POLITICS

The national leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, has described as false, the allegation that it collected the sum of N2 billion from the presidential candidate of the Labour party, Peter Obi, ahead of the coming elections. CAN in a statement by Its President Archbishop Daniel Okoh, its President, stated that a so-called letter of petition reportedly signed by one Pastor Frank Onwumere and addressed to the office […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced voting procedure for the elections. The disclosure was contained in a post on the Commission’s verified Twitter handle on Sunday. The Commission said authentication with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, would be through finger-print or facials. INEC said voting starts at 8:30am, with voters presenting their Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, for accreditation using BVAS. The statement further revealed that voters would […]

Kogi State government has stopped private individuals from paying WAEC fees or offering any form of grants to students in the state. The development was at the backdrop of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kogi Central Senatorial district candidate, Natasha Akpoti-Uduanghan’s promise to pay WAEC fees of students in schools across the Central district. In a statement by the Executive Chairman of the Kogi State Science, Technical Education and Teaching […]

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel Okoh has urged Nigerians not to miss out on the chance that the 2023 elections afford them to choose leaders who can lead the country to greatness. He maintained that amid the various challenges bedeviling the nation, 2023 remains a year of golden opportunities for the people to deploy their voting rights to correct the perennial issue of bad […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has officially endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, as his candidate for the 2023 election. Obasanjo in his New Year message on Sunday said Obi has the edge over every other candidate in the race.  He urged young Nigerians to exercise their right, take active part in the 2023 elections and defend their votes.

The House of Representatives has passed the budget of the Federal Capital Territory for the 2022 fiscal year. The N607.9 billion budget was passed on Tuesday after consideration by the Committee on Supply. The new budget of the ministry shows that the budget of the FCT has increased from N329 billion in 2021 to N607.9 billion in 2022. The breakdown of the budget shows that N403.6 billion has been allocated […]