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As Boat Carrying Bayelsa Election Materials Capsizes By Kamil Opeyemi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that one of its officials has been abducted in Sagbama LGA of Bayelsa state. In a statement on Friday, Wilfred Ifogah, head of INEC voters’ registration in the state, said the official was kidnapped while waiting to board a boat at the jetty. He also said that a boat conveying election personnel and materials to Southern Ijaw LGA capsized, adding that result sheets were lost in the process. “We wish to confirm that a boat carrying election personnel to registration area 17…
By Kamil Opeyemi, Halimah Olamide and David Orji All eyes are on the three states of Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo today as residents go out to vote in the off-circle governorship elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The three states are those outside the usual seasonal exercise in the country apart from Edo, Ekiti and Osun whose times are also off circle. Off-circle election states are those who by virtue of previous electoral situations leading to judgments of courts, governors were removed for the validly elected ones to take over, hence the difference in the times their elections…
By Halimah Olamide The headquarters of the Nigerian Police Force has said it has demanded for details of the allegations against a member of the House of Representatives Engr. Simon Atigwe who was accused of sending thugs to attacks a family in Enugu state over a land tussle. A video of the family being allegedly beaten after being tied and dragged to a place was seen by our correspondent. The video was shared by an X user, @Nwaadaz who said after the family members were beaten and humiliated, the lawmaker still asked policemen to lock them up. She also shared…
By Halimah Olamide Singer, David Adeleke, popularly called Davido, has asked his uncle, Governor Demola Adeleke, to halt the mission to help a street hawker, Eniola who is physically challenged after the discovery that she is a man. The lady, who claimed to be a make up artist, had gone viral at the beginning of the week after a skit maker, Brain Jotter, spotted her hawking water on the road. Moved by her physical appearance, Brain Jotter had gifted Eniola a sum of N400,000 which he transferred to her account. He had made a video asking those who are physically…
By Halimah Olamide President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the N2.17trillion supplementary budget. NPO Reports that Tinubu had last week forwarded the supplementary budge to the National Assembly for its approval. Present at the signing ceremony on Wednesday was the President of the Senate Godswill Akpabio; Speaker House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume; Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Atiku Bagudu; Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, Solomon Olamilekan Adeola; Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, Majority Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele Tinubu had said the supplementary bill was…
By Kamil Opeyemi Mrs. Lawal-Babalola, mother of the toddler who trended on video some years back asking his mother to calm down has reportedly committed suicide. Tolulope Lawal-Babalola, who was the mother of Oreofeoluwa, was heard trying to discipline her son who was however telling her to calm down. A social media user with the X handle @Sammydo214 had posted that the incident happened on Tuesday in Benin. The video, which went viral, had attracted widespread attention leading to the Governor of Lagos state, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu inviting the family over to his office. The governor finally met the family…
By Halimah Olamide Relief has come the way of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Mr. Godwin Emefiele, as he was granted bail on Wednesday. Justice Olukayode Adeniyi of the High Court of the FCT, Maitama, admitted the former apex bank boss to bail in a ruling delivered Wednesday afternoon. The judge said it was the duty of Emefiele’s lawyers to produce him in court on November 15 when he is expected to appear before another judge of the High Court of the FCT in a charge earlier filed by the EFCC against him and one other…
Governor Directs Osun Officials to Look for Her By Halimah Olamide Fortune has smiled on a make up artist-turned street water hawker, Eniola after her encounter with a skit maker, Brain Jotter while she was hawking water on a Lagos road. Moved by the physical disability of Eniola, Brain Jotter, who was just driving stopped to record a video of the hawker. In the video, it was revealed that Eniola is physically challenged with her two hands. While she has only two fingers on one of the hands, she has three finders in the other. But even with these, she…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Tuesday announced Tuesday November 14 as the date for the commencement of a nationwide strike. The decision was reached after an extraordinary meeting of the unions held in Abuja on Tuesday. Though the unions were yet to make an official statement as at the time of filing this report, it was gathered that it was resolved after hours of deliberations by the leadership that the nation be shut down. NPO Reported earlier that the unions had summoned a meeting where they planned to discuss modalities for the…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress on Tuesday summoned what they called an “extraordinary” meeting of their leadership. The reason for the meeting, NPO Reports learnt was to review modalities for the impending nationwide strike. The two labour bodies are planning a strike over the attacks on the President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero in Owerri the Imo state capital last week. Ajaero, had travelled to Owerri to mobilise workers for a protests against the state government. Things however turned awry after some hoodlums stormed the venue and descended on the NLC leaders. Ajaero,…