The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday said over 170,000 polling unit results of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections have been uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, stated this on Channels Television’s Programme, Sunday Politics. “As you are aware, we are reconfiguring the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has uncovered an expansive illegal refining site at Otamiri-Etche, near Port Harcourt Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have uncovered an illegal local refinery at Otamiri-Etche in Etche LGA of Rivers State. The NSCDC State Commandant, Michael Besong Ogar, while addressing newsmen on…
No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead, while others sustained injuries, in an accident involving a moving train and a Lagos State government Staff bus, at Shogunle area of Ikeja, Lagos, yesterday. One of the survivors of the accident, simply called Titilayo, revealed that they begged the driver of the bus to wait…
The Department of State Services, DSS, has said there are plans to cause a total breakdown of law and order in the country. The secret police said the plot was designed for execution after the governorship and state assembly elections.In a statement released on Wednesday by Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesperson, the DSS decried the “unnecessary…
A former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has told a court in London that he was advised by his doctor against seeking a kidney donor from among his family members. Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, are currently facing charges in the United Kingdom after they allegedly lured a young man from Nigeria to…
The Chairperson, Association of Women Town Planners, Oluwayinka Bello, in commemoration of International Women’s Day, celebrated Nigerian women for their political, economic, social and cultural achievements. In a statement obtained by our correspondent Wednesday night, she noted that the recognition of these achievements by the NITP was made obvious following the decision to have an…
A former Governor of Sokoto State and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Aliyu Wamakko, has charged women to continue to defend their votes in order to deepen the nation’s democracy. The lawmaker, who gave the charge in a message to mark the 2023 International Women’s Day on Wednesday, said the contribution of women…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed governorship and state assemblies elections earlier scheduled for Saturday to March 18. The commission took the decision at its management meeting in Abuja, which was convened on Wednesday after the Court of Appeal gave it the go-ahead to reconfigure Bimodal Voter Accreditation machines. The meeting, which started at…
