By Juliet Jacob with Agency report Some voters in satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have expressed frustration over the non-appearance of their names on the INEC’s register. Some of them who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said their names were not in the commission’s list pasted in their polling…

  By Juliet Jacob with Agency report Voters in Lugbe, Sauka and Tudun wada, satellite towns in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) turned out en masse, awaiting the arrival of INEC officials, correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria. The voters, who were seen in groups, were calm and patient after taking numbers in the…

  By Juliet Jacob An unprecedented large turnout of voters is being recorded in Enugu even as late arrival of election materials tend to delay the process in some polling booths in the Enugu metropolis. As at 10:30 am INEC officials and materials were yet to arrive Idaw River Primary School, Uwani Secondary School, Obiagu…

By Juliet Jacob   Fifteen suspected party agents have been detained by the police in Katsina State for allegedly plotting to hack the result of the presidential and National Assembly elections. The spokesman of the police command in Katsina, Superintendent Gambo Isah, who disclosed this to the media, said that the suspects had in their…

  By Juliet Jacob    The Independent National Electoral Commission has warned voters that the use of mobile phones or any photographic device inside the voting cubicle to take pictures of the party they cast their votes for would not be allowed. The National Commissioner and Chairman of INEC Voter Education and Publicity Committee, Barrister…

  . Continent’s policies, programmes, institutions to mainstream climate adaptation and resilience   By Louis Achi with Agency report The Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA), in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Wangari Mathai Institute, have reiterated the importance of improving food security in Africa. Prof. Patrick Verkooijen, the Chief Executive Officer…

By Kazeem Akolawole    A coalition of youths, under the aegis of African Health Budget Network (AHBN)’s, Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement (MAYE) group, has called on the Nigerian political leaders, particularly emergent winners at all levels in the 2023 general elections to upscale health funding to 15 percent of the national budget. In an…

  Kazeem Akolawole    President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a 56-member National Advisory Committee on Women’s Economic Empowerment (H-LAC) set up to support Nigerian women and girls in economic development. The H-LAC, according to a member of the committee, Dr Judith-Ann Walker, is significant and important, especially in the context of recent failed attempts to…

. Nigeria’s election season witnessed surge in inflammatory language, hateful and divisive rhetoric   By Kazeem Akolawole    The United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, has warned that hate speech, especially if accompanied by policies and practices that discriminate against populations based on their identity often…

By Gom Mirian   The Nigerian military in collaboration with the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS) have expressed their readiness to synegise towards the success of the February 25 general elections in the country. They disclosed this  at a joint national security briefing held in Abuja towards the forthcoming general…