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A mild drama ensued during the confirmation of Resident Electoral Commissioners, RECs, of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the Senate Wednesday as Kabiru Marafa, the senator representing Zamfara Central, accused his colleague, Sulieman Nazif, of compromise. Nazif is the chairman of Senate Committee in INEC which, Wednesday, recommended the rejection of one of the four RECs, Ahmed Bello Mahmud seeking confirmation by the Senate. Trouble started after Senatro Nazif told the Senate that Mahmud was rejected by his committee, based on a petition received by the committee. Apparently incensed by Nazif’s statement, Senator Marafa protested the rejection of Mahmud,…

After 25 years of cancelled presidential elections, the late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola who supposedly won the June 12 general elections has been posthumously declared Nigeria’s presumed winner. On Wednesday, the Federal Government conferred on him a posthumous award of Grand Commander of the Federal Republic (GCFR), the highest Honour in the land usually conferred on Nigeria’s Head of State or elected President. In a press release issued Wednesday in his Twitter account, President Muhammadu Buhari stated “June 12th, 1993 was the day when Nigerians in millions expressed their democratic will in what was undisputedly the freest, fairest and…

The House of Representatives has directed its Committee on Ethics and Privileges to investigate Abdulmumin Jibrin, the lawmaker representing Bebeji/Kiru constituency in Kano State, for allegedly misrepresenting the chamber in respect of the ongoing rift between the National Assembly and the executive arm of government. Jibrin could be suspended from the House of Representatives, if found guilty of the fresh allegations against him. A joint executive session of both chambers of the National Assembly met on Tuesday and urged the President Buhari to address some issues or face the invocation of the powers of the legislature. Reacting to the resolutions…

The Police Wednesday denied withdrawing its earlier invitation to Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, to appear before the Force Intelligence Response Team, in Abuja, to answer questions over his alleged involvement in Offa bank robbery and the gruesome killings of over 33 people in Kwara State by some political thugs loyal to him. The police insisted that contrary to the claim by the Senate President that its invitation to him had been withdrawn, nothing of such emanated from them. This came on a day the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye Mufutau Gbadamosi, said his people would not be party…

President Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, attributed his loss three times in the previous general elections to rigging and election manipulations in the country. Buhari speaking at a valedictory session in honour of Dr. Fayemi Kayode, erstwihile Minister of Mines and Steel Development who resigned from the cabinet last week to face his election, said that the introduction of technology, especially the use of Permanent Voters Cards, PVC, and the Card Readers saved him from another humiliation. He, therefore, directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to embark on voters’ education on the use of electronic devices. The President, however, said he…

Henceforth, Federal Government has declared June 12 every year to replace May 29 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Announcing this Wednesday in a press release in a Twitter Account, President Muhammadu Buhari said “Dear Nigerians, I am delighted to announce that, after due consultations, we decided to declare June 12 Democracy Day. “For the past 18 years, Nigerians have been celebrating May 29 as Democracy Day, a day of Nigeria’s second Democracy Day  the first one which was October 1, 1979. “Chief Abiola, is also to be honoured with the nation’s highest award conferred on all heads of state. Besides, Buhari…

Chinese government says it will invest 300 million dollars in Nigeria’s mass housing scheme soon. Mr. Steven Kim, Director, One Belt and One Road, Financial Operation Office, made this known at a news briefing organised by Zvecan Homes and Estates on Tuesday in Abuja. Kim noted that his organisation was collaborating with Zvecan Homes and Estate with whom they recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to construct 5000 housing units in FCT and its environs. He said the investment would enable them to realise the aim for which their office was set up in China. “The aim is simply to…

The security infraction in Ukanafun local government area of Akwa Ibom State is not yet over as unidentified gunmen, Tuesday, kidnapped an official of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), serving in Ukanafun local government area. The victim, Otobong Sylvester Ukpong, hails from Iwukem village in Etim Ekpo local government area of the state. Ukpong was said to be going to office at Ikot Akpa Nkuk, headquarters of Ukanafun when the gunmen stopped and abducted him near Government Primary School, Uruk Ata 2, along Ukanafun-Azumini expressway. According to a distraught brother of the victim, Mbetobong Sylvester Ukpong, “My brother was kidnapped…

A former Senior Special to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has queried the justice system of the country that looks bent to favour some people. Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN), the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, had Monday urged the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, to order the resumption of the trial of Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, which was adjourned indefinitely to enable the embattled senator to recuperate. This was contained in a copy of the letter obtained by The Punch dated June 4, 2015, and with reference number DPPA/INVEST./023/18, which was sent to…

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, Tuesday, debunked media reports that it has dumped the Multi-Year-Tariff -Order, MYTO, framework used in determining end-user tariffs based on revenue requirement of the electricity industry. NERC, in a statement by Mrs. Vivian Mbonu, its Head, Media Unit, in Abuja, while describing the reports as inaccurate, said, “There are no plans to dump the Multi-Year-Tariff-Order, MYTO, methodology.” The statement reads, “As part of the periodic evaluation of software models utilized by the Commission, the Commission plans to review the MYTO financial model to ensure its integrity and consistency of the platform with approved tariff…