Arise Television’s crew was attacked in Lagos. This happened while they were covering the elections in the Elegushi Palace area of Lagos State. According to a broadcast journalist, Oseni Rufai, the cameras and drones used for coverage were seized. So, he took to his Twitter handle on Saturday to say that a correspondent was […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed elections in 10 polling units in Lagos State. The polling units are in Victoria Garden City, Lekki. INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Lagos, Seun Agbaje, announced this while addressing reporters today. The election is postponed because members of the National Youth Service Corps who […]
The Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has won at the polling unit of former governor Rashidi Ladoja. Seyi Makinde of the People’s Democratic Party is contesting for a second term in Oyo State. Earlier, there was a rumour that Ladoja was not in support of Makinde’s ambitions for a second term. Afterward, […]
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ogun State, Remmy Hazzan, has expressed displeasure over some issues. His concerns were over the voter register used by the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct the 2023 general election. Further, Hazzan is the Senior Special Adviser on Public Communications to Governor Dapo […]
Finally, it’s election day, and millions of Nigerians will come out en masse to exercise their civic responsibilities.We should be informed that over 200,000 NYSC members have been deployed to ensure smooth sailing of the election. Also, 87.2 million people are eligible to vote in the 176,606 polling units available nationwide. Voting materials have […]
An Igbo socio-cultural group, Aka Ikenga, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission to uphold democracy today. Also, they urged the electoral body to be upright and see this election as a way to redeem their credibility. Finally, the governorship and state house of assembly elections are held today. This was made known […]
MTN Nigeria, a telecommunications company, has proposed a merger of two of its subsidiaries. They are Momo Payment Service Bank Limited and Yello Digital Financial Services Limited. The proposed merger was revealed in its proposed resolutions for its 2023 Annual General Meeting. Also, the meeting is scheduled to take place in April. MTN Nigeria […]
Desmond Elliott, a Lagos State House of Assembly member, has condemned the attack on Labour Party candidate Olumide Oworu. Olumide Oworu is Desmond Elliott’s opponent for the House of Assembly seat in Lagos. On Thursday, Olumide tweeted that he and his team were attacked during their campaign. Further, the attack happened on Tuesday at […]
Saturday’s gubernatorial and state house of assembly elections are around the corner. Subsequently, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Thursday ordered restricted movements. He restricted all kinds of vehicular movements and all forms of transportation. Further, from 12 a.m. to 6 p.m. on election day, no movement is expected in states where […]
The President-elect of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has succeeded in killing the hopes of Nigerians. He says that he will favour competence over national unity. During his speech, Tinubu claimed that his aim was higher than a government of national unity. He wants a government with national competence in selecting his […]