The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu following the shift in the conduct of 2019 elections. In a statement by its Spokesman Ikenga Ugochinyere, CUPPING raises the alarm to replace Prof. Mahmoud with…
U.S.-backed fighters in Syria are poised to capture Islamic State’s last, tiny enclave on the Euphrates, the battle commander said on Saturday, bringing its self-declared caliphate to the brink of total defeat. Jiya Furat said the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) had cornered the remaining militants in a neighborhood of Baghouz village near the Iraqi border,…
Inflation figures for January fell from 11.44% in December 2018 to 11.37%. In its latest CPI and Inflation Report, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, also said the consumer price index, (CPI) which measures inflation increased by 11.37 percent (year-on-year) in January 2019. Increases were recorded in all COICOP divisions that yielded the Headline index.…
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu has explained why the Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled for Saturday was postponed. The commission announced a one-week postponement of the elections at about 2am on Saturday, five hours before commencement of voting. Ascribing the postponement to “logistics” challenges, Prof. Mahmoud also…