Author: Vincent Osuwo

Officials from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are currently trapped at the Ajayi Crowther Memorial School after being deployed to various polling units across Lokoja, Kogi State. The officials were there to receive electoral materials for the state’s governorship elections on November 11. Among them are NYSC members and other ad hoc workers hired by the commission to oversee the election. Despite receiving the electoral materials, the officials are still stranded because no means of transportation to their respective polling stations is in sight. An INEC official was overheard telling some officials that the only way they could get…

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has reported the kidnapping of one of its staffers in Bayelsa State’s Sagbama Local Government Area. Wilfred Ifogah, the state’s head of INEC voter registration, said in a statement on Friday that the electoral worker was kidnapped while waiting to board a boat at the jetty. Wilfred Ifogah, the state’s head of INEC voter registration, claimed in a statement on its verified X account on Friday night that the officer was abducted while waiting to board a boat at the jetty. He also revealed that a boat transporting poll staff and equipment to the southern…

Nigerian international musician David Adeleke, popularly called Davido, has been nominated for three different Grammy Awards categories. The multiple award-winning artist earned a nomination for the Best African Performance category for his hit single ‘Unavailable’ featuring Musa Keys. He also earned a nomination for the Best Global Music Performance category for his single ‘Feel’ while picking up his third nomination for the Best Global Album category for his record-breaking fourth album, ‘Timeless.’ Reacting to his nominations, the elated musician took to his verified X handle, where he said, “3 nominations. Delay is not denial.”  Davido, Burna Boy make 2024 Grammy…

Nigerian international superstars Davido, Burna Boy, Asake, Olamide, and Ayra Starr have all been nominated for the 2024 Grammy Awards. The Nigerian musicians were all nominated for the maiden African music category, with Davido for his hit single ‘Unavailable’, Burna Boy for ‘City Boy’, Ayra Starr for ‘Rush’, and Asake for ‘Amapiano’ featuring Olamide. This is the first nomination for Davido, Olamide, Asake, and Ayra Starr, demonstrating Nigerian mainstream music’s complete dominance on the African continent. Tyla, a South African artist, was also nominated in the category for her hit single ‘Water,’ marking her first nomination. Fireboy, a Nigerian pop…

Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), alleged on Friday that he was arrested in Owerri by the police and given over to waiting thugs who had completely beaten him. He claimed that the attackers, numbering around seven, dragged him on the floor like an ordinary criminal. The NLC president told journalists in Abuja that the NLC wrote to all security agencies before going to the state for the protest on November 1. Workers who arrived at the protest site around 7 a.m. that day were beaten up by thugs and had their phones stolen, according to…

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has been voted Manager of the Month for October, becoming the first manager in Premier League history to win the title in the first three months of a season. Since taking over in the summer, the popular Australian has taken English football by storm, with his team being unbeaten in their first ten games. Spurs’ progress was slightly halted by a chaotic 4-1 defeat to Chelsea on Monday after they were reduced to nine men, but it has still been a fine start to the campaign. Last month, Postecoglou managed three victories—against Luton Town,…

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has condemned the assault on the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Comrade Joe Ajaero, describing it as regrettable. Uzodimma, while in an interview with Channels TV’s Politics Today, apologized for the assault met on the NLC boss despite claiming he was not aware Ajaero was in his state. Chronicle NG reports that after being arrested in Imo by security agents allegedly sent by Uzodinma while spearheading a protest by the labour union for better wages in the state, Ajaero was beaten by the operatives. Speaking on the incident, Uzodinma said, “I was not aware…

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested the husband of Mrs. Toluige Olokoobi after she allegedly committed suicide. Olokoobi was the mother of Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola, a little boy whose video went viral in 2020 after he pleaded with his mother, “Mummy, be calming down.” Oreofeoluwa rose to fame on social media after a video of him crying in an attempt to confidently appeal to his mother, who chastised him, went viral. The video inspired Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who used it to deliver an Eid-el-Kabir appeal to Muslims and Lagos people in general to remain calm during…

The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has urged President Bola Tinubu to make all federal government tertiary institutions tuition-free in order to alleviate the hardship created by the removal of fuel subsidy in the country. Rev. Stephen Panya, President of ECWA, made the call to Tinubu on Thursday during a news conference to promote the church concert and convention in Lagos. While applauding Tinubu for the restoration of the naira’s value, Panya stated that measures must be put in place to alleviate the current burden on Nigerians. He said, “The current effort to revamp the economy, especially the restoration of…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has sent observers to the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi on Saturday. Mrs. Azuka Ogugua, the Commission’s spokeswoman, stated this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. According to her, operatives from the commission have been dispatched to the 56 local government areas and 649 wards in the three states where the election will take place. The operatives, according to Ogugua, were to monitor and prevent vote-buying and other electoral malpractices at the various polling stations during the election. “The monitoring exercise is a response to the…