The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced 20 March as the new resumption date for academic activities following the postponement of the gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections by INEC. In a release issued by the Registrar of the institution, Gabriel Egbe, the new date for the resumption of academic activities is now 20th…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi will be at the Court of Appeal in Abuja today (Wednesday) over his party’s legal quest to inspect Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines and other electoral materials deployed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the February 25 presidential and National Assembly elections….
The Osun State governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said his administration has been able to stabilise the state within its first 100 days in office. He stated this in an address to mark his first 100 days in office, having been sworn in on 27 November, 2022 as the duly elected governor of the state.Giving…
The Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour says the security and safety of voters are paramount in the forthcoming March 18 election, adding that any form of voter intimidation and harassment will be met with resistance. “My focus now is on security and ensuring that people come out to…
The European Union kicks off the second phase of its Import Control System 2 (ICS2), the new advance cargo information and risk management platform, to protect against security and safety threats from goods entering the EU. From 1 March 2023, all air carriers, freight forwarders, express couriers, and postal operators involved in the transportation of…
Qatar’s emir named his top diplomat as prime minister Tuesday and brought in a new interior minister in what observers called the completion of a changing of the guard in the wealthy Gulf state.The ruler’s office announced that Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani had accepted “the resignation” of prime minister and interior minister Sheikh…
Former deputy senate president on trial in London for allegedly plotting to harvest a street trader’s kidney for his sick daughter told the court on Tuesday he feared he was being “scammed”. Ekweremadu, 60, his wife Beatrice, 56, daughter Sonia, 25, and a doctor, Obinna Obeta, 50, are accused of conspiring to exploit the man…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed 12 Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) to defend the mandate of its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu in the just concluded polls.Tinubu polled 8,794,726 votes in 12 of Nigeria’s 36 states, almost two million votes more than his closest rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic…
The Court of Appeal, Abuja has slated Wednesday, February 8th, to rule on the application by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be allowed to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) it used for the presidential election.A three-member panel led by Justice Joseph Ikyegh also adjourned to rule on the application filed by…
