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19 INEC Officials  Kidnapped As Gunmen Cart Away Election Materials

File: Gunmen Not less than 19 INEC Ad-Hoc staff were kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday in Imo State. The INEC staff were on their way to seven different polling units in Ugbelie ward 06 in Ideato South LGA of Imo state when they were abducted. However, as of the time of filing this report, Police operatives in Imo State said all 19 staff… []

EFCC Storms States Ahead Guber/Assembly Elections

Detectives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have been deployed around the country ahead of Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. This was disclosed by EFCC spokesman Wilson Uwajaren in a statement he issued on Friday. Mr Uwajaren said that the teams headed by senior officers have met with other security agencies involved in election security as well as INEC officials. “The teams… []

PRESIDENTIAL POLL: Ooni Sues For Peace, Says “The Masses Have Suffered Enough”

– Ooni of Ife The Arole Oduduwa and Ooni of Ife has appealed to all stakeholders in the ongoing presidential election particularly politicians and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to be matured in their conducts in order for peace to reign. In an emergency press release issued at the Ile Oodua Palace, Ile-Ife on Tuesday, the Ooni who is the Co-Chairman of the National… []

2023 Election: Mr. Macaroni Shares Disturbing Mail, Alleges Death Threat

– Mr. Macaroni Content creator and activist. Adebowale Debo Adedayo, otherwise known as Mr Macaroni, has revealed a death threat he recently received from some powerful anonymous politicians over the February 25 election. Macaroni, on Monday in a post on his Twitter handles, also shared a screenshot of the death threat sent via his email, which stated that he should thank his God if he… []

Breaking: Kogi Assembly Member Dies In Lagos

– Hon. Jimoh Omiata The member representing Yagba East local government area in the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Jimoh Musa Omiata, is dead. Omiata, who hailed from Igbagun community in Yagba East LGA of the State, was a two-time member of the State House of Assembly, and the first person to ever win re-election to the House from the State constituency. A family… []

CC Alfadarai Assures Good Working Relationship With The Media As He Embarks On Election Monitoring

-Usman Ishaq Alfadarai, State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ), Lagos State Command -Deploys Tactical Patrol Teams To Descalate Rumours Of Violence The State Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC ), Lagos State Command, Commandant of Corps Usman Ishaq Alfadarai, fdc, mnim, mpa, fisn, has once again assured the respected and well revered members of the fourth estate… []

Hoodlums Attack INEC ad hoc Staff In Gombe

h “They were attacked by suspected hoodlums. It is very unfortunate, the ad hoc staff moved with materials ahead of the security personnel.” The police in Gombe on Saturday confirmed an attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s ad hoc staff camped at the Tudunwada Primary School, in Gombe metropolis. Oqua Etim, police commissioner in Gombe confirmed the attack on Saturday. ”They were attacked… []

Presidential Election: Primate Ayodele Predicts Who’ll Be Nigeria’s Next President

-Primate Elijah Ayodele Primate Elijah Ayodele, the founder of the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church has predicted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, will be the next president of Nigeria. The cleric revealed God has given Atiku an assignment to rule Nigeria for just one term if he eventually wins. In a statement by his Media Aide, Oluwatosin Osho, Ayodele listed some of… []

Just In: Biafra Separatist Agitator, Simon Ekpa Released By Finnish Police After Hours Of Interrogations

A self-acclaimed disciple of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, Simon Ekpa, has been released by Police in Finland, hours after he was arrested and grilled on Thursday, according to HS. Earlier in the day, Ekpa was escorted out of his apartment in Lahti by Finish policemen. He was later released after the police allegedly arrested him for a suspected crime…. []

Elections 2023: FG Orders Closure Of All Land Borders

The federal government has ordered the closure of all land borders ahead of the general election. The presidential and national assembly elections have been fixed for February 25. In a statement on Thursday by Tony Akuneme, spokesperson of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Isah Jere, the NIS comptroller-general, said the border closure will last for 24 hours on election day. The closure will be effective… []

Obaseki Expands Internet Connectivity, to Connect LGAs with Fibre Optic Cables

– Godwin Obaseki  The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has entered a new partnership with data centre and ICT infrastructure firm, Geniserve Limited, to connect all 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Edo State with fibre optic cables, to enhance internet connectivity. Obaseki, at the formal signing of the documents for the partnership, at the Government House, Benin City, said the government, with the… []

Labour Party Senatorial Candidate, Oyibo Chukwu Assassinated In Enugu

– Oyibo Chukwu Oyibo Chukwu, a lawyer was said to have been attacked while returning from a campaign trip in the Agbani area. He was said to have been burnt inside his vehicle, and three persons were suspected to be with him in the vehicle but it was not yet known how many of the occupants were killed. The governorship candidate of the Labour Party,… []

New Currency Saga: IGP Says Police Is Investigating Some Govs Over Inciting Utterances

– Usman Alkali, Inspector General of Police (IGP) For the utterances of some individuals including politicians and public office holders, Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali, has said that the police is investigating to arrest whosoever might have incited citizens through utterances to cause riot over the currency redesign policy of the federal government. Briefing newsmen on Wednesday after a meeting of the National… []

No Deputy Bursar Dies In LASU- PRO

  Contrary to the widely spread news that a particular man, Mr. Johnson Ademola Adeshola who many reported to be the Deputy Bursar at Lagos State University (LASU) slumped and diied while on queue to withdraw money in one of the commercial banks in Lagos. The deceased we gathered was not in anyway the Deputy Bursar of the University as reported by many news portals…. []

LASU Top Staff, Slumps, Dies Inside Bank While Queueing to Withdraw Money

– Mr Johnson Adesola Ademola A Deputy Bursar with the Lagos State University (LASU), Mr Johnson Adesola Ademola, popularly called Prof, reportedly slumped and died, yesterday afternoon, while queueing to withdraw money at a branch of an old generation bank. Metropolix Online learnt that the incident happened at bank in the university, where customers were being allowed to withdraw a maximum of N5,000. Eyewitnesses said… []

2023: Nigeria Is Not Prepared For The General Election – Falana

– Falana A senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has said there’s no guarantee that Nigeria is prepared for the general election. Falana stated this while appearing on Arise TV programme on Tuesday. The scarcity of naira notes following the redesign of he N200, N500, and N1000 notes, coupled with the scarcity of petrol, has led to protests in some parts of the country…. []

APC Govs, Bank CEOs In Last-Minute Rush To Clear Naira Mess

Barely six days to the general elections, governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress are making frantic efforts to resolve the lingering cash crisis that has thrown the entire country into turmoil. The governors on Sunday met with the party leadership at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja. Simultaneously, the chief executive officers of banks also met to proffer solutions to the… []

Naira Swap: El-Rufai, Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu, Others Drag Buhari To Supreme Court Again

– El-Rufai, Sanwo-Olu & Abiodun The Governors of Kaduna, Ogun, and Lagos alongside seven other states have approached the Supreme Court to abrogate the insistence of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Federal Government on continuing the implementation of the cash swap policy against the existing court pronouncement. However, the suing governors have described Mr Buhari’s pronouncement as an “unconstitutional overreach and usurpation… []

IPOB Denies Alleged Attempt To Attack Banks In S’East

– IPOB members during one of their protests  THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, yesterday, alleged that there is a secret plan by criminals to attack banks in South East hiding in the name of masses looking for the new currency, to blackmail them. The Biafra agitating group in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, entitled “There is a secret plan… []

2023: Pastor Chris Reveals Presidential Candidate To Vote For

– Pastor Chris Oyakhilome  President of Loveworld Incorporated aka Christ Embassy Church, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has revealed the Presidential Candidate Nigerians should vote come February 25th presidential election. During his sermon, Pastor Chris as he’s fondly called characterized three presidential candidates and what they represent. He said: THE FIRST CANDIDATE He is not himself. He is under the influence of a devil. This devil was… []