The telcos, including MTN Nigeria, Airtel, Globacom and T2 Mobile, have dismissed the excuses as half-truth. They challenged the Senate to get accurate information from the telcom regulator, the NCC, rather than dishing out information that would not hold water in today’s telecom development. Senate’s claim’s incorrect – ALTON Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecom Operators in Nigeria,…
By Prince Osuagwu, Clifford Ndujihe & Henry Umoru ABUJA — The meeting of the Conference Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on the Electoral Act (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill, 2026, was suddenly shifted to late night yesterday, following the failure of members of the House of Representatives in the committee to formally sit and brainstorm to reach…
Dele Momodu, publisher of Ovation magazine and chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, has urged former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George to stop harbouring what he described as anti-Atiku sentiments, insisting that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has a legitimate right to pursue his presidential ambition. Momodu made the call in a…
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Federal Government has entered a three-count charge against the former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, alleging that he unlawfully intercepted the phone communication of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. In the charge the FG lodged before the Federal High Court in Abuja, through the Department of State Services (DSS), the erstwhile governor,…
…Says ‘terrorists can be defeated if…’….Discusses massive infrastructure achievements…Reveals how state IGR moved from N90m to over N5b in 30 months His six-point agenda makes some sense. But what he said he met when he assumed office did not: “The worst thing was that we met an empty treasury. When I tell people that there was only N4 million…
Barr. Mike Igini, a former Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has warned that a majority of members of the National Assembly risk losing their seats in 2027 if the proposed proviso qualifying real-time electronic transmission of polling unit results is not removed from the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Igini in a statement he personally…
•Says election should be cancelled where real-time fails By Nnamdi Ojiego Against the backdrop of an emergency legislative session that adopted a controversial provision allowing manual alternatives when electronic transmission fails, lawyer and African Democratic Congress (ADC) member, Kenneth Okonkwo argues that the move will weaken public confidence and threatens the integrity of elections. In this interview, Okonkwo rejects…
By Emmanuel Okogba Dr. Yunusa Tanko, National Coordinator of the Obidient Movement Worldwide, has issued a rallying call to supporters in Akwa Ibom State to organize and channel their energies into the African Democratic Congress (ADC) as the political vehicle for victory in the 2027 general elections. In a statement released during ongoing mobilization efforts in Uyo, Tanko emphasized…
By James Ogunnaike, Abeokuta Ogun State chapter of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has announced the suspension of Jimi Lawal over alleged anti-party activities and unveiled a caretaker committee to oversee the party’s affairs pending a state congress. State Chairman, Femi Soluade, who disclosed the decisions in a statement made available to journalists in Abeokuta, described the development as…
By Bashir Bello KANO – Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano North Senatorial District have reaffirmed their total commitment to delivering overwhelming votes for President Bola Tinubu, Governor Abba Yusuf and the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, in the 2027 general elections. The pledge was made at the Kano North APC stakeholders…
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