Former President Goodluck Jonathan says improving the standard of elections in Africa will encourage people use their votes to remove bad leaders. Speaking to the SABC News at the Independent Electoral Commission’s Results Operation Centre in Pretoria, Jonathan said the electoral umpire plays an important role in ensuring safe andContinue Reading

Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom has proffered solution to the lingering farmers/herdsmen crisis in the country. The governor delivered the first Prof. Miriam Ikejiani-Clark memorial lecture at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, titled: “The State and Management of Farmers/Herdsmen Conflict in Nigeria: Lessons from the Benue Valley”. AccordingContinue Reading

The police on Tuesday arraigned Senator Ademola Adeleke before a Magistrate’s Court in Mpape, Abuja, on charges of forgery. Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the last governorship election in Osun State, was accused in the fresh five counts of forging academic qualification documents including a letter of attestationContinue Reading

The Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, Prof Ango Abdullahi, has lamented the growing security challenges facing the country, saying   President Muhammadu Buhari is not doing enough to salvage the situation. The former Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, was reacting to the Presidency’s assertion that the kidnap of theContinue Reading