Eight bodies were pulled out from a collapsed three-storey building in Lagos State yesterday. The structure, which contained a primary school, at 63 Massey Street, Itafaaji, Lagos Island, came crashing down around 10:00 a.m. Thirty-seven persons, mostly pupils, were rescued, according to figures released by Ibrahim Farinloye, the spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency […]
The Senate is to debate the general principles of the 2019 budget today. The resolution followed yesterday’s announcement by the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, at plenary. He urged interested lawmakers to notify the chamber. Procedurally, debate on budget proposals is centered on its general principles, particularly the policies and programmes it intends to facilitate. […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will on March 23, 2019 hold supplementary elections in the six states where the exercises were declared inconclusive. The states are: Plateau, Sokoto, Bauchi, Benue, Adamawa and Kano. According to a statement yesterday by Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, “supplementary elections will […]
We are joined by a Security Expert, Onyekachi Adekoya on the show as we examine security challenges during elections in Nigeria.
We are joined by two distinguished guests on this edition of The Agenda, as we take a look at the politics of ethnicity & religion in Africa
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We are joined by a PR Consultant/ Broadcaster, Ambrose Igboke, as we analyse the March Polls with reference to Rivers State election cancellation.
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has been declared the winner of the state’s governorship election. El-Rufai, a candidate of the All Progressives Congres, polled total votes of 1,045,427 while his closest rival Isa Ashiru of the People’s Democratic Party garnered of 814,168 votes. The difference between the two is 231,259 votes. El-Rufai won in 14 […]
Gov Samuel Ortom of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), is edging towards victory with 317,730 votes from the results of the Governorship polls in 19 Local Government Areas of Benue. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the results were announced by different Collation Officers for the local government areas in Makurdi. The INEC […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared as inconclusive, the governorship election which took place last Saturday in all 21 local government Areas in Adamawa State. The INEC returning officer for the state, Mr. Andrew Haruna, who made the declaration at the INEC office in Yola Sunday night, hinged his decision on the fact […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would not pay a Collation Officer for Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Cross River, who absconded. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr Frankland Briyai, made this known on Monday in Calabar, while speaking with newsmen after the declaration of results of […]