Ugbade said: “We are happy that a deal has finally been reached for his signature after undergoing several trials abroad and hopefully, this should be a sign of better things to come for him in his career
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It appealed to private sector companies in the state to grant their workers half day on Friday to enable them obtain their PVCs
INEC, in a statement on Friday, said it will confirm the dates for the elections after the meeting with the political parties and the RECs
Fayose insinuated that his voice and those of others could have been faked using technology like Natural Voices.
Soyinka spoke in Lagos at a youths programme titled: “Vision of the Child”
This was contained in a communiqué signed by Governor Rochas Okorocha, the Chairman of the forum and governor of Imo State
Bayo Atoyebi, the Chairman of the NUJ National Monitoring Network on Safety of Journalists, said this while addressing newsmen in Abuja
The Public Relations Officer of the command, Kenneth Nwosu, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the person was feared dead after a clash with an opposition party
Buhari made the call while addressing women at the palace of the Chief of Garki, Alhaji Usman Ngu-Kupi, in Garki, Abuja on Thursday
According to the commission’s Daily Bulletin issued in Abuja, media organisations intending to send representatives for the election must apply to INEC for the accreditation of every individual
A statement by Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, said contrary to the reports, the ministry had received and processed 300 applications from foreign journalists to enable them secure visa to cover the 2015 elections.
Omeri made this call while unveiling a new campaign by the Agency and some stakeholders to promote peace and security before, during and after the February general election
The Economist, in an Editorial on the Nigerian election in its current edition, said if it had a vote in the poll, it would be cast for Buhari
The National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, in a statement on Thursday, described the development as a crime against the electoral process
The statement said further that upholding the February 14, 2015 date and other scheduled dates for the election confirms the sacrosanct nature of those dates as well as the May 29, 2015 handover date
The Head of Service, Oluseyi Williams, gave the directive in a statement on Thursday
The Council said since the Independent National Electoral Commission had expressed readiness for the conduct of the election, there was no need postponing it
The group, which comprises of former Anambra State Governor, Chukwuemeka Ezeife; a chieftain of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Femi Okunrounmu; and former Minister of Information, Walter Ofonagoro, among others and led by Ijaw leader and elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, again called for the sack and arrest of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega
Ndigbo Lagos in an 11-point communiqué said: “The strategic future of Ndigbo within the framework of a larger NIGERIA will be better served by a continuation of a Jonathan presidency
Gumi said that religious leaders should advice persons among their faithful, who were threatening to unleash terror on the country if election results were not in favour of their candidates, to have a rethink and embrace peace