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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Joash Amupitan, says Nigeria deserves elections where the loser will congratulate the winner. Amupitan made this statement on Thursday during his screening by the Senate, shortly before his confirmation. He said he would examine the Electoral Act to strengthen the credibility of Nigerian elections. The Professor of Law maintained that …

The federal government has denied news report claiming that it had scrapped the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) as requirement for admission into tertially institutions in the country..In a press release, the federal Ministry of Education described the report as fake, stressing that JAMB remains the sole body responsible for admission into tertially institutions. The government statement reads as …

In a move reshaping Nigeria’s political landscape, several governors elected under the main opposition the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are defecting to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as the country heads towards the 2027 general elections. Although defections are nothing new in Nigerian politics, observers say the movement is unprecedented due to its timing, pace, and symbolism. Umo Eno, …

The Rivers State Government has cancelled a N134 billion contract awarded by the former sole administrator, Vice Admiral Ikot Ete Ibas (retd), for the reconstruction of the State Secretariat complex in Port Harcourt. The decision was taken during the State Executive Council meeting presided by Governor Sim Fubara on Thursday. The contract was awarded to the China Civil Engineering Construction …

The Senate has confirmed Professor Joash Amupitan as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission. The Red Chamber confirmed Amupitan after a voice vote by the lawmakers and after undergoing screening and answering questions posed by members of the Senate. Amupitan had arrived at the National Assembly complex earlier, exchanged pleasantries with Senators. He was accompanied to the …

The post reports Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo), a former Niger Delta militant leader turned pipeline security contractor, donating N10 billion ($6 million USD) via his firm Tantita to Delta State’s newly launched Security Trust Fund, aimed at equipping local forces against crime and oil theft. Videos capture Tompolo’s podium announcement amid officials and journalists, plus his earlier visit to Governor Sheriff …

The Senat0e on Thursday stepped down debate on Electoral Bill 2025, to allow room for more consultations. This was after chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, Senator Simon Lalong (Plateau South) had rounded off presenting the lead debate on the general principles of the bill. Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who presided over the session, said Lalong did not …

Half of all Conservative Party members do not want to see Kemi Badenoch leading the Tories into the next General Election, according to a bombshell new poll. The poll by YouGov found 46 per cent think the current Tory leader should stay in place when the country next goes to the polls, while 50 per cent say she should not. …

The team empanelled by the President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has said that the ailment complained about by detained self-acclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, is not life-threatening. The medical team was ordered by Justice James Omotosho, midway into Kanu’s terrorism trial before a Federal High Court in Abuja, to ascertain Kanu’s actual …

The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo, has distanced himself from Governor Douye Diri’s defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ewhrudjakpo, alongside some other stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), insisted that the opposition party remains formidable in the state and across the country, stressing that there was no justification for abandoning the platform that brought them …