Author: Alade Adisa

Finally, on Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, recognised the new leadership of the opposition African Democratic Congress, ADC, led by former Senate President, David Mark as the National Chairman of the party. In a change to the party’s particulars on its website in Abuja, INEC listed the new executive members of the party, confirming the resolution of months of leadership tussle within the ADC. READ ALSO: INEC confirms final voter register for Anambra governorship election, 146,353 new voters added According to the commission, the newly recognised National Working Committee of the ADC is led by Mark as National Chairman,…

For the second time this year, the national grid collapsed on Wednesday morning, throwing most parts of the country into darkness. Data supplied by the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO) showed that load allocation to electricity distribution companies dropped to 20 Megawatts as of 11.45am on Wednesday. Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) confirmed the disruption in a post on its X handle. READ ALSO: Fresh national grid collapse triggers nationwide blackout “Dear Valued Customers, Please be informed that the power outage currently being experienced is due to a loss of supply from the national grid at 11:23 hrs today, affecting electricity…

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, has called on President Bola Tinubu to raise the Sugary Drinks Tax, saying the current rate of N10 per litre is too small. The group warned that the current rate is too small to save lives, just as they commended the federal government for its plan to channel revenues from alcohol, tobacco, and soft drinks into health financing. The warning followed a disclosure by the Chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele, who revealed at a national health financing dialogue in Abuja that a draft policy to…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to apply the brake on the implementation of the five per cent fuel tax. Obi, in a post on his verified X handle, opined that Tinubu should let Nigerians begin to feel tangible impacts of the administration’s economic reforms before imposing another tax on the citizens. READ ALSO: Tinubu departs Abuja for working vacation in Europe He added that leadership is not about unleashing hardship on the people, but easing their burdens. His post was titled: “When will Nigerians truly breathe?” “A…

Any examiner who detects malpractice in any examination conducted by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, is paid N400 for each case reported. This is just as the renumeration for marking papers ranges from N17 to N22.93 per script. A document detailing the packages for examiners who marked papers in the recent Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination seen by New Daily Prime, indicated that the lowest fee for marking a paper was N17 per script and that was the subject – Animal Husbandry. The highest was for Physics and a few others at N22.93 per script. Regarding compensation for reporting…

Setting up probe panels and even commissions of enquiry to look into public issues or the activities of government agencies is not new in the country. Even during the colonial era, a lot of such were set up and during military regimes too, such developments took place. In Nigeria, State House of Assemblies can set up panels to look into the activities of ministries, agencies and departments in each state. In the current dispensation, the 1999 Constitution, in Section 88 (2) gave the oversight function over government agencies at the federal level to the Senate to exercise. The oversight function…

In the heat of the preparations for the presidential primaries of political parties prior to the 2023 general elections, former President Goodluck Jonathan became a preferred bride that some political parties started courting. The one that shocked some people most was the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, sending delegations of party leaders, including state governors to Otuoke, Bayelsa State to pay homage to the man their party vilified to a great extent before they ousted him from office in 2015. There was no derogatory name under the sun that the then opposition APC did not call Jonathan before the 2015…

Nigerians across board have condemned the hike in the cost of application for a travelling passport by the Nigeria Immigration Service. With effect from Monday, September 1,2025, a 32-page passport with five years validity will now cost N100,000, while the 64-page version (ten-year validity) has been pushed to N200,000. While government officials said the increase is a necessary measure to uphold the passport’s quality, security, and global compliance, especially amid efforts to modernise passport issuance and enhance service delivery, members of the public are decrying the hike. READ ALSO: Passport fees to rise by almost 7% However, fees for Nigerians in…

The 2009 Agreement that has become the bone of contention between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been repudiated by the FG. Education Minister, Tunji Alausa, on Thursday said what existed between the two parties were mere proposals. The government insisted that the purported agreements, both 2009 and 2011,which ASUU have been making reference to, were never signed but just proposals. READ ALSO: Don’t bait us with loan, ASUU tells FG Alausa, who declared this while fielding questions from newsmen in Abuja, however, said the present federal administration, headed by President Bola Tinubu, was making…

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has dismissed insinuations that it is trying to placate former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, by zoning the 2027 presidential ticket of the party to anybody from the Southern part of the country. Rather the party said it is reorganising and taking strategic steps to become better and stronger for the coming polls. The National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, stated this on Wednesday while appearing on Arise Television’s The Morning Show, where he addressed questions on the state of the PDP, the forthcoming national convention, and dissenting views within the party. READ ALSO: PDP slams ADC…