of Nigeria’s first, medical-grade ventilator Nigeria produces 17 million tons of yams annually, but loses up to 40% of this yield due to the lack of adequate storage, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo made the disclosure on Tuesday, while Justifying the Federal Government’s intervention in the agro-based market. Prof. Osinbajo …

The female face of the revolution”, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom/Thomas Dehler Foundation, in cooperation with the PEN Center Germany, mark the start of an online Series of events on Writers in Prison / Writers in Exile on April 7th at 7 p.m. The event is intended to take a closer look at authors in need and to discuss …

…allocates 45, 000 hectares for oil palm cultivation …targets 200, 000 new jobs from investment Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) worth nearly N100bn with seven oil palm investors under the Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP) Investors Group, to boost oil palm production and rejuvenate the sector for global competitiveness. Other top government …

The report of strange deaths from an ‘unknown’ ailment later confirmed as Yellow fever in some communities in Enugu State led to a rush for vaccines in the state late last year. After the Nigeria infectious disease outfit, NCDC, confirmed that the strange deaths, put above 50 by residents and below 40 by officials, were from Yellow fever, the Enugu State …

Imprevious to the provisions prohibiting both states and the Federal Government from adopting any religion as state religion in the 1999 Constitution, the House of Representatives is considering a bill on the wearing of hijab in Nigerian schools and establishments. Entitled, ‘Religious Discrimination (Prohibition, Prevention) Bill, 2021,’ the bill has designs on legalising the use of the Muslim veil in …

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Tuesday said it was not necessary for the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to transmit power to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo because he would be away for a few days. He said Buhari would continue to do his work from wherever he is. Shehu said this …

The Presidency says the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is not a medical tourist despite his medical trip to London on Tuesday. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, stated this on Tuesday while featuring on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme monitored by The PUNCH. The President left the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, for …

The Nigerian government has declared Friday April 2, and Monday, April 5, 2021, public holidays to mark this year’s Easter Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, made this announcement through the ministry’s spokesperson, Mohammed Manga, on Tuesday. Mr Aregbesola said ”Christians should emulate the attributes of forbearance, forgiveness, kindness, humility, love, peace and patience, which were demonstrated by Jesus Christ”. He …