The continuous voter registration CVR suspended in July 2022 ahead of the 2023 general election will resume nationwide in February 2025. However, the exercises were conducted in states where off-cycle elections took place. The resumption of the exercise was contained in a memo by the electoral body signed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Secretary, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, dated November 20, 2024, to all Resident Electoral Commissioners. It stated that the exercise would commence at...

Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has commissioned multiple Type-3 primary healthcare centres across the three senatorial zones of the state. This was even as the World Health Organisation (WHO), traditional rulers, presidents-general and other community stakeholders commended the governor for prioritizing the welfare and health needs of the people, recommitting their support for the project. Commissioning the facilities at the primary healthcare centres at Adani, Agbogugu and Nara-Unateze in Uzo Uwani, Awgu and Nkanu...

The National Economic Council, NEC, has given Adamawa, Kwara, and Kebbi States along with the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, seven days to submit their positions on the proposed creation of state police. NEC, chaired by Vice President Kashim Shettima, is a constitutional body comprising the 36 state governors, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, and key government officials. It serves as an advisory council on economic planning and development across the federation. Addressing...

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has condemned the marginalisation  of the Niger Delta region. The socio-cultural organisation in a press statement on Friday signed by its National Spokesman, Chief (Dr.) Obiuwevbi Christopher Ominimini, noted that the Niger Delta resources feed the nation while the resources from other geopolitical zones including the North are purely for themselves and the individual pockets. The statement read, “The gold deposits in Northern Nigeria and other parts of the...