Daily Archives: November 11, 2023

Imo State Governorship Election: Armed assailants assault individuals engaged in vote buying, making off with more than N1.5 million.

Unidentified gunmen targeted polling units situated at All Saints Anglican Cathedral, assaulting individuals involved in vote buying and seizing a sum exceeding N1.5 million. The assailants, numbering more than 10, forcefully took the money being distributed to voters across four polling units within the cathedral precinct. Eyewitnesses reported that the gunmen arrived…

PRESIDENT TINUBU TO NIGERIA-SAUDI INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE: ALL BOTTLENECKS WILL BE CRUSHED AND YOUR FUNDS WILL COME IN AND GO OUT WITHOUT HINDRANCE

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, began his deliberation with the Captains of Saudi Arabian Industry at the Nigeria-Saudi Investment Roundtable by making clear that with his team in place, every negative perception or notion about what Nigeria has represented in the past with respect to the ease of doing business,…

Soyinka asserts that technology is giving rise to a new cohort of individuals lacking essential literacy skills in Nigeria.

Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has expressed concern about the impact of technology, stating that its introduction is giving rise to a new generation of illiterates. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the CANEX Live Theatre during the 3rd Intra-African Trade Fair, IATF 2023, in Cairo, Egypt on November 10, Soyinka emphasized the dual nature…

INEC Initiates Probe Following Discovery of Completed Result Sheets in Several Polling Units in Kogi State

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed the initiation of an investigation into reports of completed result sheets found in certain polling units in Kogi state. The Commission, addressing the issue through its official handle, stated: “We are aware of reports indicating the discovery of filled result sheets in some polling units in Kogi…

Gubernatorial Election: Timipre Sylva of APC Alleges PDP and Military Interference with Voters in Bayelsa

Timipre Sylva, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Nigerian Military of interfering with voters during the ongoing governorship election. Sylva made these allegations after casting his vote at Polling Unit 4, Dukuraku Central Open Space, Okpoama, Ward 4, Brass Local…