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A strong earthquake shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and causing structural damage to numerous homes, schools, and medical centers. The earthquake struck at a depth of 66.4 km (41.3 miles), about 10 km (6.2 miles) from the city of Balao in the province of Guayas, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Authorities said the earthquake was unlikely to cause a tsunami. “We are still on the ground, assessing the damage caused by the earthquake this morning. I want to express my solidarity and commitment to the victims and…

Parts of Borno State’s second market, Gamboru Market, were destroyed by fire on Saturday. This comes exactly three weeks after  a massive destruction of the state’s largest market, Monday Market, which is also located in the metropolis. By 2:30 p.m., the flames had spread to the cooking oil section of the market. Maiduguri monday market fire destroyed 13,000 shops – Zulum Security personnel, the majority of whom are soldiers, have been deployed to the scene, chasing away a massive influx of people and denying entry to everyone. On the phone, an eyewitness told reporters that it broke out from the…

In Cross River State, a member of the All Progressives Congress was assassinated. According to reports, the incident occurred on Saturday morning in Ogoja, in the northern senatorial district. The victim, simply identified as Joe, was allegedly shot dead by a soldier for causing a commotion in a polling station. Atiku lashes Lagos APC leaders over voter intimidation When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer SP Irene Ugbo, said, “that is the information we got.”

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in ten polling units in the Victoria Garden City (VGC) area of the state’s Lekki area. Segun Agbaje, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, made the announcement while speaking to reporters at the VGC. According to him, corps members deployed as ad hoc staff on Saturday were hesitant to enter the VGC estate because they claimed they were held hostage in the Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25. According to Agbaje, the commission’s ad hoc staff set up voting materials in front of the estate on…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has published some election results from the governorship and state legislature elections. According to media reports, opposition parties and some Nigerians chastised INEC for failing to immediately upload results on its Result Viewing portal during the presidential and National Assembly elections. Nigerians beg INEC to use temporary voter card despite court permit Despite the Commission’s explanation that technical glitches hampered result transmission, many critics refused to accept it. However, just days before the March 18 elections, INEC announced that the technical issues had been resolved and that election results would be transmitted immediately. Checks by…

Adamu Ali, the nephew of Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari, and two security operatives, Nura Sufyanu and Kabir Ali, were killed in a horrific car accident. The incident occurred Friday night in the state’s Musawa Local Government Area, in the village of Gadar Tsuntsaye. The accident was confirmed by Masari’s Director General in charge of Social Media, El-Amin Isa, and the spokesman for the Katsina Police Command, SP Gambo Isah. The accident scene was discovered to be close to Jimkashi. According to other sources, the victims and others were on their way to the governor’s hometown of Kafur for Saturday’s…

Masked thugs invaded some polling units in Ward D, Igando/Ikotun, Lagos State, on Saturday and chased away voters in line. Hooligans with sticks and knives chased voters away from polling stations at Ijegun Community School. The polling places are 096, 116, 281, 094, 095, and 084. According to a journalist who monitored the elections in the area, the thugs arrived at the polling stations on motorcycles. They chased them from one polling unit to the next. Some voters were forced to jump the school’s fence for safety as a result of the attack. Election: Thugs hijack, destroys voting materials in…

Sen. Bola Tinubu voted in the Governorship/National Assembly elections on Saturday at 9.35 a.m. at Unit 085, Ward 03, Alausa, Ikeja, amid tight security. Tinubu was accompanied by his wife, Oluremi, and Chief Folashade Ojo, the Lagos Market leader. Mr Dele Alake, his Media Spokesman, told journalists after the election that the president-elect would not be available for interviews until later in the evening. In contrast to the previous situation, the barriers were used to divide the unit into sections and designate areas for voters, journalists, and security personnel. During the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Feb. 25, hundreds…

Two Nigerians who have been granted permission to vote using their Temporary Voter Cards (TVC) have urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to obey the court order and allow them to vote in the governorship and parliamentary elections on March 18. The media recalls that on March 9, the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow two Nigerians, Mr. Kofoworola Olusegun, and Wilson Allwell, to vote in the governorship and houses of assembly elections using their TVC. The order was made on the grounds that the plaintiffs had fulfilled all necessary legal…

President Muhammadu Buhari voted at polling unit 003, Sarkin Yara A in Daura, Katsina State, and urged voters to vote for their preferred candidates even if politicians offered them money. After casting his vote on Saturday, the president spoke briefly to reporters in both English and Hausa, saying his administration had been preaching against vote-buying and political monetisation and urging politicians to refrain from such practices. “If they (politicians) still give you money, collect, but vote for your preferred candidates,” Buhari maintained. Buhari calls on Nigerians in diaspora to support Tinubu’s govt He again thanked the electorate for trusting the…