The Coalition of Political Parties in Akwa Ibom has condemned calls by opposition parties for the redeployment of the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mike Igini.
Author: The Eagle Online
Supporters of Kogi East Senatorial District candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Victor Adoji, are having it very tough ahead of the postponed general election.
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has described Saturday as a day of reckoning for the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party.
Reliable sources close to Nairametrics indicate tier one lender, Zenith Bank, could earn close to N100 billion or more as gains from derivatives and treasury bills trading in the 2018 financial year.
Pope Francis will hold an unscheduled meeting with victims of paedophile priests on Wednesday, according to an Italian activist, a day before the start of a highly anticipated Vatican summit against child abuse.
The Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers has alleged plots by the All Progressives Congress to destabilise the general elections in the state.
The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Bashir Makama, has accused politicians of sponsoring thugs to distort the peace and security of the state during this year’s general elections.
The Central Bank of Nigeria has injected 210 million dollars into the various segments of the market to sustain its intervention in the Inter-Bank Foreign Exchange Market.
The Naira on Tuesday lost marginally against the dollar at the parallel market in Lagos, closing at N359 to the dollar.
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called on security personnel deployed for the Saturday rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections to uphold the constitution and be professional in discharging their duties.
President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his best wishes to Oba Adedapo Tejuoso, the Osile of Oke Ona Egbaland, on his 81st birthday.
The Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ambassador Michael Abikoye, has protested the inhuman treatment of Nigerians by the Ghana Immigration Service with the deportation of 723 Nigerians between 2018 and 2019.
A witness, Fredrick Ugor, Tuesday, told a Federal High Court in Lagos that monies paid into the account of a company, Penniel Engineering Ltd, charged alongside a former Director General of NIMASA, Patrick Akpobolokemi, was said to be meant for intelligence gathering.
The National Centre for Disease Control has embarked on an intensive awareness campaign to tackle Lassa fever in Ebonyi communities.
Residents of Aba, the economic hub of Abia, have expressed concern over the two decomposing corpses that presently littered some streets in the city.
A pan-African youth organisation, Youngstars Development Initiative, has demanded public apology from relevant authorities over National Youth Service Corps members’ plight when Presidential and National Assembly elections were rescheduled.
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno says he will be going back to Gamboru Ngala in a non-bullet vehicle next week despite the recent attack on his convoy by members of Boko Haram’s Islamic State West Africa Province faction.
Proceedings at the distribution of the Federal Government’s ‘Trader Moni’ loan came to an abrupt end on Tuesday in Abeokuta, Ogun, as some hoodlums stormed the Lafenwa Market, venue of the programme, to disrupt it.
The 453 Base Service Group, Nigerian Air Force, Kaduna, on Tuesday said it had arrested 10 suspected thugs and bandits and recovered 57 livestock.
The Independent National Commission on Tuesday said it has achieved 95 per cent configuration of the Smart Card Readers to be deployed for the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday.