Ahead of the upcoming general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) maintains that voters are prohibited from going into the voting cubicle with their phones. The Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu, said this while expressing concern about vote buying at the maiden briefing on Thursday. He, however, said he is hopeful that the vices…
The Federal Government has ordered the closure of universities across the country ahead of the 2023 elections. The National Universities Commission (NUC) in a letter addressed to vice-chancellors and directors of inter-university centres, said all universities are to be closed for three weeks. Chris Maiyaki, NUC’s deputy executive secretary (administration), said the directive followed an…
The Niger Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it will go after peddlers of illicit drugs to sanitise the political process before the general elections in February. Mr Haruna Kwetishe, the NDLEA Commander in the state, made this known on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
A Yola High Court presided over by Justice Mohammed Danladi Tuesday sacked Senator Ishaku Abbo as the APC Senatorial candidate for Adamawa North senatorial zone for this year’s election. The court sacked Senator Abbo on the ground that he was expelled from the party by his ward in Mubi North local government area of Adamawa….
