The South African opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has written to the Speaker of Parliament, Thoko Didiza, seeking to block lawmakers from meeting to vote on the next stage of the budget process. In a letter sent to the National Assembly Speaker, the EFF argued that Tuesday’s proceedings, which supported the fiscal framework…
The leadership of Labour Party says it has never zoned its presidential ticket to the South-East. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Obiora Ifoh, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ifoh was reacting to a report making the rounds that the party had…
Some stakeholders in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have urged insurance companies to be ready to pay the claims that will emanate from their subscription to third party motor insurance policy. The stakeholders said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Sunday. They said that the era of…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) to develop interest in the primaries of political parties. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at the commission’s First Regular Consultative Meeting with the CSOs in Abuja on Tuesday. Yakubu said that all political parties interested in fielding candidates for the Nov….
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah urged the roughly 1.5 million registered voters to get to the polls before they close at 9:00 pm (1900 GMT). Namibia’s vice president was among the first to vote in elections Wednesday that could see her become the desert nation’s first woman leader, even as her ruling SWAPO party faces the strongest challenge…
