For the first time, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has released a total of 1000 election observers across the country to monitor the 2019 general elections. According to NAN , the association has also urged Nigerians to pray that the elections would hold as rescheduled by the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC ). […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said that over 1.6 million candidates would be registered for its 2019 UTME by the end of the registration exercise scheduled for February 21. This was observed in an  official bulletin of the board tagged ‘jambulletin’  whereby over 1.6 million candidates had registered for the examination between Feb. […]

The Presidential Committee on North-East (PCNI) has sacked its Borno Manager, Mr. Kyari Pindar Mshelia, over an allegation that he blew the whistle on the diversion of relief items and educational materials meant for schools in North-East. PRNigeria reliably learnt that, Kyari Mshelia, who is PCNI’s Program Manager, is not responsible for exposing the latest […]

The Government of Ghana has signed a Programme of Work (Programme) with the African Risk Capacity (ARC) on the margins of the Joint Board Meeting of the African Risk Capacity Agency, and its financial affiliate, African Risk Capacity Limited which commenced today in Accra. The Programme will help the Government of Ghana to improve responses […]

Justice M.S. Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta has convicted 11 persons who were prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Port Harcourt’s Zonal Office, for oil theft. According to a press statement signed by Tony Orilade , Ag. Head, Media & Publicity EFCC , they were found guilty of the two-count […]

As Nigerians get ready to head to the polls on Saturday, the Head of the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), described the pre-election period as “largely, peaceful and participatory”, and called for that spirit to prevail through election day and beyond. In a statement on Friday according to UN report , […]

The Tony Elumelu Foundation, an African-funded and founded philanthropy committed to empowering African entrepreneurs has announced its last call for applications into its prestigious 2019 Entrepreneurship Programme. The application portal launched on the 1st of January 2019 will close on the 1st of March, 2019. Selected beneficiaries will join 4,470 current alumni and will receive […]

A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has ordered the remand of Ifeanyi Chukwu Azike, a former manager of Ecobank Nigeria, over allegations of defrauding the bank’s customers to the tune of N411million.  Azike, who was handed over to the police by the investigative unit of the bank was arraigned before Justice Ayotunde Faji on […]