Day: March 18, 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission has rescheduled voting to Sunday in 10 polling units at Victoria Garden City, Lagos. This, the commission said, was to sort out disagreements over the relocation of the polling units. There were agitations over INEC’s decision to move the 10 polling units to locations outside the gate of the VGC

Kamaru Usman’s attempt to regain the welterweight title against Leon Edwards tonight, in the main event of the UFC 286 at the 02 Arena in London is about to begin, as the former champion looks to avenge his knockout loss last August. Jamaican-born Edwards knocked out Usman in stunning fashion in August, taking the belt

The currency in circulation in the country dipped by a 235.03 per cent to N982.09bn at the end of February from N3.29tn at the end of October 2022, on the back of the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria. Figures obtained from the CBN revealed that N2.3tn was mopped up from circulation

A Niger Delta activist and President of Ijaw Monitoring Group, Joseph Evah, speaks to GODFREY GEORGE about the perennial issues in the region, the new board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, and other national issues After a long wait, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has inaugurated the board of the Niger Delta

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday charged the police to apprehend and prosecute thugs who disrupted Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections to serve as deterrence to others. He said it would be disappointing if the police failed to do so. Jonathan stated this shortly after he voted at unit 39 ward 13 in Otuoke

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, has called on the Economic and Financial Crime Commission to investigate the alleged financial impropriety and fund mismanagement rocking the ruling party. Nabena’s call follows accusations and counter-accusations between the party’s National Vice Chairman (North-West), Mallam Salihu Lukman, and the party National Secretary,

A report from the International Labour Organisation has revealed that working for hours that are too long negatively affects workers’ safety, health, and ability to reconcile work and personal life. According to the report, working fewer than 20 hours is considered short working hours, while more than 48 hours is considered excessive working hours. It

A group, Centre for Democracy and Development on Saturday, raised concerns over the credibility of the governorship election citing the alleged public sale of votes, violence, and intimidation in different states. According to the organisation, although the Independent National Electoral Commission did better in the area of deployment of materials and manpower, leading to the

 The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Ogun State, Olufemi Ajadi, has vowed to sue the Independent National Electoral Commission for omitting the party’s name on the ballot papers for the governorship election in the state. Ajadi, who spoke shortly after he cast his votes at Ofada in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Saturday said the scarcity of naira notes reduced the incidence of vote-buying. The President, after voting in Daura, Katsina State, urged Nigerians to collect money offered to them by vote-buyers but vote their conscience. The naira scarcity had led to crisis nationwide, in which case many Nigerians