Connected Development (CODE), a civil society organisation says it plans to monitor the August 9 Kenya elections, to draw possible lessons for Nigeria, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Mr Hamzat Lawal, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of CODE said this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday. Lawal said that elections were around the corner in Kenya and Nigeria and the group was working toward ensuring a free, fair and credible process. He said that CODE successfully observed elections in Kenya in 2013, Nigeria in 2015 and 2019 as well as the 2016 US presidential election. According…
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AFRICAR in collaboration with the National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC), has unveiled the Bajaj Qute cars used for the new ride hauling taxi. AFRICAR is a modern ride hailing service with dedicated vehicles built in Lagos, Nigeria by a home-grown conglomerate, Stallion Group. The Director General of the NADDC, Mr. Jelani Aliyu, represented by the Director, Industrial Infrastructure Department, Dr. Nua Omisanya delivered welcome address at the launching of AFRICAR which held in Ibadan, Oyo state on 4th April, 2022. Dr. Omisanya, disclosed that the objective of the federal government is for Nigeria to become a hub for…
The television reality show, Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) on Sunday, evicted two housemates, Christy O and Cyph. Christy O, Phyna, Amaka, Khalid and Cyph were nominated for possible eviction by other housemates. However, Christy O and Cyph who had the lowest vote percentages of 08.89 per cent and 14.42 per cent, respectively, got evicted while the other nominees remained in the house. In the same vein, as the show enters its third week, BBNaija turned in two “rider housemates”, Rachael and Chizzy introduced by the host of the show, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu during the eviction night show on Sunday. Obi-Uchendu explained…
Team Nigeria at the on-going 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham has set another record by winning the first ever women’s 4×100 race to earn a gold medal. Nigeria’s quartet of sprint sensation, Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha made history Sunday afternoon at the Alexander Stadium by becoming the first women’s relay team to win a Commonwealth Games gold. The quartet achieved this feat in record breaking fashion, running 42.10 seconds to break the barely one month old 42.22 seconds African record they set in Oregon, USA at the World Athletics championships. World and Commonwealth Games 100m…
Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) are moving to remove the president, Sunday Asefon over alleged unlawful tenure elongation, SaharaReporters has reported. The members are accusing him of inability to protect the general interest of all Nigerian students at home and abroad. Asefon was elected on December 4, 2020, for a one-year tenure at the NANS convention in Abuja at the age of 45 and was supposed to hand over in December 2021. The students have accused him of failing to conduct another convention or hand over in line with the association’s constitution. Speaking to SaharaReporters, an…
The recent condemnation of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the Muslim-Muslim by a National Assembly (NASS) member and Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District, Ishaku Abbo is generating reactions, including from members of the party. Abbo had described APC’s act as disrespectful to the Christians community as well as the card-carrying members of the party. He was recently quoted during a Church sermon and meeting of the Northern APC Christian forum, as saying that anyone in the party that is supporting the Muslim-Muslim ticket is a “potential Boko Haram member.” Reacting to Abbo, an APC stakeholder…
First Bank of Nigeria (FBN) workers under the aegis of Employee Giving and Volunteering Scheme on Saturday, donated surgical equipment for free Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) repairs in Sokoto state. The support was part of the Start Performing Acts of Random Kindness (SPARK) initiative by the workers. Adamu Gambo, Group Head, Northwest II Group of FBN said the 2022 SPARK amplification event targeted fistula patients at Maryam Abacha Women and Children Hospital, Sokoto. Gambo said that the initiative involved the staff donating money and creating time to execute noble engagements in the society. “The initiative focuses on creating and reinforcing attitudes…
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his unequivocal condemnation of the attacks against non-indigenes and law enforcement officials by terrorists in the South East. The president, in a statement by his media aide, Garba Shehu on Saturday in Abuja, promised all possible action in conducting a speedy investigation to bring the perpetrators to justice. The president’s reaction came amidst reports of the slaying of six Nigerien citizens and the brutal killing of a number of policemen at their duty posts, He urged community and religious leaders to “speak more forcefully against the killings, stand up and defend the ethos of our cultural…
The Action Democratic Congress (ADC) has said that Nigeria is better off with a political party that has answers to its current challenges, adding that it is poised to deliver the country. The party said this in a communiqué issued at the end of its Board of Trustee (BoT), National Working Committee (NWC) and eminent elders retreat on Saturday in Abuja. The theme of the retreat was: “Creating ADC Strategic Pathway to Victory in the National and Sub-National Levels for 2023 General Election”. The communiqué which was read by Ms Mabel Oboh, ADC Diversity and Inclusion Secretary, said the retreat…
The Director General of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Campaign, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman has assured Nigerians that the party is poised to close ethnic and religious divides as well as work to pull down the pillars of fascism erected by past leaders. He stated this in his speech delivered to accept his appointment as the party’s campaign DG on Saturday. According to Suleiman, the ADC will mobilize the most populous and greatest Nigerian asset, its youth, to step up in a manner never seen in our political history of the country. “…to close the unnecessary ethnic and religious divides and work…