INEC offers to support JAMB with biometric verification technology, as agencies strengthen ties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has indicated its readiness to assist the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) with biometric verification technology, as part of deepening collaboration between the…
Nnimmo Bassey: Gassing the Niger Delta
By Nnimmo Bassey Up to 37 persons are reported to have breathed their last early this week at Okrika in Rivers State, Nigeria. Others are missing. The deceased are said…
NFF Reform Note : European football blueprint — why don’t our players have the seat at the table?
Nigeria does not have to copy Europe. But if we admire the product, we should understand how the people producing it are represented, protected and given a voice. By Paul…
The Ikemefuna Okeke –Von Batten Fiasco: When a $1.2m lobbying machine tries to manufacture a White House Commissioner — and resurrect old ghosts to hunt Tinubu
*Ikemefuna Okeke By Dr. Bunmi Awoyemi There is something almost Shakespearean about the unfolding political theatre around former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, his $1.2 million Washington lobbying arrangement, and the…
Unuafe demands withdrawal of Ogboru’s purported Delta ADC guber nomination
A governorship aspirant of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Usiwoghene Unuafe, has issued a formal pre-action notice demanding the immediate correction and withdrawal of the…
Abeokuta agog as over 5,000 Egba in Diaspora return home for 10th convention
Over 5,000 members of Egba National Association (ENA) USA/Canada have arrived Abeokuta, their homestead for the 10th Biennial Convention, aimed to connect people and protect their heritage The Chairman of…
Dismantle financial structures of drug cartels, Marwa charges NDLEA investigators
The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), has charged investigators and prosecutors of the Agency to intensify efforts at tracing,…
Uber exits Nigeria, Uganda markets
Global ride-hailing company Uber has announced that it will wind down its operations in Nigeria and Uganda from Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The company said the decision followed a comprehensive…
NDC’s “smuggled candidates” claim unfounded, says INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has dismissed as unfounded allegations by the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) that the Commission removed the party's validly nominated candidates for certain State House…
Amupitan calls for fusion of electoral technology and communications ahead of 2027 polls, warns of AI-driven disinformation threat
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Joash Amupitan, has called for electoral technology and electoral communication to be treated as a single discipline, warning that the…
