Whispers of corruption, involving the disappearance of N2.3 billion compensation for beneficiaries in the Eket Urban subsection of the Section 1V of East-West Road since 2009, and intrigues dot the now frozen project. Each time it is in the news, it raises jeers like the mixed feelings associated with the pace of development projects…
War on terror on Course
Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, insists that despite renewed Boko Haram attacks, the government is building on the operational gains against the insurgents Like a fly constituting an irritant to an elephant and causing it considerable discomfort, Boko Haram has continued to annoy the federal government with renewed attacks on internally displaced persons,…
Fears Over Jonathan’s CSO
There are fears over the state of health of Gordon Obuah, former Chief Security officer to Goodluck Jonathan , former president. Obuah was said to have been taken into custody by the Directorate of State Security shortly after the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Reports had it that the security officer embarked on hunger strike…
Buhari’s Africa Debut
Nigeria counts the gains of the 25 African Union Summit in South Africa President Muhammadu Buhari attended his first African Union, A.U, conference at the 25 Summit which held in South Africa from June 13 to 16, where he chaired the peace and security meeting. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the African Union Commission welcomed…
FEC RELEASES TRANSITION TIMETABLE
The federal executive council today released the final transition timetable. On May 28, Muhammadu Buhari , president -elect and Yemi Osibanjo , Vice President-elect will be conducted round the Villa. Thereafter outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan will hand over the handover notes to Buhari at the council chambers. Later in the evening, there will be a…
Buhari to inaugurate Transition Committee on Wednesday
Muhammadu Buhari, president-elect, will inaugurate his 18-man transition committee on Wednesday, after which they are expected start interfacing with the Federal Government’s transition committee, led by Namadi Sambo, vice president. Last week, President Jonathan and Buhari met for the second time in the Presidential Villa to discuss the modalities for a seamless engagement between the…
INEC Extends Voting Time
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has extended the voting time till tomorrow Sunday March 29, to accommodate voters who could not vote today because of the challenge with the card readers. Chris Iyimoga, INEC commissioner for Information on voter education announced this in Abuja on behalf of the Commission. Though he said he could…
Card Reader Hitches in Abuja
Accreditation has ended in some polling centres in Abuja, while it is ongoing in other places. there were a few hiccups during the accreditation. card readers could not identify many finger prints and they had to be accredited manually. Voting tags were not provided for most polling centres, forcing the INEC Poll officers to fabricate…
NCC: Serving the Unserved
Through the Universal Service Provision Fund, NCC is making efforts to ensure that telephone services extend to every part of Nigeria The Universal Service Provision Fund, USPF, was established under the Nigeria Commuications Commission, NCC, Act to facilitate the achievement of national policy goals for universal access to information and communication technologies, ICTs, to rural,…
‘Our Interventions Are Critical to the Telecoms Revolution in Nigeria’
Abdullahi Ibrahim Maikano, secretary of Universal Service Province Fund, USPF, an agency established under the NCC Act to drive telecoms services in rural locations across the country, explains how the fund is improving telecoms infrastructure in remote locations in this interview with Anayochukwu Agbo, general editor; and Tony Manuaka, associate editor To what extent are…
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