The Independent National Electoral Commission in Gombe State has cautioned political parties and their candidates against the usage of vulgar language that could threaten peace during electioneering. The Head of Voter Education and Publicity of the Commission in the state, Nuhu Ibrahim, gave the charge in a statement on Tuesday in Gombe. He said electioneering would start on Wednesday, September 28, in accordance with the electoral calendar, stressing that it was important for political parties and their candidates to comply with the rules towards ensuring peaceful and rancour-free campaigns. “Political parties and candidates are to ensure that campaigns are not…
Author: Victor Fola
An Ikeja High Court on Tuesday sentenced the deposed Baale of Shangisha in the Magodo area of Lagos, Mutiu Ogundare to a 15-year jail term. The traditional ruler was charged with faking his kidnapping and breaching of peace. Recall that the former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on July 13, 2022, suspended the Baale over a kidnap incident. After five years, Justice Hakeem Oshodi, on Tuesday, sentenced Ogundare, having convicted him of a two-count bordering on breach of peace in the state and fake kidnapping. Also jailed for the same prison term was his brother, Opeyemi Mohammed. The court, however,…
Ahead of the 2023 General Election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has gave an estimated breakdown that 1.4 million ad hoc staff to be trained ahead. This was disclosed by the Director-General of the Institute, Sa’ad Idris at the two-day capacity building workshop by the Institute for INEC Press Corps on critical issues in the Electoral Act, 2022 and the Commission’s Processes, Innovations, Preparations for the 2023 General Election. Idris said rest the training of ad hoc staff will be done with utmost commitment to delivering free and fair elections in 2023. He said, “We will train about 17,685 Supervising…
The Naira on Monday appreciated slightly against the dollar at the Investors and Exporters window, exchanging at 436. The rate signifies a 0.08 percent appreciation compared to the N436.33 for which the dollar exchanged earlier on September 23. The open indicative rate closed at N435.67 to the dollar. An exchange rate of N441 to the dollar was the highest rate documented within Monday’s trading before it later settled at N436. The Naira was sold for as low as N423 to the dollar within Monday’s trading. A total of 78.10million dollars was traded at the official Investors and Exporters window on…
The Osun State Government has suspended a teacher, Abimbola Olowookere for allegedly swindling some recently recruited teachers to the tune of N30,000 with the claim to influence their posting. The Osun State Ministry of Education gathered that the said Mr Olowookere has been collecting the money from the teachers in Osun East Education District so as to post them to their preferred school of choice anywhere outside the district. Speaking to newsmen on the matter, the State Commissioner for Education, Hon. Folorunsho Oladoyin, who condemned the act, advised the recently recruited teachers not to listen to anyone who demands money…
Controversial Nollywood actress Nkechi Blessing Sunday has blasted those criticising her for sharing sex toys as souvenirs at her mother’s death anniversary party on Sunday. The actress had elicited controversy, following her decision to gift guests who graced her party with dildos as souvenirs. Many have called her out for her choice of souvenir which the described as disrespectful to her late mother. Reacting via Instagram, she stated that those slamming her do not take care of their parents. “I saw comments of people that have forgotten their parents that are still alive and I couldn’t stop laughing..my dear go…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced new guidelines to ensure smooth conduct of future operational processes, including the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja. The board said the development was released in a communiqué issued at the end of a five-day brainstorming retreat for management staff held from Sept. 19 to Sept. 23 in Abuja. It added that the modifications included new ways to further strengthen the conduct of the UTME accreditation centres, registration of candidates, examination process, results…
WBC champion, Tyson Fury, has called off the fight between him and Anthony Joshua. Fury said this is because Joshua missed the deadline to sign the contract offer. It had appeared the two British boxers would face off in Cardiff on December 3, 2022. Joshua’s camp publicly confirmed they have accepted all the terms of Fury’s deal. Fury’s promoter, Frank Warren, then confirmed the contract to officially rubber stamp the fight is on its way to Joshua’s team soon. Joshua said on Sunday he would sign the contract to fight Fury after the WBC champion issued an ultimatum to get…
President Muhammadu Buhari and the standard-bearer of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu are both pleased with Festus Keyamo’s performance as the spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign council, the presidency has assured The assurance was contained in a statement released by Garba Shehu on Monday, debunking an earlier report spurned by discredited blog, Sahara Reporters, in which President Buhari was alleged to have demanded Keyamo’s replacement for purportedly ‘demarketing the administration’. Garba Shehu said “The news that President Muhammadu Buhari has called for the removal of Festus Keyamo, SAN as a spokesperson of the APC Presidential Campaign Council is fake…
The spokesperson, Peoples Democratic People, PDP, Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Dino Melaye has vilified the one million-man march for Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, over the weekend in Abuja. Melaye said that the so-called Obi supporters were merely hungry Nigerians paid N1000-N2000 to march and identify as Obi-dients. He warned the Obi’s camp to not fool themselves as such fabricated march does not translate to votes, citing the woeful number of votes they pulled during the gubernatorial polls in Osun state. “And I want to tell you that to assemble crowd is just to bring…