Author: Olukayode Oke

Some political thugs have reportedly hijacked and destroyed voting materials meant for wards 2, 3, 4 and 5 in constituency five of the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State for the House of Assembly election. Governor Douye Diri has already strongly condemned the act, according to his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Daniel Alabrah. The governor urged the Inspector General of Police and Commissioner of Police for Bayelsa State to restore peace in the area. Meanwhile, accreditation and voting were yet to start at wards polling units 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 in Atissa Constituency, Yenagoa LGA of…

Voting has begun at the polling unit of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, PU 085, Ward 3, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos State at 8:30 am. Announcing the commencement of the exercise, the Assistant Presiding Officer Unit III of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Adebola Adebiyi, said the voting would end by 2:30 pm. She read out the voting process in line with the electoral guidelines. She also displayed the BVAS and empty ballot box while urging voters to adhere strictly to the rules and regulations. The INEC officials arrived at the polling unit at 7:30 am. Our correspondent observed heavy security presence…

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has signed into law the constitutional amendment allowing states in the country to licence, generate, transmit, and distribute electricity. This was made known in a tweet by the presidential media spokesperson, Tolu Ogunlesi, on Friday. He tweeted, “President #MBuhari has signed 16 constitution amendment bills into law. By this signing, State Houses of Assembly & judiciaries now have constitutionally guaranteed financial independence, while railways have moved from Exclusive Legislative List to the concurrent list. Another landmark change: By virtue of the presidential assent, Nigerian states can now generate, transmit and distribute electricity in…

The draw for the quarter-finals of this season’s UEFA Europa League (UEL) has been conducted. The draw which was streamed live on UEFA’s official website by 1pm, Nigerian time, was conducted in Nyon on Friday. Premier League giants Manchester United will clash with LaLiga side Sevilla in the Europa League last-8 Serie A giants, Juventus will take on Sporting Lisbon, who eliminated Arsenal from the tournament in the last-16 stage. The quarter-final fixtures will take place on the 13th and 20th of April. The semi-final fixtures will take place on 11 and 18 of May. The final takes place at…

Victor Osimhen has scooped the UEFA Champions League Goal of the Week award. It’s the first time the Nigeria international will be winning the award. Osimhen’s beautiful header in Napoli’s 3-0 win against German side Eintracht Frankfurt was voted by fans as the best for the week. The forward nodded home superbly from Matteo Politano’s cross deep into stoppage time in the Round of 16 second leg tie. Osimhen scored Napoli’s second goal of the game in the second half. The 24-year-old was also nominated for the Player of the Week award, which was won by Manchester City striker, Erling…

Crystal Palace have sacked manager Patrick Vieira after a 12-match winless run. Palace have not won a match in 2023 and were beaten 1-0 by Brighton in the Premier League on Wednesday, their third defeat in a row. They are 12th in the table but are only three points above 18th-placed Bournemouth, who have a game in hand. “It is with enormous regret that this difficult decision has been made,” chairman Steve Parish said. “Ultimately, results in recent months have placed us in a precarious league position and we felt a change is necessary to give us the best chance of…

Governorship candidates of some political parties in Rivers State Hold Protest At Police Headquarters With Various Claims Of Harasment And Intimidation by the incumbent Governor, Nyesom Wike ahead of Saturday’s election. The candidates are Senator Magnus Abe of the Social Democratic Party, Tonye Cole, All Progressives Congress, Chief Dumo Lulu-Briggs, Accord and Tonte Ibraye, African Democratic Congress. The opposition parties also claimed that their members and supporters were being detained unlawfully by security operatives in the state working for Governor Wike and called for their immediate release. More Details soon…..

Chelsea will face Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final. Premier League champions Manchester City will play six-time winners Bayern Munich. The Premier League duo are on a collision course to face each other in a mouth-watering semi-final tie should they see off their heavyweight last-eight opponents. Inter Milan would also get to slug it out with Benfica for a place in the semi-finals AC Milan, who knocked out Tottenham in the last 16, will go-head-to-head with Serie A leaders Napoli in an all-Italian clash. The two-leg quarter-finals take place on 11-12 April, with the return games on 18-19 April.…

Barely twenty-four hours before the governorship and state house of assembly election, the Labour Party in Ogun State has gone into an alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party. The party’s alliance was said to have targeted at the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Dapo Abiodun who is seeking a second term. A faction of the Labour Party had endorsed Abiodun’s second-term ambition. But, the caretaker committee set up by the national leadership has faulted the endorsement. The Labour Party caretaker committee however, in a statement issued on Friday by the Publicity Secretary of the Caretaker…

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Dr. Cyril Omorogbe says the commission has delisted 100 ad hoc staff in the state over alleged involvement in election malpractices. Omorogbe made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Thursday. He said the affected ad hoc staff were found culpable of electoral malpractices during the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. ”We blacklisted them, we will not use them during the Governorship and House of Assembly elections on Saturday,” he said. The resident electoral commissioner said the commission had started distributing sensitive materials…

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has disclosed that the incumbent governor and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, is his preferred candidate for the forthcoming governorship election in the state. The monarch made this known while receiving the Labour Party governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour to his palace at Iga-Idunganran on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Rhodes-Vivour, alongside other party chieftains, had gone to the palace to pay homage to the traditional ruler and also seek his blessings ahead of the governorship election on Saturday, March 18, 2023. The monarch hailed the Labour Party flag-bearer for his courage to join the…

Hours to the Saturday governorship election, Seye Dairo, Campaign Director-General, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Lagos State, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, better known as Jandor, has resigned. Dairo, who made the disclosure via a letter, failed to give any reason for taking the action. However, in the letter, Dairo expressed appreciation to Jandor for giving him the opportunity to serve as the campaign DG of the party ahead of the election. Several chieftains of the party had hitherto dumped the PDP candidate to form alliance with either the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, or the Labour Party.…