Author: Vincent Osuwo

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the posting of results for the Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi elections on the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) will be flawless. Remember that in the 2023 elections, the upload of results was a big issue, which INEC blamed on technical difficulties? Rotimi Oyekanmi, INEC’s Chief Press Secretary, stated this in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today on Friday. His words: “We have been using the IReV for all governorship elections, but it [2023] was the first time we deployed it for the general election setting. Well, we had a glitch…

The Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation has paid for the whole medical bill of famed Nollywood actor John Okafor, also known as Mr Ibu. This was announced in a Facebook post on the foundation’s page on Friday. The statement said, “The Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation is honoured to have extended support to Mr. John Okafor, also known as Mr Ibu, a renowned comedic icon who has graced our screens and brought joy and laughter to countless homes over the past four decades. “When we learned of his recent health challenges and the financial burdens associated with his medical treatment, we felt…

President Bola Tinubu has approved the partial waiver of the “no work, no pay” imposed on previous striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities who embarked on an industrial action on February 14, 2022. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President. Media and Publicity According to the statement, the president ordered the immediate payment of the four-month withheld salary of ASUU members out of the eight-month salary withheld. The waiver, according to the president, is “in view of his determination to mitigate the difficulties being felt during the…

Prof. Sunday Shoyemi, a pathologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, revealed on Friday that a blunt force trauma to the head caused the death of Oluwabamise Ayanwole, a 22-year-old fashion designer. The pathologist testified before a Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square in the ongoing trial of Andrew Ominnikoron, a bus rapid transit driver. Ominnikoron is on trial for allegedly raping and murdering Oluwabamise Ayanwole. Shoyemi stated that after examining both Ayamwole’s external and interior bodies, he determined that her death was caused by craniocerebral damage as a result of blunt force trauma. The witness…

Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis has hinted that he would consider selling striker Victor Osimhen before his contract expires in 2025. Napoli’s relationship with Osimhen has lately deteriorated after the club’s official TikTok account criticised him for missing a penalty against Bologna. He suggested at a press conference that the striker could end up being sold, just like defender Kalidou Koulibaly. “I have never been unhappy with Osimhen,” he told reporters. “But there are always two people in these things; I have remained the same; if his mood has changed, I can’t do anything about it. “If after a handshake…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated that it does not issue arrest warrants for loan defaulters. In a statement made public on the commission’s verified X handle on Friday, the commission noted that several loan companies “are falsely linking their threats against loan defaulters to the Commission.” These come on the heels of “contrived documents on arrest warrant processing” being circulated by some loan companies “purportedly issued by the Commission against loan defaulters.” Warning loan companies to desist from such claims, the Commission urged the public to be wary of such claims. EFCC arrests 17 internet fraudsters…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that it will deploy 46,084 regular and ad hoc staff for the off-cycle governorship election coming up in November in Imo, Bayelsa, and Kogi states. This was made known by the Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, in his remarks at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners held at the INEC Conference Room, Abuja, on Friday. According to Mahmood, the three elections will involve 5,409,438 registered voters who will vote in 10,510 polling units spread across 649 electoral wards in 56 local government areas. He further stated that so far, all non-sensitive…

The Kano State Government is financing a total of 1001 postgraduate students for various postgraduate studies in India and Uganda. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf made the announcement during the flag-off ceremony for the start of the scholarship scheme on Thursday evening at Government House in Kano. He stated that the overseas scholarship programme will begin with 550 students. Yusuf stated that the foreign scholarship scheme was created by the state’s former governor, Senator Rabi’u Kwankwaso, and that it has brought many beneficial benefits to Kano State and the nation at large. “It is clearly seen that some of those trained…

A fourth fuel-laden tanker caught fire in Ogun State on Friday, making it the fourth in the country in two days. Previously, two tankers collided in Abeokuta and another on the Lagos-Ibadan motorway on Wednesday and Thursday. According to reports, the recent fire incident occurred in the early hours of Friday. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said the incident happened around 12:55 a.m., along the Mosimi-Sagamu route, around Okedia. The FRSC spokesperson in Ogun, Florence Okpe, said two people were involved in the crash; “fortunately, no injury or death was recorded.” Okpe stated that the Mac truck with no…

Nigeria’s ambassador to Morocco, Alhaji Mansur Nuhu Bamalli, has reportedly died at the age of 42. His demise was announced in a statement by the media and publicity officer of the Zazzau Emirate Council. According to the statement, Bamalli died at a private hospital in Lagos while in transit to Morocco. The statement added that “funeral prayers will be announced later.” He is survived by a wife and two children. He was also the Magajin Garin Zazzau and the biological younger brother of the Emir of Zazzau, Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli. Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the deceased a year ago.