Kano residents defy curfew to celebrate NNPP candidate’s victory
Residents of Kano State, on Monday defied the curfew imposed by the state government to celebrate the victory of the candidate of New Nigeria Peoples’ Party, Yusuf Abba, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Videos show the residents in large numbers jubilating the emergence of Abba, despite the imposed curfew. The PUNCH reports that Kano State government...
Sanwo-Olu, Makinde, Abiodun win re-election for 2nd term
AS results of the weekend’s governorship and state assembly polls trickled in, yesterday, some serving governors, led by Seyi Makinde of Oyo; Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, and Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara; among others, were handed fresh mandates, even as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was coasting home to victory in Lagos. The quartet ran on the platform of the ruling All Progressives...
Gov Election 2023: PDP floors APC in El-Rufai’s govt house
The opposition Peoples Democratic Party floored the All Progressives Congress in one of the polling units in Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna in Saturday’s governorship poll. The main opposition party’s candidate, Isa Ashiru Kudan, won polling unit 014 with 77 votes while APC’s Uba Sani scored 40 votes. The Presiding Officer, Mohammed Baso, who announced the result, said Labour Party...
Gov Election 2023: Ogun NNPP to sue INEC for omitting party’s name
The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Ogun State, Olufemi Ajadi, has vowed that the party will initiate legal actions against the Independent National Electoral Commission for omitting the party’s name on the ballot papers. Ajadi who spoke shortly after he cast his votes at Ofada, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of the state, expressed worry...
Gov Election 2023: Arise TV crew attacked in Lagos
Arise Television crew was attacked while covering the ongoing governorship and House of Assembly elections in the Elegushi Palace area of Lagos State. According to broadcast journalist, Oseni Rufai, via his verified Twitter handle on Saturday, the cameras and drone used for coverage were seized and a correspondent brutalised. “Arise crew attacked in Elegushi. People issue threats and no one is...
Gov Election 2023: APC member shot dead in Cross River
A member of the All Progressives Congress has been shot dead in Cross River State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Saturday morning at Ogoja in the northern senatorial district. The victim, who was simply identified as Joe, was allegedly shot dead by a soldier for creating a rowdy scene in a polling centre. When contacted, the Police Public Relations...
Gov Election 2023: Hoodlums attack polling units in Lekki
Some polling units in the Ajiran area of Agungi, Lekki, Eti-Osa Local Government Area in Lagos State were on Saturday morning attacked by hoodlums, who snatched ballot boxes. Our correspondent observed that the hoodlums attacked PU 108, PU 007 and PU 028 in the area. Our correspondent further observed that following the attack, voter turnout in the area dropped rapidly as...
March 18 elections: Redeem your image, TMG tells INEC
The Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, to use the Saturday Governorship and State Assembly elections to redeem its image by conducting credible elections across the country. Chairman of the Group, Auwal Ibrahim Musa Rafsanjani, in a statement said the electoral body should ensure smooth distribution of election materials, as well as working BVAS machines...
Fraudsters hack company’s server, steal N435.3m
The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned a fraud syndicate comprising eight men before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly hacking into the server of an electronic platform, ITEX Integrated Services Limited, and stealing N435.3m. The defendants including Aderuku Adedayo, Adigun Benjamin, Awopetu Tosin, Ajibade Ayomide, Ojo Olwaseun, Miller Oluwafemi, Olaleye Samuel and Ajibade Ayodeyi, are facing charges...
Cash circulation improves, as new bank notes dry up
Though normalcy seems to be gradual in coming, currency circulation has improved in major cities across Nigeria following the third day full implementation of the Supreme Court ruling on the legal tender status of old Naira banknote. Vanguard findings reveal that banks have started simultaneous dispensing of the old banknotes over-counters and through the Automated Teller Machines, ATMs. Also the old...
