How politicians still threaten credible polls — INEC source
*IREV, RATECHs will check rigging *Immediate access to uploaded Polling Units results by voters is key; what voters must know and do to navigate IREV sphere *Patriotic INEC staff averted rigging plot in Anambra governorship poll COMPLEMENTING the efforts of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in its drive to hand to Nigerians free, fair and credible elections in 2023, Vanguard can authoritatively...
10.6m youths abuse drugs, menace fuelling insecurity, says NDLEA
Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd) has decried growing consumption of cannabis among youths, saying Nigerians now hosts 10.6 million young people, who abuse marijuana and other hard substances. He made the shocking revelation while delivering a lecture on ‘Drug abuse among youths in Africa: Implications for Nigerian economy and 2023 elections’ at the...
U.S. backs INEC on BVAS, threatens visa ban on election riggers
• IGP, intelligence community warn political parties against thuggery, violence • 9.3m PVCs lying idle in INEC’s coffers, Utomi alleges The United States (U.S.) has threatened sanctions, including visa restrictions, on anyone who interferes with the democratic process or instigates violence in the 2023 general elections. U.S. also threw its weight behind the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to...
IG blames violence, tension on governors
Says 52 cases recorded in 22 states INSPECTOR-GENERAL Alkali Usman yesterday blamed the rising wave of political violence on some governors. He did not name the governors. The police boss alleged that some chief executives of the states have been fueling violence since the ban on campaigns was lifted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He spoke at a meeting with...
FG reviews school feeding, adds N30 per meal
The National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme has been reviewed from N70 per meal for schoolchildren to N100 in Delta State. The state Commissioner for Humanitarian and Community Support Services, Dr Darlington Ijeh, who stated this in Asaba, frowned on the manner in which the caterers were shortchanged. Ijeh, who was sworn in by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as a commissioner on August...
Anger as LASTMA officials clamp down on motorists with trumped-up charges
A distraught-looking Moses Salami was seen limping and pacing along the corridor of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority around 2:55pm under the scorching sun on Friday, September 2, 2022. The 72-year-old commercial bus driver needed someone who would either help him add N3,500 to the N11,500 with him so he could retrieve his bus or assist in talking to...
AITA Condemns Attacks on INEC Facilities, Wants Culprits to Face Justice – AITA to FG
By Deshi Munkuwe An Abuja based anti-corruption NGO, Almushahid Initiative for Transparency and Accountability (AITA) has condemned the systematic and constant attacks on the facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), calling on the federal government, security agencies and other stakeholders to prevent further occurrence and punish perpetrators. Recently, there were reports of simultaneous attacks on the local government offices...
Nigerians spend N9.5trn monthly on living expenses
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigerians have spent a whopping N9.51 trillion on household expenses monthly. According to the Bureau, Nigerians continue to face high costs of goods and services which has led to a household expenditure of N57.1 trillion in the first six months of the year. It was revealed according to the NBS data on the country’s...
EFCC arrests alleged currency speculator
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested an alleged currency speculator, Mustapha Muhammed also known as Muaspaha Naira, in Abuja The commission made the announcement in a Twitter post on Wednesday and also released a picture of the suspect. The EFCC said the arrest was done as part of the commission’s effort to sanitise the foreign exchange sector. The arrest was...
Tinubu: brighter days ahead
•APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (left) receiving the party flag from President Muhammadu Buhari, during the campaign flag-off in Jos, Plateau State...yesterday. With them are: Governor Atiku Bagudu (Kebbi); Senator Ibikunle Amosun and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential standard bearer Asiwaju Bola Tinubu yesterday assured Nigerians of a brighter future, if elected in...
