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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…

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said on Saturday that there was no violence in the state’s governorship and house of assembly elections. Sanwo-Olu, who is running for reelection, made the remarks shortly after voting at Eiyekole Polling Unit, Ward RA 15, in Lagos Island Local Government Area. Sanwo-Olu arrived at the polling station with his wife, Mrs Ibijoke, at 10.13 a.m., completed his accreditation, and voted at 10.18 a.m. He told reporters after the exercise that the election process should be free of violence and urged everyone to keep the peace. The governor praised INEC officials for their punctuality and…

On Saturday, a protest took place at the Registration Area Centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission, which is located in the Amuwo-Odofin Nursery and Primary School in Mile 2, Lagos, due to a delay in the payment of the commission’s ad hoc staff. Some of the ad hoc workers who spoke with our correspondent said they were promised $15,000 each before leaving the RAC, but they hadn’t been paid as of 9 a.m. One of the ad hoc staff who identified himself as Matthew said, “We were told that we would get ₦15,000 before we leave here but they…

According to reports, some political thugs stole and destroyed voting materials intended for wards 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Bayelsa State’s Ogbia Local Government Area’s constituency five for the House of Assembly election. According to his chief press secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, the act has already been strongly condemned by Governor Douye Diri. The governor pleaded with Bayelsa State’s Inspector General of Police and Commissioner of Police to put an end to the unrest. Election: Soldiers block Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway, drivers stranded At polling places 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 in the Yenagoa LGA of Bayelsa State’s Atissa…

Former US President Donald Trump posted to YouTube and Facebook on Friday, returning to the tech platforms that fueled his political rise until he was cut off following his followers’ Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Congress. The “I’M BACK!” posts on his Facebook page and YouTube channel show a CNN video announcing Trump’s election as president in the 2016 election against Hillary Clinton. The screen then fades to a ‘Trump 2024’ screen. “I apologize for keeping you waiting,” Trump says in the video. Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube channel was restored earlier on Friday. Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts were restored…

On Saturday morning, drivers on the Abeokuta-Sagamu expressway endured a terrifying experience as they were delayed by a roadblock set up by some soldiers. Due to the ongoing governorship and state assembly elections, it was noted that many drivers of tankers were denied passage. Our correspondent was informed by one of the soldiers that the road would remain closed until 6 o’clock. Women group tasks Nigerians on violence-free election Moses Francis, a tanker driver, claimed that they had been driving since two in the morning. He expressed regret that the obstacle might prevent them from casting a ballot.