By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that over 170,000 polling unit results of the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections have been uploaded on its Result Viewing Portal (IReV). The Commission also said the reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Registration Systems (BVAS) would be completed by Tuesday, 14 March, 2023, in preparation for the Saturday, 18 March, 2023 Governorship and State Assembly Elections. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, made this disclosure on Sunday, 12 March, 2023 during an interview on Channels Television’s programme, Sunday Politics. “As at the last time, over170,000 of those results have been…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The pan-Ndigbo worldwide organization, Ohanaeze has drummed support for the emergence of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi as Senate President in the 10th National Assembly under the ruling All Progressive Congress(APC). Governor Umahi of the APC won the Saturday, 25 February, 2023 National Assembly election to represent Ebonyi South Senatorial District in the 10th Assembly. The Secretary General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s Mazi Okechuwu Isiguzoro, said this in a statement issued on Sunday, 12 March, 2023. In the statement obtained by thegazellenews.com, Isiguzoro said the South East should produce the next Senate president in the interest of equity and…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied delisting Ladi Adebutu’s name as Governorship Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), ahead of next Saturday, 18 March, 2023, election in Ogun State. Reports were widely circulated on social media that the PDP has no governorship candidate in the election. But the Residence Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC in Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye, has dispelled the rumour, describing it as unfounded, baseless and figment of imagination. Ijalaye, who spoke with newsmen on Sunday, 12 March, 2023 in Abeokuta, the state capital said, “It is a rumour that is…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 persons and burned a medical facility in a raid on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, 12 March, 2023, two regional officials and a resident said. The attack, which occurred around 1 am (2300 GMT) in the village of Kirindera in North Kivu province, took place just a little kilometre from another attack on a village where at least 35 people were killed last week. The army had blamed last week’s attack on the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a Ugandan armed group based in eastern…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Professor Zakari Ladan of the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Kaduna State University (KASU), and other co-researchers have developed a mosquito-repellant fabric. In a statement by the Public Relations Officer of KASU, Adamu Bargo, in Kaduna on Sunday, March 12, 2023, the institution said this was part of efforts aimed at ending the malaria scourge. Bargo said that the product was the outcome of over N27 million Research Grant, under the 2020 National Research Fund (NRF) of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). “This is the first NRF/TETFund grant won by KASU as the host Institution,…
Ogun State Government has refuted the report that the state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, is distributing expired COVID-19 palliatives and N5,000 to civil servants in the state ahead of the forthcoming governorship election. The state government, in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Kunle Somorin, on Sunday, 12 March, 2023, described the report published by an online medium, the Peoples Gazette, on Saturday, 11 March, 2023 as not only false but a totally fabricated and deliberately hatched report to tarnish the personality of Governor Abiodun. Somorin expressed dismay at the writer’s disregard for journalism ethics…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Five suspected members of a gang that specialised in exhuming corpses from graves and removing body parts for ritual purposes have been arrested by the police in Ogun State The State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Sunday, 12 March, 2023 announced that the suspects: Oshole Fayemi, 60; Oseni Adesanya, 39; Ismaila Seidu, 30; Oseni Oluwasegun, 69; and Lawal Olaiya, 50; were arrested on Saturday, 11 March, 2023 in Odogbolu. According to Opeyemi, the suspects were nabbed following a tip-off that led the Divisional Police Officer of Odogbolu Division, Godwin Idehai and his men to…
Our attention has been drawn to a publication where the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate for Lagos State alleged a threat to his life. For the umpteenth time, we need to reiterate that it is irresponsible politics to recklessly continue to heat up the polity in the name of politicking by leveling allegations that could throw the general public into panic. It is not enough to allege, it’s more important to take measures to formally complain to the appropriate authorities over a matter as serious as a threat to life. It remains the constitutional duty of the police to investigate crimes,…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Katsina State Police Command has confirmed that at least 23 villagers were killed and several others injured on Saturday, 11 March, 2023 as terrorists invaded villages in Kankara communities, in the state. Confirming the report, SP Gambo Isah, spokesman, Katsina State Police Command, said they received information that “some group of bandits from Zamfara, came for celebration and later attacked Majifa village.” Gambo , who noted that the police and other sister security agencies are on top of the matter, promised to provide detailed information as soon as it is available. It was gathered that those sent…
South African rapper, Costa Titch has died after ‘collapsing on stage at festival’ in Johannesburg. The 28-year-old rapper has died after reportedly collapsing while performing on stage in South Africa. Tributes have been paid to Costa Titch, whose real name was Constantinos Tsobanoglou. Footage on social media showed him appearing to stumble and fall to the ground during his set before being helped to his feet. The South African star continued to perform and finished his track a few seconds later before falling for a second time. The incident reportedly happened in front of fans at the Ultra Music Festival…