FCT poll: INEC declares PDP’s Kasim winner of Gwagwalada chairmanship election

  By Uche Bibilari   The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Mohammed Kasim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of Gwagwalada Area Council Chairmanship election.   Prof. Philip Akpeni, the Returning Officer for Gwagwalada chairmanship election, who announced the results of the poll on Sunday inContinue Reading

FCT Election: Group welcomes BVAS upgrade by INEC

  By Naomi Sharang   Faith Nwadishi, the Executive Director, Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA), an election observer group, has welcomed recent improvements to the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).   According to her, the BVAS now has a critical new safeguard designedContinue Reading

Senate seeks special funding for Environment Ministry to tackle erosion, flooding

      By Kingsley Okoye   The Senate has called for provision of special funding for Federal Ministry of Environment to tackle erosion, flooding and other environmental challenges across the country.   Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment, Sen. Olubiyi Fadeyi, made the call when the ministry officialsContinue Reading

AAP challenges INEC, seeks deregistration of NDC

  By Emmanuel Oloniruha   The African Alliance Party (AAP) has authorised legal action against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), challenging the registration of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) as a political party.   AAP National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq, disclosed this in a statement issued on ThursdayContinue Reading