The Nigerian equities market defied the usual election fears to consolidate gains for the five trading days, as investors gained N623 billion. Also, the volume of shares traded increased significantly, as turnover of 799.8 million shares worth N29.4 billion was recorded in 14,194 deals by investors on the floor of the Exchange, higher than 751.9 […]
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has condemned the attacks on journalists in some parts of the country during Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. Warning that it would no longer accept “this ugly trend” which it said endangers democracy, the Union calls on the Police Inspector General Alkali Baba Usman and other Security Chiefs […]
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A member of the Jacksonites Alumni Association Worldwide, and daughter of the late Prof. P. C. Agba, Mrs. Yvonne Agba-Mefor, both of Mass Communications Department, University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka, are calling on public spirited individuals and organisatins to come to her aid as she seeks financial assistance for the medical treatment of her husband, […]
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There was relative calm in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital and other places, where the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, conducted the rescheduled presidential, Senate and House of Representatives elections in 141 polling units. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, had postponed elections in the 141 polling units in Yenagoa, over disruption of electoral processes in […]
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An Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) official uses a Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to accredit a voter at Kwankwaso ward, Malamai in Kano on February 25, 2023, during Nigeria’s presidential and general election. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) YIAGA Africa said the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed in Saturday’s presidential and National […]
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Collation resumes tomorrow The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has won Ekiti State with 201,494 defeating his closest rival Alhaji Abubakar Atiku of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who scored 89, 554. The Collation Officer for the just concluded Presidential election in Ekiti, Prof. Akeem Olawale Lasisi, who is the […]
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Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu (left); INEC Commissioners, Festus Okoye, a lawyer, and Prof. Kunle Ajayi, at media briefing on 2023 General Elections in Abuja…yesterday Apologises to Nigerians, says results safe The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said technical challenges with its system were responsible for the delay in uploading […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced the upload of polling unit results of the 2023 presidential results on its website. As of 11:35pm on Saturday, 4,102 polling unit results, out of the 176,846, had been uploaded. A civil society group, Yiaga Africa, had earlier expressed concern over the failure of INEC to upload results […]
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A human rights organisation, Centre for Transparency Advocacy on Sunday slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for publicly displaying his ballot paper after voting in Daura, during the presidential and National Assembly elections. While describing the action as vote selling and a violation of the Electoral Act, the organisation said the President was clearly canvassing for votes […]
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The video footage shows a fight outside the school (Image: Twitter) A few days ago, precisely February 6, the world was shocked by the brutal attack on a black girl who is a student at Thomas Knyvett School in Ashford, Surrey, United Kingdom. The teenage girl, repeatedly punched and kicked in the head, was injured […]
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