The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has condemned the exorbitant nomination fees demanded by State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) for local government polls, describing it as a violation of the 1999 Constitution and Electoral Act 2022. The council spoke on Saturday ahead of local government polls in several states, including Kaduna, Kano, and Jigawa. IPAC’s National Chairman, Yusuf Mamman Dantalle, slammed …

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ola Olukoyede, has condemned the repackaging, rebranding, and resale of government palliatives intended for the masses. Olukoyede highlighted that this practice undermines the government’s efforts to alleviate the suffering of vulnerable individuals. He made these remarks during a visit by the Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Competition and Consumer …

Former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in South Africa, Mr Bola Babarinde. A former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in South Africa, Mr Bola Babarinde, has decried bad leadership in the country. This is as he lamented what he described as a “lack of compassion” and “exploitative practices” prevalent in the country, which according to him were “both …

The 2023 Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi has lamented the deteriorating security situation across Nigeria and called for decisive action to free the remaining Chibok girls still in captivity. The former Anambra governor expressed anguish that 276 schoolgirls kidnapped in April 2014 have “continued to undergo different traumatic experiences at the hands of their abductors. “It is …

Gaza crossing authority, on Monday, disclosed that Israel has released around 150 detainees from the Palestinian territory, alleging that they had been mistreated in detention. Israeli soldiers rounded up hundreds of Palestinians during their more than six-month military offensive in Gaza, holding them without charge before releasing some in groups. According to the Gaza crossing authority, the latest detainees to …

The Minister of Power, Mr. Adebayo Adelabu has lamented that despite the huge investment of the Federal Government in the power sector, the sector has remained underutilised. After inspecting the Benin Electricity Generation Company power plant in Ihovbo under the Niger Delta Power Holding Company on Saturday, the minister assured that his ministry would push for the removal of all …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State has expressed dismay over the non-inclusion of Kwara State in the Federal Government’s intervention to subsidise the cost of transportation to about 22 states during the Christmas and New Year seasons. In a statement on Saturday by its state Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olusegun Adewara, the PDP regretted that despite Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq’s …