A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, was on Thursday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at an Abuja High Court over the re-allocation of a plot of land in the FCT. The ex-minister was accused of re-allocating to the daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Senator Iyabo […]
The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, Gen Muhammadu Buhari, has said he cancelled the proposed Lagos metro rail line project that was initiated by the government of Alhaji Lateef Jakande because he did not want to take more loans or devalue the naira. The Lagos metro rail line was designed by […]
The situation reports from the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on the magnitude of the logistic problems facing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cast a pall of uncertainty on Saturday’s rescheduled National Assembly election. After a nine-hour meeting with the RECs in Abuja yesterday, sources told Daily Sun that the commission could not conclude […]
The vendor who caused the fiasco that greeted the National Assembly elections last Saturday will face “judicial sanction” for breach of contract, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced. The commission blamed late arrival of materials for the postponement of the elections which has now affected the other polls. INEC is still keeping the […]
Ahead of the rescheduled 2011 General Elections and in furtherance of his resolve to ensure that the Police do not compromise in the areas of rigging, ballot stuffing and snatching, the Inspector General of Police, Monday, ordered the redeployment of all the Squadron Commanders of the Mobile Police Squadron in the country. The redeployed Commanders […]
By Jide Ajani, Editor, Northern Operations National Assembly Elections:Saturday, April 9 Presidential Elections: Saturday, April 16 House of Assembly/Gov. Elections: Tuesday, April 26The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, led by Professor Attahiru Jega, has rescheduled the voting dates for the 2011 general elections. Professor Jega made the announcement Sunday at the INEC headquarters after a […]
The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC has postponed the National Assembly elections across the country till Monday, April 4th, 2011. In a televised address, Mr Jega , blamed the postponement on ‘ unprecedented late arrival of results sheets’. He however apologised to Nigerians for the problems. Before the postponement was announced, the elections had started, Saturday […]
BARELY 24 hours to the commencement of the 2011 general elections beginning with the National Assembly elections, the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Mohammed Ringim, yesterday dropped a bombshell by removing and redeploying all the commissioners of police in the 36 States and Abuja.he redeployment of police commissioners was followed by the deployment of the […]
Nigerians who will file out today to cast their ballots have the backing of the Independent National Electoral Commission to stay back after voting and peacefully monitor the exercise, if they so desire. They are also free to go to the polling centres with their cell-phones. Some state electoral commissioners who spoke with SATURDAY […]
A female Nigerian pastor who brought children from her country to work as slaves for her in the United Kingdom has been jailed for 11 years, the Mail of London reports. Lucy Adeniji, 45, forced her victims to toil for up to 21 hours a day – washing, cooking, cleaning her five-bedroom home and caring […]
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