The main opposition candidate in the Minjibir by-election, Auwalu Ubale Minjibir of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP withdrew from the race Saturday morning, just hours to the commencement of voting.
Minjibir cited the violation of the agreement reached with other critical stakeholders in the election as the reason for his decision. He said that his ambition was not worth the blood of any member of the electorate.
"We agreed on a number issues...
Saturday, 30 July 2016
The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, NOPRIN has called for the investigation and prosecution of a naval officer who shot and critically wounded a commercial motorcyclist in Idah, Kogi State.
Muhammed Idachaba was shot by Navy Commander Otuh Bassey on July 26 , 2016 after being frog matched for apparently contesting the right of way with the military officer who was driving a Sport Utility Vehicle.
In a statement signed by its National Commander,...
Friday, 29 July 2016
According to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, the Federal Government has so far paid 70 construction companies the sum of N63.12bn for works done in the first quarter of 2016.
Fashola said on Friday that following the payment, the firms had mobilized back to their construction sites, and in the process, recalled over 5,000 workers that had hitherto been laid off.
He stressed that the budget was an article of...
Following the rejection by Paul Le Guen, Nigerian Football Federation, NFF has said that it will appoint a substantive technical adviser for the Super Eagles in August.
The Chairman of the NFF Technical and Development Committee, Chief Chris Green disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
His words:
“We are working to ensure that we finish with the other incidentals, because as at the last time we didn’t do that.
“We left...
Troops on counter-terrorism operations in the Northeast have continued to liberate more towns in the region.
A statement issued by the Acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman said that troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and troops of the Multi-National Joint Task Force, M-NJTF during the week cleared more towns of Boko Haram terrorists.
"In continuation with clearance operation of the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists hibernating...
The International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF has banned a Nigerian athlete Tosin Adeloye for testing positive to drugs.
Consequently, the Nigerian 4x400m women’s relay team of which Adeloye is a member has been banned from participating in the 2016 Olympic Games holding in Rio, Brazil, next month.
The IAAF said that the female team was banned because one of them, Tosin Adeloye tested positive to drugs during the Confederation of...
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