BY KEHINDE AKINPELU Presidential adviser and co-chairman Presidential Livestock Reforms Implementation Committee, Professor Attahiru Jega, has warned that Nigeria risks acute protein deficit and childhood stunting if the blueprint of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration’s livestock reform is not implemented. He also revealed that in an attempt to close the protein deficit, Nigeria currently spends […]
Going by the timeline of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), campaigns for presidential and National Assembly elections should commence this month, including those for state houses of Assembly. Since the commencement of the Fourth Republic, the nation has been experiencing various challenges in building virile institutions, fighting sectarian crises and corruption in a bid […]
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega on Friday said results of the elections will be announced within 48 hours after voting. Speaking during a joint press briefing with the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawumi, he said the electoral body has put everything […]
National Coordinator of the Odua Peoples Congress, (OPC) Otunba Gani Adams opens up on last week’s protest against INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega in Lagos. Excerpts: What do you have to say about the controversial rally you led? It is the opposition that is controversial which is condemning the rally. I don’t know how they […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, on Friday stated that there is no machine can jam the smart card readers to be used during the general elections, dismissing speculations in some quarters that the PVCs may not work on election day. The INEC chairman also revealed that the […]
An end appears not in sight to the war of words between the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the main opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) as the rescheduled general election draws near. The spokesman of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday accused the PDP of plotting to frame up the Chairman of the […]
Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State Of Biafra (MASSOB) has demanded that INEC chairman, Professor Atahiru Jega, be sacked. The group alleged that Prof. Jega is bias and partisanship in the forthcoming 2015 elections. The group, numbering about 1, 000, staged a peaceful protest in Umuahia, Abia State capital, marching through major street […]