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Advertise INEC Chairman, REC Offices For Transparency In Electoral Proceses – Falana

NewsDeskNgMar 26, 2024March 26, 20240

Legal Luminary, Femi Falana has called for the advertisement of the office of the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and that of the Residents Electoral Commissioners (RECs) for transparency and credibility in the system. According to Falana, if people applied for the office of the INEC chairman and the...

Alleged Fraud: You have no business defending Yahaya Bello, group tells Kogi government

NewsDeskNgMar 26, 2024March 26, 20240

A media group, Volunteer Media Advocacy For Accountable Leadership has described as laughable and childish, the position of Kogi state government in defending the immediate past governor, Yahaya Bello over alleged co-conspirator in an alleged corrupt conduct. Bello’s name was mentioned during the re-arraignment of his nephew, Ali Bello, a...

Ajaka congratulates Tinubu, Sani, NSA, others over rescue of Kaduna children

NewsDeskNgMar 25, 2024March 25, 20240

…Urges Nigerians to eschew sentiments, shun hatred Following the successful rescue of the school pupils who were abducted from a school in Kuriga, Kaduna state, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 2023 election, Alhaji Murtala Yakubu Ajaka, has emphasized the need for Nigerians to eschew sentiments...

I Lost 4 Of My Children In Military – Mother Of Lt-Col Who Was Killed In Delta

NewsDeskNgMar 25, 2024March 25, 20240

The mother of the Commanding Officer of the 181 Amphibious Battalion, late Lieutenant Colonel A.H Ali, who was tragically killed alongside two majors, one captain, and 12 soldiers in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State last week, has shared her awful experience following the latest event. The...

6 Police officers killed, others missing in an ambush in Delta by gunmen

NewsDeskNgMar 24, 2024March 24, 20240

In another disturbing development, the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the gruesome murder of 6 brave officers who tragically fell victim to a cowardly ambush by armed assailants while undertaking a mission to investigate the disappearance and rescue of three of their colleagues in the Ohoro Forest, Delta State,...

See Photos Of Two Nasarawa State University Female Students Killed In Stampede For Palliatives

NewsDeskNgMar 23, 2024March 23, 20240

It was tragic when two students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi allegedly lost their lives during struggle for palliatives provided by the state government. Choice Reporters gathered that the stampede occurred after there was a struggle among students at the institution. A source familiar with the incident said the palliatives...

JUST IN: WAEC releases results of first CB-WASSCE

NewsDeskNgMar 22, 2024March 22, 20240

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the results of the first-ever Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB- WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2024–First Series. The examination was held between Wednesday, January 31, and Saturday, February 17, 2024. A total of 8,139 candidates sat the examination at 140...

Food security: Governor Sule presents N40m cheque as loan to Azara Symbiotic Farmers Association

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

As part of efforts by his administration to boost food security in Nasarawa State and the country at large, Governor Abdullahi Sule has presented a N40m cheque given as loan to a farmer’s cooperative society, the Azara Symbiotic Farmers Association. Governor Sule presented the cheque at a ceremony at the...

Budget Padding: President Tinubu And Merchants Of Mischief

NewsDeskNgMar 21, 2024March 21, 20240

In presidential democracy, the place of role allocation to different arms of government is unambiguous. The legislative arm of government is the bastion of democracy. Suffice to explain that while the two other arms of government exists in various forms, military or other kinds of autocratic rules, the parliament is...

Hardship: Governor Sule distributes rice, cash to 2000 students of COE Akwanga

NewsDeskNgMar 20, 2024March 20, 20240

…appeals to striking unions to be patient In continuation of the efforts of his administration to cushion the effects of the prevailing economic hardship, Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has distributed two bags of 7.5kg rice, alongside five thousand naira each to 2000 students at the College of Education...