David LAWANI

Ameachi, Soyinka, others hail Buhari for over Iju-Abekuota rail line

The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Ameachi, has noted that the Iju-Abekouta-Ibadan rail line is simply to boost business and industrial activities within the axis which was part of the promises made by President Muhamadu Buhari in 2015.

Ameachi made this disclosure during the test-run o [...]

PWD commend Buhari for signing disability bill

The National Leader of People with Disability, PWD, Misbahu Didi, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the Disability Bill after suffering series of rejections under previous administrations. 

Didi gave the commendation at the APC national secretariat in Abuja during a [...]

Police IRT not disbanded, I’m still in charge – Abba Kyari

The Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has not been disbanded, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of the unit, Abba Kyari, has said.

Mr Kyari told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday that the clarification became necessary in view of IRT&rsqu [...]

Groups make case for social protection safety nets policy

The Executive Director, Africa Network for Environment and Economic, Economic Justice, ANEEJ, Rev. David Ugolor, and host of other civil society organisations, CSOs, have called on the federal government to institutionalise national social investments programme and implementation of the anti-corruptio [...]

Ahead of polls, APC alleges website hacked

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that its website has been hacked into by desperate politicians struggling to pull down the rising profile of the ruling party.

In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, made available to journalists in Abuja, he [...]

INEC warns against attempts to subvert electoral process

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has warned against attempts by desperate politicians to subvert the electoral process in any form in the forthcoming 2019 general elections. 

The commission said it will work with security agencies to deal with violators of the electoral [...]

2019 guidelines: Poll in danger as parties head to court

Barely five weeks to the February elections, political parties say the guidelines by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the elections, was controversial.

In all, 61 political parties that form the Inter-Party Advisory Committee had, last week, rejected the election guidelines bil [...]

Benue crash: APC mourns death of PDP supporters,

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has said it mourns the unfortunate accident that took the lives of PDP members who were on a campaign train to flag off a senatorial candidate in Benue state.

Its spokesman, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, in a press release to journalists in Abuja, regretted the un [...]