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Some Lagos State residents turned out in large numbers on Thursday to assure Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of their votes on Saturday. Members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Surulere Local Government Area of the state participated in House-to-House campaigns. The residents, speaking through one of their leaders, Alhaji Olayiwola Niniola, said they were ready to vote for the governor and all APC candidates in the state House of Assembly. Niniola promised that Surulere would build on its strong performance in the Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25. According to him, residents of Lagos should guard against any…

On Thursday, police in Senegal’s capital fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters ahead of a court case involving a prominent opposition politician that has sparked outrage among young people. Demonstrators in Dakar burned tyres and set fire to buses and a supermarket in the latest outbreak of violence that has shaken Senegal’s reputation as a bastion of stable democracy ahead of the presidential election next year. On Thursday, supporters of presidential candidate Ousmane Sonko were barred from accompanying his motorcade to a courthouse where he is on trial for libel. The trial was postponed until March 30 after Sonko’s lawyers…

Dr. Cyril Omorogbe, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, says the commission has delisted 100 ad hoc staff in the state for alleged election malpractices. Omorogbe made the revelation during a news conference in Uyo on Thursday. He stated that the affected ad hoc staff were found guilty of electoral malpractices during the state’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. ”We blacklisted them, we will not use them during the Governorship and House of Assembly elections on Saturday,” he said. The REC said the commission had started distributing sensitive materials to local government areas of the state ahead of Saturday’s…

Tunisian police detained a member of the powerful UGTT union on suspicion of insulting a minister, a union official said on Thursday, the second such arrest in a row between the labour body and President Kais Saied. The UGTT has recently been at the forefront of anti-Saied protests after he seized broad powers in 2021 and has been cracking down on political opponents. According to a union official who declined to be identified, Abdel Nasser Ben Amara, the union’s general secretary for culture, was arrested on Wednesday following a protest at the Culture Ministry on Monday. He didn’t go into…

The Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Connected Development (CODE) has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct Saturday’s election in a way that will restore Nigerians’ trust in the commission. Mr. Hamzat Lawal, CODE’s Chief Executive, made the announcement on Thursday at a news conference in Abuja, ahead of the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections. Lawal stated that through its Uzabe election observation platform, the group had trained and deployed 20,000 observers for the 2023 elections. He urged INEC to use Saturday’s election to repair its image by ensuring that the issues that harmed the credibility of…

Bandits assassinated a Major of the Nigerian Army and seven other security personnel in Niger State’s Munya Local Government Area on Wednesday night. The bandits allegedly ambushed security personnel in Igu village. According to Inuwa Danladi, an Igu resident who spoke with our correspondent over the phone, four military personnel, including an army major, and four vigilante members were killed during the attack. “The bandits ambushed the joint task force as they were passing to Sarkin Pawa and opened fire on them,” he said. He stated that the bandits and the security personnel have earlier in the day had a…

The owners of 40 Delta State Government-returned mission schools have received a N400 million grant to upgrade their facilities in order to improve teaching and learning from the State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa. Mr. Patrick Ukah, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), presented cheques to the beneficiaries in his office in Asaba, the state capital. Ukah stated that following the handover of the schools to the owners, the missions requested a grant from the state government to enable them to run the schools effectively. He stated that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa announced the grant at the sixth Synod of the Diocese of…

Google claims to have introduced a generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) model that will assist users in the workspace with smart compose, replies, and summaries. According to Johanna Voolich Wright, Vice President, Product, Google Workspace, AI has been transformative in building products that have earned a valued place in people’s lives. According to newsmen, Generative AI is a type of artificial intelligence that can generate text, images, audio, and video by predicting the next word or pixel. AI advancements, according to Wright, have already helped three billion users save more time across Google’s productivity suite. She said that the products had…

Florence Otedola, aka DJ Cuppy, has received yet another Master’s degree from the University of Oxford. The UK-based entertainer broke the news to her fans on Thursday via Twitter, where she shared photos from her graduation with her parents and fiance. Unlike her second Master’s degree, where she informed her fans about her admission and progress, the super star, who stated she was on a mission, withheld all information about her studies until her graduation. Announcing her latest feat as a ‘Master of Science’ from the Oxford varsity, the 30-year-old disc jockey wrote: “FINALLY graduated from @UniofOxford … And yes,…

After years of absence, the Nigerian Base Defence Company has rejoined the rest of the Multinational Peacekeeping Force in the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). Maj.-Gen. Benjamin Sawyerr, Acting Head of Mission and Force Commander of UNISFA, announced this in a statement on Wednesday. According to Sawyerr, the induction of Nigerian peacekeepers completed UNISFA’s eight-contingent member troop contributing countries. During the one-year anniversary parade, Sawyerr stated that the force had fulfilled its mandate by protecting civilians and engaging the two host governments and communities despite initial challenges. He said the force had encouraged dialogue, supported humanitarian agencies…