Archive for year: 2023

There was pandemonium at Lugbe primary school, 009, Abuja on Saturday afternoon, February 25, after voters allegedly caught INEC officials thumb-printing ballot papers. Multiple sources report that they were kept waiting for hours as some INEC officials claimed the ballot papers weren’t available at the moment. A source said,...

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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the early hours of today, February 25, 2023 intercepted a woman with 18 voter cards in a sting operation at Badarwa area of Kaduna, Kaduna State. The suspect identified as Maryam Mamman Alhaji, who is a member of the...

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A ballot box snatcher identified as Idris Ojochenemi Akayaba has been g¥nned down in Ayangba, Kogi State. It is reported that he was k#lled by security operatives on Saturday, February 25, while snatching ballot boxes at the Kogi State University community polling center. It was gathered that he just...

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A Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) vehicle on election duty was involved in an acc#dent on Friday evening at the Giri Roundabout bridge, Abuja. The officers were on their way to Lagos conveying election duty materials, including NSCDC security. In a trending video on social media, people...

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The Nigerian Communications Commission, (NCC), says all fraudulent messages on network shut down in the country should be ignored. The NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Reuben Muoka, said this in a statement, on Thursday, in Abuja. He said the NCC’s attention was drawn to fraudulent and misleading information...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the Enugu east senatorial election over the death of Oyibo Chukwu, the Labour Party’s candidate. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairperson, announced the development on Friday during a media briefing at the national collation centre in Abuja. It would be recalled that Chukwu...

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Destiny Iganibo, member of Rivers State Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Agency, has reportedly been arrested for b%mbing the residence of Tamunosisi Gogo-Jaja, a former Commissioner for water resources in the state. He was caught via CCTV footage in the early hours of Friday, February 24. Destiny and another unidentified...

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The Kogi State Government, on Thursday, clarified the excavation of some roads in Kogi Central, saying it is a deliberate security measure to cut off traffic on those roads with a view to restricting the use of the roads by criminals who had been breaching the peace of the...

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The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, declared yesterday that elections will hold in every part of Nigeria and that the Armed Forces, the Police and other security agencies were ready to defend democracy at all costs. Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, quoted the...

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Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command in the early hours of Friday, arrested a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Chinyere Igwe, for allegedly being in possession of $500,000 on the eve of the 2023 general elections. Igwe, who is a supporter of the presidential candidate of...

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