INEC Chairman Joash Amupitan said the commission will mobilize 1.4 million NYSC corps members as ad hoc staff for the 2027 general election.
Otobong Tommy
Otobong Tommy
Otobong Tommy is a violinist, writer, and teacher. With a BSc. in public administration (2014) from Babcock University, Ogun State, Nigeria, she has previously worked at Ventures Africa, NAEC, The Eagles Music Academy, and currently at L'Orbe, a non-profit where she is co-founder, managing the music room targeted at children and teenagers. She also enjoys exploring design and content creation.
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Nigerian stock investors gained N1.1 trillion last week as banking and industrial stocks led an NGX rally ahead of Q1 2026 corporate earnings releases.
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ImpactHER Africa founder Efe Ukala urged African women entrepreneurs to claim a bigger slice of the $5 trillion global green economy at the Abuja summit.
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Tein Jack-Rich warned the APC against sidelining its founding members for new defectors as he picked up forms to contest the Rivers West Senate seat.
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FCT High Court ordered SERAP to pay two DSS operatives N101 million in damages over a defamation publication, prompting Amnesty International to fault the verdict.
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KEY POINTS Foreign Affairs Minister Bianca Ojukwu has demanded a thorough probe into the deaths of two Nigerians in South African custody. The Federal Government is fast-tracking a bilateral Early …
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Nineteen swing states, not sitting governors’ influence, will decide Nigeria’s 2027 presidential election, a new data analysis covering two decades of voting concludes.
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President Tinubu has elevated Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu to foreign affairs minister after Yusuf Tuggar stepped down to contest the 2027 elections, reshaping the country’s diplomatic leadership.
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NACA has inaugurated Anambra’s technical team to run an HIV surveillance study targeting key populations as part of efforts to achieve epidemic control by 2030.
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Abia Governor Alex Otti is targeting Joint Commission International certification for three state hospitals, a global benchmark only two Nigerian facilities currently hold.