Electoral Delegates from the northern regions of Somaliland are set to elect six senators to Somalia’s Upper House of Parliament on Wednesday. The Northern Region Electoral Commission has announced the names of the candidates running for six of the 11 seats in the Upper House of the Northern regions of Somaliland. The first seat will […]
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Guinea junta members will not be able to run for office in the next national or local elections, according to guidelines it released on the transitional period earlier this week. The transitional framework will remain in place until a new constitution is established, although there has been no indication how long the transition will be. […]
Port Harcourt — President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, described the funding of the Nigeria Police as a huge challenge for government. Although, Buhari said it was the reason government set up the Police Trust Fund, he maintained there was still need to source more funding avenues for the police in order to enhance the security of […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the road transport unions on Tuesday met to review the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) jointly signed by them for logistics deployment for the 2019 general elections and other polls. The unions are the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Nigerian Association of Road […]
The federal government has stated that once the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is fully implemented, states across Nigeria would be urged to take advantage of their local produce for export purposes to be more economically viable. The Secretary, National Action Committee on AfCFTA, and the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public […]
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised publication of the final report of the Special Investigating Unit into the National Department of Health’s award of a National Health Insurance media campaign and subsequent COVID-19 communications to Digital Vibes. President Ramaphosa received a report and referral on the Digital Vibes matter from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) in […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has reviewed its preparations for the conduct of the Anambra governorship election scheduled for November 6, 2021. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Barr. Festus Okoye who disclosed this in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja said most of the commission’s facilities damaged […]
The report indicated that Family Homes Funds Limited, a social housing initiative promoted by the federal government, was ranked first with a score of 34.92 per cent. A new initiative, which assesses the Nigerian government’s ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) on matters of transparency and integrity, has scored them low. The ranking index, an initiative […]
The senators also urged the federal government to declare a state of emergency on the critical roads in Niger State, which they said, links economic corridors in the north and south. The Senate is asking the federal government to, as a matter of urgency, consider a N300 billion Emergency Intervention Fund for the reconstruction of […]
The two arms of the National Assembly, Senate and the House of Representatives, have expressed angst over the deplorable state of roads across the country. While the Senate asked the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, consider an Emergency Intervention Fund to the tune of N300 billion for critical roads in Niger State […]
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, yesterday, said that the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, is now a cash cow for politicians in the country. This came as President Mohammadu Buhari commissioned the NDDC office and residential complex for the Special Protection Unit, SPU, of the Nigeria Police Force, in Omagwa, Ikwerre LGA of the […]
ELEVEN months after he was elected for a second term in office, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, yesterday, in Benin City, appointed two Special Advisers and forwarded the names of 11 commissioner-nominees to the Edo State House of Assembly for screening and confirmation. In a statement, Secretary to the State Government, Mr Osarodion Ogie, […]
<i>The construction of the road is also expected to boost commercial activities between Nigeria and Cameroon.</sub> A major road project in Adamawa State, which when completed will provide access to goods and services for thousands of people, is yet to be completed 14 years after the contract was first awarded. The Maiha-Fulbere-Zhedinyi-Pella road project including […]
Ethiopia is holding the second round of its belated elections this week. However, the embattled Tigray region remains excluded from the polls which has already handed a majority to the ruling Prosperity Party. On October 5 2020, the mandate of the current Ethiopian Parliament expired. Planned elections had been postponed — officially because of the […]
The debt covers petroleum profit tax, company income tax, education tax, value-added tax, withholding tax, royalty, and concession on rentals. Seventy-seven international and Nigerian oil and gas companies currently owe the Nigerian government $6.48 billion (over N2.6 trillion), the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), Orji Ogbonnaya, said Tuesday. He said […]
In Kenya’s previous elections, senators spent an average $319,000 in getting elected. Kenya’s general elections, scheduled for 9 August 2022, are now less than a year away. It’s too early to say what the country’s political landscape will look like after the vote, but we do know something about who will get elected – those […]
The NBC says there are currently 625 functional broadcast stations in Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of 159 new radio and television stations in Nigeria. This was disclosed in a release signed by the Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Balarabe Ilelah, on Tuesday. “Following the approval granted by the president, NBC has […]
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has ordered banks and other financial services providers to immediately freeze accounts belonging to 30 nationals who are ring leaders of parallel market foreign currency dealers destabilising the economy. In a recent update RBZ governor, John Mangudya said the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) had identified the individuals listed hereunder […]