Kano State Police Command has arrested an 18 years old footballer, Salisu Muhammad for allegedly stabbing his coach, Mijitapha Musa to death. Musa was the coach of a local football team in the Yakasai Quarters in Kano. Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state,DSP Haruna Abdullahi, in a statement said the suspect was arrested…
63 Card Readers Missing in Bayelsa
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Bayelsa has declared 63 card Readers missing. The Card Readers were declared missing this Tuesday in Yenagoa. by Wilfred Ifogah, INEC Head of Department, Voter Education and Publicity. According to the commission, the machines got missing after the February 23 presidential and National Assembly elections. The card readers…
Atiku Makes Six-Point Demand
The Presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party, PDP, has finally addressed President Mohammed Buhari, making a six-point demand. The demands were made after members of the National Peace Committee, led by a former military leader, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar met with Atiku; his running mate, Peter Obi and other PDP members. The meeting was aimed at persuading…
US Observer Raises Concerns Over Rivers Killings
An international observer from the United States, John Bray has called for an end to violence and deaths associated with the Presidential and National Assembly elections in Rivers State. He made the call on Monday while addressing journalists at the Government House in Port Harcourt after a meeting with the Governor of the state, Nyesom…
US Lawmaker Raises Alarm Over Vote Manipulation in Nigeria’s Election
A US lawmaker, Chris Smith, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to be biased in announcing Presidential and National Assembly results. The lawmaker in a statement issued on Sunday noted that it is important for INEC to announce results without delay. He said credible reports had indicated that there were electoral irregularities…
Large Turnout, Late Arrival of Materials in Polling Units
There was large turnout of voters; and they came on time for the Presidential and National Assembly elections of February 23, but voting commenced very late in most polling stations within the Ifako Ijaye council area of Lagos. This lapse calls for concern in an election that was scheduled to last for six hours –…
Tension in Rivers as Ogoni Ethnic Nationality Warn Amaechi, Others
There is rising tension in Rivers State ahead of the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday as the Ogoni Ethnic Nationality, made up of chiefs, elders, opinion leaders and the entire people of Ogoni land have issued a warning to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi and his political allies, including Victor Giadom and…
INEC Confirms 72.7 Million Nigerians are Eligible to Vote
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cleared over 72 million Nigerians to vote in tomorrow’s presidential and National Assembly elections. This was confirmed by the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday at his daily briefing. According to him the figure represent 86.63 per cent of the 84 million registered voters who collected Permanent Voter…
Go Out and Vote, Buhari Tells Nigerian in Nationwide Broadcast
Amidst doubts and seaming loss of confidence arising from the last minute postponement of the February 16 presidential and National Assembly elections, President Mohammed Buhari has called on Nigerians to cast aside doubt and believe in the electoral body. Buhari, who delivered a nationwide broadcast this Friday, assured Nigerians that INEC was ready and fully…
FG: Private Varsities Must Reduce School Fees
The federal government has appealed to owners of private tertiary institutions to reduce their school fees to achieve their optimum carrying capacity. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during the 8th edition of the weekend ministerial press briefing. According to him, over 30 per cent of total carrying capacity…
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