The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it has mobilized the army, navy, and other security personnel in Bayelsa State to ensure a hitch-free permanent voter registration and voter cards distribution exercise. Edwin Nwatarali, the state Residential Electoral Commissioner, said in Yenagoa, that the security personnel would beef up security around the registration units and…
APC Demands The Use Of E-card Reader For Forthcoming Elections
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has tasked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to immediately commence the process that will lead to the use of the e-card reader for the forthcoming elections in Ekiti and Osun states. The party said this was necessary if indeed the electoral body is committed to ensuring that the polls…
Sierra Leone Confirms Ebola Virus Deaths
At least four persons have been reported dead in Sierra Leone due to Ebola Virus. Sierra Leone health ministry officials said this is the first confirmed case in the West African country following a similar outbreak in Guinea. Amara Jambai, director of disease prevention and control at Sierra Leone’s health ministry, said a health worker…
Egypt Holds Presidential Polls
Amidst tight security mounted by the police and the military, millions of Egyptian voters are casting presidential ballots across the nation. The election, which is the second in two years, was scheduled to hold on Monday and Tuesday and has just two candidates contesting for the presidential seat. One is Abdul Fattah al-sisi, a former…
End of a Romance?
End of a Romance? There are indications that all is not well with the All Progressives Congress in Kwara State as GovernorAbdulfatah Ahmed’s rumoured return to the Peoples Democratic Party is generating controversy and fuelling intrigues Party stalwarts in both the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara…
Another Explosion Rocks Jos
Barely four days after a similar one, another explosion has rocked Jos, Plateau State capital. The explosion this time around targeted a football viewing Center where patrons had gathered to watch the UEFA Champions league final match between Real Madrid and Athletico Madrid on Saturday night. The viewing Center was located along Bauchi Road in…
Students to win airtime for studying
The art of learning has been made easy as Diamond bank in partnership with IT firm; Gidi mobile has developed a new mobile app that will enable candidates to win airtime for studying. This new mobile app will prompt candidates preparing for public examination to win airtime weekly. The initiative, tagged, Diamond Bank…
D’banj to perform at 2014 WMA
D’banj, Nigerian-born musician, has been listed as one of the world music stars to perform at the 2014 World Music Awards, MWA ceremony billed for May 27 in Monte Carlo, Monaco France. The award, which is the 22nd edition, is making a huge come back after a three-year pause with its last edition in 2010.…
Congo Warlord Bags 12-year imprisonment
The International Crimes Court, ICC, has sentenced Germain Katanga, ex Congolese militant, to 12 years imprisonment for war crimes. Katanga, 36, also called Simba or The Lion by his supporters, was accused of masterminding the massacre of several villagers in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2003. The war that ensued after…
31 killed, scores injured in China Blasts
Not less than 31 persons died and over 90 others were injured today after a series of explosion went off in a market in the capital of Xinjiang, a restive western Chinese region. Described as a violent terrorist incident by China’s Ministry of Public Security, the explosion occurred at around 7:50 am when two…
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