Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has made a case for a comprehensive overhaul of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Obasanjo, who spoke at the Chinua Achebe Leadership Forum, Yale University in the United States, called for sacking of Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and other officials at all levels. Obasanjo said it is imperative for reforming the electoral system to restore credibility and trust, describing the 2023 general election as...

Northern Nigeria Islamic scholars have brainstormed on ways to reduce the increasing cases of gender-based violence in the region. The workshop organized by Development Research and Development Centre (dRPC) in collaboration with the Centre for Islamic Civilization and Interfaith, Bayero University, Kano, and supported by the Ford Foundation in A.buja was attended by leading Islamic scholars from Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Jigawa, and Zamfara states Speaking at the event, Dr. Judith-Ann Walker, Executive Director of Development...

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday conferred the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger, GCON, on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Prime Minister Modi, who arrived in Abuja on Saturday evening, was received at the forecourt of the Presidential Villa at about 10:20 a.m. He was welcomed with the Indian national anthem, followed by the Nigerian anthem, before inspecting a guard of honour mounted by...

The frontline aspirant of the APC for the 2025 Anambra State governorship election, Sir Paul Chukwuma, on Saturday, held a strategic session with members of the State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress – APC, in Anambra State. The meeting which was held at the new state office of the party which Sir Paul Chukwuma secured, was extensively attended by the State Working Committee members of the APC in Anambra. Addressing the gathering, the...

Esteemed guests and dignitaries gather to honor the legacy of Ojukwu at the 3rd Annual Memorial lLecture The 3rd Ojukwu Memorial Lecture was held on Friday, at the auditorium of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University, Igbariam, amidst an intellectually charged up environment, as various speakers project different levels of excellence that is possible to achieve with the Anambra state-owned university. Ojukwu lecture series, instituted by the former Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Greg Nwakoby, offers an...

President Bola Tinubu has called for a peaceful election in the Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State. The President has in a press statement on Friday signed by his Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, urged all political stakeholders and the electorate to uphold peace and decorum and fulfil their civic responsibilities without fear before or after the election. The statement noted that Tinubu anticipates a democratic process in the state that will...