As voters in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states prepare to elect their governors in the upcoming elections, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has issued a compelling call for active civic participation. The Director-General of NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, underscored the significance of voting as a fundamental civic duty and urged residents to cast their votes for…
President Bola Tinubu has presented a supplementary budget proposal for the year 2023, totalling N2.176 trillion to the House of Representatives. The proposed budget outlines allocations to various ministries and agencies. The Ministry of Defence received the highest allocation of N476.543 billion, followed by Works with N300 billion and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food…
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has assured the Nigerian people that the off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi will be conducted without interference or violence. Ribadu made this statement during the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) meeting on the upcoming governorship elections. He emphasised that the security agencies…
The upcoming governorship elections scheduled for November 16th in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states are at risk of violence, as indicated by a study conducted by the Kimpact Development Initiative (KDI). The research, which involved a pre-election environment risk assessment in the three states, found that previous governorship elections in these regions experienced violence, and…
Chief Edwin Clark, the leader of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), has called for the amendment of the 2000 Act establishing the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to remove the non-Niger Delta oil-producing states of Abia, Imo, and Ondo from the commission. The nine states currently included in the NDDC are Ondo, Edo, Delta,…
With the upcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa, Kogi, and Imo, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is laying down the law when it comes to fake news. No more spreading misinformation for political gain, says INEC. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, was not mincing words when he warned political parties…