Politics

LG Poll: KWSIEC IFES Organise Training Programme For Facilitators

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

…As cleric warns youths against violence, hooliganism The Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) has commenced a training programme for 141 facilitators that will participate in the conduct of the November 18 local government election in the state. The electoral body is

Africa World

Kenya’s electoral commission CEO takes leave

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2017 0

…As calls for his sack thicken The chief executive of Kenya’s election board, who the opposition has demanded must be fired before a repeat presidential election scheduled for Oct. 26, said on Friday he was taking three weeks of leave. According to agency report, Ezra Chiloba said he had taken a personal decision to take […]

News

FCC deploys technology to monitor equal resource distribution

Ihesiulo Grace 17 October 2017 0

The Federal Character Commission in Abuja unveiled a portal that would monitor and ensure justice and fairness in the distribution of national resources across the country. The acting Executive Chairman of the commission, Dr Shettima Abba, said at a five- day workshop on its usage, organised for Desk Officers of Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) […]

Features

Multiple accounts regularisation deadline & forfeiture

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2017 0

31st December 2017 represents an important date in Nigerian capital market. The date has been fixed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as deadline for free –dividend mandate registration and also deadline for multiple account regularization. Investor usually buy shares in the capital market either from the primary market or the secondary, market, it […]

Features

Electricity workers and move against NERC directive

Ihesiulo Grace 14 October 2017 0

The Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, has faulted the imposition of the sum of N450,000 as a financial sanction for power consumers caught in meter bypass, by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC. It will be recalled that NERC during the 19th monthly power sector meeting had drafted financial sanctions ranging from N50, 000 […]

Politics

National Electoral Offences Commission Bill passes 2nd reading at Senate

Ihesiulo Grace 12 October 2017 0

A Bill for a law to establish the National Electoral Offences Commission has passed second reading at the Senate. The Bill, sponsored by Sen. Abubakar Kyari (APC-Borno), is seeking adequate deterrence and sanctions for undemocratic forces in the electoral environment. In the lead debate, Kyari said that electoral crimes led to low quality, corrupt and […]

News Tech

Active telecoms subscribers rose to 154.5m in December – NCC

Ihesiulo Grace 24 January 2017 0

Active users of telecommunications services in the country increased to 154,529,780 in December 2016, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said. The telecommunications industry regulator made this known in its Monthly Subscriber/Operator Data on Tuesday in Lagos. It said that the active telecommunications service customers increased by 580,330 on the figure in