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Nnenna Elendu-Ukeje (PDP-Abia) has applauded The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and voters over the peaceful and successful conduct of the parliamentary election. Ms Elendu-Ukeje, who is the chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Donor Agencies, said in Abuja that she was impressed by the orderly conduct of the elections. The lawmaker, who won her re-election into Bende Federal Constituency…

A serving Senator, Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, has debunked the speculation that she is the proprietress of a privately owned radio station, Rock City FM, with its operational headquarters in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital. She made this clear while featuring in a live programme at the station, explaining that she had no input in the establishment of the radio station, as being…

The governorship candidacy of Gboyega Isiaka of the People’s Party of Nigeria, (PPN) has received a boost, as the Yoruba group, Afenifere, yesterday endorsed him. The group through two of its leaders, Ayo Adebanjo and Onalapo Soleye, made this known in Abeokuta in the presence of two other leading Afenifere elders, Ayo Fasoranti and Lanihun Ajayi. The group urged all…

The Action Congress of Nigeria in Imo State has asked the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel last Saturday’s election into the National Assembly. According to the leadership of the party, the election was fraught with massive irregularity and thus cannot stand. The state chairman of the party, Charles Ubah said for elections in the state to be credible, the…

Roseline Ukut Sanda is a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), serving with the Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun State Command. Her concern for the welfare of the people made her to donate items to the State Hospital at Sokenu in Abeokuta, the state capital. According to her, the consignment is the first phase of the donation meant to…

Facts have emerged on why, at last Saturday’s National Assembly elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost in Vice President Namadi Sambo’s ward, and in other parts of Kaduna State which used to be the party’s stronghold. The victories the PDP managed to record in most federal constituencies in the southern part of the state were, however, attributed to the…

Primary schools in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State are to be provided with libraries that will be well stocked with books and 5,000 desks under the current fiscal year to facilitate teaching and learning. Also, under the educational package for the year, branded exercise books will be distributed free of charge to primary school pupils. This…

To be or not to be? That is the question that leaders the world over who have stayed more than two decades in power must be asking themselves now, after the avalanche of protests in the Arab world has crumbled otherwise untouchable demi-gods. Of course, Muammar Gadaffi by now should know that his days are numbered, not only in Libya…

Police deployed to cover the country’s April polls are complaining of non-payment of duty allowance for the period so far, which has lasted nine days. Some of the police that spoke to NEXT on condition of anonymity, disclosed that the N500 per day for the rank and file, N750 for inspectors, and N1000 feeding allowance approved for the officers, is…

With commercial activities and meetings by political groups stretching into the night, Olusola Saraki’s house in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, is now the city’s centre of attraction. The 79-year-old former Senator, popularly referred to as ‘Baba Saraki’, is well acknowledged as the grand master of Kwara politics, having decided most of the past political leaders in the state. Mr.…

The director general of the National Youth Service Corps, Muharazu Ismaila Tsiga, has said those who planted yesterday's bomb that killed 11 people, mostly corps members, should be killed by firing squad when apprehended. "Every time you mention the firing squad, people scream about human rights as if the victims have no rights," Mr Tsiga said. The NYSC boss was…