Nigeria and African news

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned its electoral officers to refrain from activities that will tamper with the commission’s integrity. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC’s chairman, said this on Thursday while swearing in 19 resident electoral commissioners (RECs) in Abuja. According to TheCable, the commissioners comprise nine from the academia, six civil servants including retired…

The Nigeria Police Force has recorded significant breakthroughs in its ongoing offensive against terrorism and banditry, following the rescue of 309 abducted persons and the arrest of 129 suspected terrorists during security operations in Kogi and Kwara states. The police also confirmed that 55 suspects lost their lives during armed encounters with operatives in the…

A group- Nigerian Youth Treaty for Good Governance (NYTGG), has called on President Bola Tinubu to sack Adebayo Adelabu, minister of power and Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz, Managing Director of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN). In a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna, Abdullahi Sani, Chairman of the group, said Nigerians have witnessed numerous collapse of…

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has vowed to revenge the killing of five soldiers in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia state. The soldiers were killed on May 30 by gunmen who were reported to be enforcing the sit-at-home directive of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The gunmen were said to have opened fire…

The speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has mourned the late Ghali Umar Na’Abba, a speaker of the House of Representatives. Na’Abba died in the early hours of Wednesday. In a statement, Abbas said as speaker of the lower house inspired members of the green chamber in many ways. Abbas said the country has…