By Abimbola Ogunnaike Violence was recorded in some parts of OgunState, a hoodlums suspected to be political thugs invaded polling units and hijacked ballot boxes during the ongoing governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The incidents were recorded in Sagamu, Iperu, and Abeokuta, among other parts of the State. A polling unit 5 at AUD secondary School, Sagamu, it was observed that a ballot box was destroyed by the hoodlums. The thugs suspected to be loyal to a political party invaded the polling unit and snatched the ballot box. However, it was gathered that there was resistance…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least over 100 thugs Armed with AK-47 were arrested in Nsukka, Enugu State by the men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). It was gathered that a combined team of security operatives, acting on information, arrested the thugs in the early hours of Saturday, 18 March 2023. The Spokesman of NSCDC Enugu State Command, CSC Danny Iwuchukwu confirmed the arrest to newsmen in Enugu on Saturday. Iwuchukwu added tha the arrest was made early in the morning of March 18, the Election Day, after an intelligent tip-off, at a popular hotel in Nsukka.…
The Wife of the President-elect, Senator Oluremi Tinubu has expressed delight with the improved turn out during Saturday, 18 March, 2023 Governorship and state Assembly Elections in the state. She said it was good that Nigerians came out enmasse to perform their civic duty despite the wrong perception by some people during first leg of elections on February 25th. While speaking with newsmen after casting her ballot at unit 034 near Police Barracks, Falomo in Ikoyi, Senator Oluremi Tinubu said the nations democracy had grown beyond tribe, religion and any other sentiment. According to her, the current democratic experience is…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has delivered massively for the Governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in her constituency. Princess Orelope-Adefulire was among the early voters at her polling unit 059, Egbeda in Alimoso Local Government Area of the state. Massive turn out was witnessed not only at her polling unit but also at adjoining units in her area. At the end of the exercise, and when the ballots were counted, APC won massively both the Governorship and State Assembly Elections. In the…
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has called on Lagosians to perform their civic duty without fear. Princess Adefulire made this call on Saturday, 18 March, 2023 after casting her vote in Egbeda area of Lagos State during the Governorship and state Assembly Elections. The Presidential Aide also expressed optimism that Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will be re-elected for another four year tenure noting that the Governor has done remarkably well in his first term. “The election is going on smoothly and peacefully and I want to call on our people to…
The defeated Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi still goes around inflaming passions, spreading lies as if he is still campaigning for the highest office in the land, weeks after the exercise was concluded and a winner announced. We are worried about his recent media rounds on Arise TV and Channels TV, in which he made profoundly misleading, criminally false and inciting statements about the election that he lost woefully. We call on the security agencies to caution him from further making incendiary remarks, especially after he claimed he is challenging the results of the election in the tribunal. Asked…
Chairman of the Lagos State Parks and Garages (LASPG), Alhaji Musiliu Akinsanya (aka MC Oluomo) this afternoon, Friday, 17 March, 2023, denied threatening Igbos in Lagos State. Akinsanya in a video said he was only joking with her neighbour, Uche , otherwise known as Iya Chukwudi at a parley on Thursday, 16 March, 2023. A viral video showed the transport chief urging his members to vote for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Akinsanya in the video said: “We have begged them. If they don’t want to vote for us, it doesn’t call for a fight. Iya Chukwudi, if you don’t want to…
The Secretary of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) on Thursday, 16 March, 2023, along with the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Kadir Obafemi Hamzat received thousands of decampees from the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ikeja Federal Constituency of Lagos state. Explaining their decision, the decampees cited Governor Sanwo-Olu’s purposeful and committed leadership as the reason for decamping to APC. “We are happy to join the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress APC. We came to support our Governor who has provided the desired leadership in piloting the affairs of our dear state,” one of…
The Action Alliance Gubernatorial Candidate in Lagos State, Mr Balogun AbdulRasaq Tope has stepped down for the Governor Babajide SanwoOlu of Lagos State. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola tweet the new on his official twitter account on Friday afternoon, 17 March, 2023 from his residence in Lagos. “We have struck an agreement with the Candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in Lagos State, Mr Balogun AbdulRasaq Tope to step down and work for the re-election bid of Gov. Babajide SanwoOlu and the APC in Lagos,” the tweet reads. He continued: “Chairman of Action Alliance in Lagos State, Mr Ayinla Oniru…
A Ugandan pastor is trending after winning over 100 million from sports betting and closing his church. According to an online outlet, the said pastor confessed that he has been struggling to make ends meet through the collection of tithe. “I must admit that I opened this church due to ‘greed’ but not anointing. I saw how several pastors make money through the crowds they have and making fake prophesies to attract more,” he narrated. “As time went on, I realized this wasn’t right, I started having sleepless nights and I would always have weird dreams. Before I opened this…