Author: Npo_report

Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag was in defiant mood after being handed a touchline suspension following his team’s 1-0 Premier League victory over Luton Town on Saturday. The Dutchman was shown his third yellow card of the season as Victor Lindelof scored the only goal to earn United their second league win in a row. The win lifted the gloom at Old Trafford after United’s poor start to the campaign. “There is a certain point you have to accept decisions, I should do as well,” Ten Hag told reporters. Ten Hag, booked for arguing about a throw-in decision late…

Shop owners lost goods estimated at N30 million to Friday’s fire outbreak at Oja-Tuntun Market in Ile-Ife, Osun, Mr Adeyinmi Adeleye of the Oyo State Fire Service said on Saturday. Adeleye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ile-Ife that the fire began from an electrical power surge in one of the shops in the market. He said residents rose to the occasion and joined the fire service to put out the fire, noting that no life was lost to the accident. Head of market women at the Oja-Tuntun Market, Chief Falilat Lawal, lamented repeated fire outbreaks at the…

By Kamil Opeyemi The Independent National Electoral Commission Saturday night announced it has suspended elections in some areas of Kogi state where violence have been reported. The Commission, in a statement made available to the NPO Reports said it has received reports from its officials in Kogi State on incidences of electoral malpractices, particularly the incident of result sheets which were completed before voting. “Reports indicate that the incidents occurred in Adavi, Ajaokuta, Ogori/Magongo, Okehi and Okene Local Government Areas. The most serious incidents occurred in Ogori/Magongo, affecting nine of 10 Registration Areas,” INEC said in a statement signed by…

By Kamil Opeyemi and Halimah Olamide After seven hours of tension-soaked voting exercises across the three states of Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo, sorting and counting have commenced on Saturday as candidates await their fates. In Bayelsa, sorting and counting of votes commenced in many polling units in Bayelsa after voting ended at 2.30pm. At PU 10, Agric Meeting Hall, Attissa 1, Yenagoa, the voting process ended at 2.30pm while sorting of ballot papers commenced at 2.35pm in the presence of party agents and security personnel. It was also ongoing at PU 05 Government House Agric, Attissa 1 Ward as at…

Gov. Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu, on Saturday expressed diverse views on the conduct of the Saturday governorship election in Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that both candidates spoke shortly after casting their votes at their various polling units on amidst low voter turnout. Uzodimma, who voted at 11:35a.m. at Polling Unit 032, Ekwenja Ukwu-Ozu ward, Omuma Community, Oru East Local Government Area, said reports he received showed that the election was peaceful in most parts of the state. “The election, contrary to what…

An 86-year-old woman, Mrs Mercy Okodo, has expressed disappointment that her name was missing on the voters register in her polling unit in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the woman said she trekked to Polling Unit 011 at Yenada Market Square, Epie III Ward, Yenagoa, in order to vote for her governorship candidate. NAN reports also that the polling unit has 822 registered voters. Okodo expressed disappointment that her name was missing in spite of voting at the same polling unit in the past. “I’m surprised to be told that my name is not on…

By Halimah Olamide The candidate of the All Progressive Congress in the ongoing governorship election in Bayelsa state said that security men have been used to intimidate his supporters in the state. Sylva said the whole scenario had looked like not contesting with the ruling party the Peoples Democratic Party but with security agencies. The former governor said these would however not be enough to prevent his victory. Sylva said he woke up this morning to the news that one of his supporters had been short in a part of the state adding that the security agencies ought to remain…

Mr Habu Sani, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of security in the Kogi Governorship Election, says the election so far, is peaceful as no security breach has been reported. The DIG made the disclosure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Saturday via a telephone interview. He said that from all indications, the electorate and political actors in the poll were behaving well. “As it’s now, there’s no report of breach of security from any part of Kogi. “We thank God that what we have been praying for is indeed manifesting to show a…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has blamed some unseen forces for late arrival of officials and election materials in some polling units for Saturday’s Kogi governorship election. The state INEC Voter Education and Publicity Officer, Mr Haliru Sule, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Saturday. “As an election umpire, INEC made adequate preparations for this off circle governorship election, yet we still experienced some hitches here an there. “To us these hitches are deliberate sabotage by some unseen forces. “We didn’t expect the sudden dearth of vehicles that could transport…

Alhaji Muritala Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Candidate, for Saturday’s Kogi governorship election, has expressed confidence of victory in the election. Ajaka said this when he spoke with newsmen shortly after he cast his vote at the polling unit 005 in his Ida county home. ” INEC has tried in conducting this off circle governorship election in Kogi, but not with some challenges in some places. “We are only worried with the reports we are getting from our agents in three local government areas, Adavi, Okehi and Okene, where results sheets are reportedly missing. “We hope that the authorities…