The lawmaker representing Ekiti North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Ayo Arise, has called for the National Broadcasting Commission to sanction the Ekiti State Broadcasting Service. Mr Arise claimed that the broadcasting station announced that he (Arise) lost in Ido/Osi, Oye, Moba and Ikole Local Governments in the National Assembly elections that were cancelled by the Independent National Electoral…

The battle for supremacy in Akungba Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State has continued to create tension in the area as the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) and the Labour Party (LP) intensify efforts to hold sway in the area. The crisis in the area has degenerated to a level that the two parties have…

Investigation in some motor parks in Kaduna metropolis revealed that the number of passengers travelling out of the state have increased for a non-festive period. Fears of fresh violence in some states in the north were reported, following the cancellation of the April 2 National Assembly election, which some political parties have described as a deliberate ploy by the ruling…

The N200 billion given to the Independent National Electoral Commission by the federal government since 2009, in terms of budgetary and supplementary budgetary allocations, to enable it prepare credible elections, has become one huge waste, says a civil society group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law (Intersociety). Speaking to NEXT yesterday in Awka, Anambra State, the…

An appeal against the emergence of Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala and some other members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State suffered a setback on Monday as counsel failed to execute a court order properly. The Court of Appeal had, at its sitting last week, ordered that the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Federal High Court, Ibadan be directed…

The Ogun State Police Command yesterday read a riot act to suspected political thugs ahead of the rescheduled general elections, warning that the command had perfected the security network in its domain to deal ruthlessly with anyone caught. The Commissioner of Police newly deployed to the state, Olayinka Balogun, made this known after a meeting with all Area Commanders, Divisional…

Security operatives in Bauchi State have arrested four people suspected to be leaders. They were alledged used as political thugs including an aide to the State Governor after they were said to have been involved in several clashes between rival political parties in the state. It was gathered that the suspects are members of both the ruling Peoples Democratic Party…

Properties worth millions of Naira were lost to a late afternoon inferno that razed Gee Pee Plastic Industries in Asaba, Delta State on Sunday. The fire which started at about 3.30pm lasted several hours, destroying eight giant plastic colder, moulder machines, finished plastic products, over head water tanks and other raw materials worth millions of naira. The inferno did not…

Three persons lost their lives in a fire outbreak in a lodge occupied by students of the Federal Polytechnic in Gwallameji area of Yelwa in Bauchi metropolis. An eyewitness said the three persons who died in the fire incident, were a woman, her five-month old grandson, and a seven-year old girl, believed to be a baby sitter. The fire started,…

Ten corps members were held hostage in a village in Nassarawa Eggon local government of Nasarawa State Saturday where they were deployed by INEC to go and conduct elections, after the villagers heard that the election has been shifted till Monday. The villagers insisted on seeing the electoral officer of the local government, Jacob Ajuh, to confirm the postponement before…

The police should arrest and prosecute, in an open and transparent manner, all those involved in violence before, during, and after the April election, executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Roland Ewubare, has said. Mr. Ewubare, who also said the commission is deploying 370 monitors to evaluate the election, said it would not rely on the police to…

Although the Presidential election is barely five-days away, some northern politicians are lobbying the main opposition parties to produce a consensus candidate. To achieve this, they recently initiated fresh talks among Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Ibrahim Shekarau of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Nuhu Ribadu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to…

Many residents in Lagos turned out to exercise their rights on Saturday to vote for candidates into the National Assembly. In Ikorodu, the day began with myriad of voters arriving at the polling centres before 8am with some of them coming with their meals and chairs for the day. However the electoral officers and materials did not arrive until about…

The place and role of the media in bridging the gap of knowledge and closing space was at the centre of discussion in Berlin, Germany, on March 17, as the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) of the GIZ hosted its fourth international media conference. The topic this time was ‘Jumping the gap: the Power of Media to extend classrooms’. Roland…

Elections for the National Assembly were yesterday disrupted in at least seven confirmed states across the federation. Due to a combination of security lapses, administrative errors and a shortage of electoral materials, the elections in Abuja, Niger, Ekiti, Plateau, Edo and Gombe could not start. However, the disruptions that were first noticed in these states were later discovered to have…