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ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it as received seven additional applications for party registration, saying it would soon open a political portal registration portal. INEC national commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun disclosed this in a statement Thursday in Abuja....

The Lagos State Police Command has revised the restriction period for vehicular and waterways movement ahead of the July 12, 2025, Local Government elections. Elections will be held across the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas of Lagos State. In a statement on Thursday, the state’s...

Bello Matawalle, former Zamfara governor and current minister of state for defence, has emerged as the clear frontrunner in an early opinion poll assessing potential candidates for the 2027 gubernatorial election in Zamfara State. The online survey, conducted by northern research group Arewa Trend, showed that 87 percent of respondents...

Nosa Orhue, president of the association, made the appeal in a communiqué, following the association’s National Executive Council meeting. The Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics has called on the Federal Government to urgently address the shortage of academic manpower in medical institutions across the country. Nosa Orhue, president...

A group of stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Akwa Ibom has rejected the pronouncement by Governor Umo Eno to give automatic tickets to National Assembly members from the state. In a petition to President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday, the stakeholders under the aegis of the Concerned Members of the...

The Senate yesterday passed three concurrence Bills from the House of Representatives during plenary. This followed the presentation of the Bills by Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti). They include: the Chartered Institute of Auctioneers of Nigeria Bill 2025, the Broadcasting Practitioners Bill 2025, and the Federal College of Health Technology, Benisheikh,...

The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has said that granting special seats for women in the legislature should not be seen as a form of charity but as a way of strengthening the nation’s democracy. Mrs. Tinubu spoke at an interactive dialogue session on the special seat Bill for women at...

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, yesterday sought the backing of the National Assembly to legislate against unexplained wealth. He said Nigeria cannot win the anti-corruption war without the legal backing to hold public officers accountable for assets far beyond their legitimate earnings. Olukoyede spoke at the...