Unknown gunmen have killed and burnt the senatorial candidate of the Labour Party for Enugu East Senatorial District, Mr Oyibo Chukwu.
The gunmen also killed five supporters who were with him inside his car.
The incident happened at Amechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government…
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded a Rivers State federal lawmaker, Ephraim Nwuzi in the correctional centre over alleged incitive comment ahead of the Saturday February 25 election in the state.
The lawmaker representing Etche/Omuma federal constituency in the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has debunked rumours of its plans to halt financial transactions from the 23rd to the 27th of February, 2023, ahead of the upcoming elections.
A WhatsApp message stating that the apex bank will shut down all electronic bank…
The Federal Government on Wednesday directed the verification of the academic and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificates of staff of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF).
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, gave the directive to the reconstituted board…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned voters against using their mobile phones at the polling booths during Saturday’s election.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ogun state, Niyi Ijalaye, gave the warning in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, while addressing journalists shortly after…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has asked all broadcast media stations not to announce election results before the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
In a statement released on Wednesday, Francisca Aiyetan, director of broadcast monitoring, said the directive is to ensure the media enables…
The Federal Government has instructed state Controllers of Corrections to reject inmates when they don’t have the capacity to accommodate them.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, gave this directive while speaking at the decoration ceremony of newly…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno says there are plots by subversive elements to use the current socio-economic climate created by the naira redesign policy to ignite civil unrest in the country.
He, however, warned politicians to desist from exploiting the ongoing…
Police are investigating some governors and individuals whose utterances are considered to have incited riots over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali, made this known in Abuja on Wednesday while fielding…
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has dismissed the preliminary objection filed by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oleyeloogun, and two others to prevent them from being tried for alleged fraud.
Oloyeloogun and…