Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said over 5.4 million Nigerians are on the voter register for the Nov. 11 governorship elections in Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi states. The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun made this known in a statement made public. The statement read in part, “The Commission held its regular meeting today, Tuesday, October 10, 2023, and, among other issues, reviewed preparations for the off-cycle Governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States. “For the forthcoming elections, there are 1,056 862 registered voters in Bayelsa State; 2,419,922 in…

The National Examination Council, NECO, has released the results of this year’s June/July Senior School Certificate Examination. In the examination, 61.60% of students were recorded to have scored five credits and above in English Language and Mathematics. The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi made the announcement at NECO headquarters while briefing Journalists in Minna, Niger State. Prof. Wushishi disclosed that a total of 1,205,888 students registered for the examination with 1, 196, 985 successfully seating for the exams, a number that comprises 616,398 males and 580,587 females. When compared to the results of the 2022…

As a result of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas terrorists of Palestine, the Lagos State government has airlifted 310 people who went to Israel on a holy pilgrimage back to Nigeria. This is as the state government has put on hold the airlifting of some intending pilgrims from Lagos to Israel, earlier scheduled for Tuesday (today). The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced this in a tweet via his personal Twitter handle on Tuesday, October 10, 2023. Sanwo-Olu thanked the Ministry of Home Affairs for evacuating 310 Nigerian pilgrims from the war zone. He shared the news with photos of…

Four Students of the Nasarawa State University (NSUK), Keffi were last night reportedly abducted by people suspected to be kidnappers in Angwan ka’are, a community in Keffi Local government Area of the state. The students who were said to be kidnapped outside the university campus at 10.30 pm Monday include: Rahila Hanya – SLT 100 Level, Josephine Gershon a Computer Science 100 Level, Rosemary Samuel of Business Administration 100 Level and Goodness Samuel of the department of Geography 100 also Level. Speaking when contacted, the University Head of Information and Protocol, Abraham Ekpo said the university authority was aware of…

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar on Tuesday spoke on the the discrepancies in his Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) certificate. One of the aides of the former Vice President, Dele Momodu gave the clarification in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter). Momodu stated that the clarification was necessary following allegations of forgery against Atiku by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He noted that some members of the ruling party had questioned the name ”Sadiq Abubakar” in Atiku’s WAEC certificate as against his other credentials. Momodu said he forwarded the accusations to…

The Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) Gubernatorial Campaign Council has faulted the judgement of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, which disqualified the APC candidate, Timipre Sylva, from the November 11 governorship election in the State. Justice Donatus Okorowo had on Monday, October 9, 2023 ruled that Sylva was not qualified to be in the Bayelsa governorship race for third time, in a lawsuit numbered FHC/ABJ/CS/821/2023, and filed by Chief Demesuoyefa Kolomo, a member of the APC, on June 13, 2023. The plaintiff had approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to seek for the disqualification of the…

The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland will host the 2028 European Championship, Uefa has confirmed. The joint bid ran unopposed after Turkey withdrew to focus on a bid with Italy for Euro 2032, which was also confirmed at a meeting in Switzerland. Both bids ran unopposed but still needed official approval from Uefa. The UK and Ireland focused on Euro 2028, with Uefa’s approval, after they ended a plan to be Europe’s preferred candidate for the 2030 World Cup. It is understood that Cardiff’s Principality Stadium will host the opening match of the 2028 tournament with the final at…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has appointed three more banks for the collection of fees under the Nigerian Export Supervision Scheme (NESS). The banks are Coronation Merchant Bank Limited, Paralex Bank Limited and Lotus Bank. The appointment was approved by the minister of finance, budget and national planning. “Consequently, all authorised dealers are therefore enjoined to bring the information to the attention of the exporting customers,” a circular signed by W.J. Kanya, for the director of trade and exchange department said. In 2021, the CBN appointed 19 banks for the same fees collection. The NESS is a statutory payment…

Ex-Chelsea winger Eden Hazard has announced his retirement from football after leaving Real Madrid at the end of last season at the age of 32. The Belgian left Real Madrid at the end of the 2022/23 season and did not join a new club over the summer. He has now taken to social media to announce his retirement from playing, bringing the curtain down on a 16-year playing career. Taking to social media on Tuesday, Hazard said: “You must listen to yourself and say stop at the right time. “After 16 years and more than 700 matches played, I have decided to…

The Government of Lagos State has suspended its planned mass burial of the 103 corpses recovered in the wake of the October 2020 #EndSARS protest. The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso disclosed this to the newspaper on Monday, October 9, 2023. He said the planned mass burial was suspended because of the controversy that trailed the announcement of the plan in July. According to Omotoso, the state government was planning to carry out the mass burial soon “but because of the controversies around that time, it was suspended. People now have the time and ample opportunity to see if…

Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State has offered a permanent and pensionable appointment to a casual worker at the state Pilgrims Welfare Board, Dayyabu Haladu, who returned missing $16,000 during the last Hajj operation in Saudi Arabia. This is contained in a statement by his Press Secretary, Malam Bature Dawakin Tofa in Kano on Tuesday. Gov. Yusuf also offered him a gift of ₦1 million and automatic slot for the forthcoming Hajj. The governor disclosed this while receiving the report of the board for the 2023 Hajj. He expressed appreciation to the casual worker for displaying self contentment. He said such character…

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it has commenced the process of home delivery of passport applications and it could begin enforcement next year.  Minister of Interior Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo said this on Monday in Lagos while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2023 University of Lagos International Week. According to him, Nigerians will soon begin to experience the “sweetness” of the passport application as the ministry has started the automation of the process. “We have commenced the automation of our end-to-end passport application process, and we have given a timeline from which Nigerians will begin to experience the ‘sweet…