Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa has eased the 48-hour curfew he imposed in Delta state on Thursday, October 22, after receiving a brief from the three Service Commanders on the security situation across the state. In a series of tweets on Saturday October 24, the governor said from Sunday, October 25, people are free to move around and go…
President Alpha Conde has secured a third term in office by winning Guinea’s controversial presidential election with 59.5 percent of the vote. The electoral authority president Kabinet Cisse said Conde’s main opponent Cellou Dalein Diallo polled 33.5 percent of the vote. The announcement on Saturday October 24, came after days of deadly violence in the wake of the October 18 vote.…
Governor Gboyega Oyetola has declared a 24-hour curfew on all parts of Osun state. The state Governor who made the announcement in a state-wide broadcast on Saturday October 24, said the decision was taken to forestall any further breakdown of law and order and protect the lives and property of citizens and residents. Oyetola added that the curfew will…
President Buhari is currently in a closed door meeting with former leaders of the country. This is coming on the heels of the increasing level of insecurity in the country. According to Bashir Ahmad, the Personal Assistant to the president, the former leaders in attendance include Olusegun Obasanjo, Goodluck Jonathan, Abdulsalami Abubakar, Ernest Shonekan and Yakubu Gowon.”President…
Singers Davido and Runtown have called on President Buhari to immediately resign following the attack on #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate on Tuesday night, October 20. Several persons have reportedly been killed after security agents allegedly opened fire at the protesters. Many others sustained injuries. See Davido and Runtown’s reactions as posted on their…
Rotimi Akeredolu who was re-elected as Governor of Ondo state, has received his certificate of return alongside his Deputy, Lucky Ayedatiwa. Presenting the certificate of return to Akeredolu and Aiyedatiwa, Ondo Resident Electoral Commissioner Ambassador Rufus Akeju urged the Governor to continue to provide basic services, basic amenities and infrastructure for the masses. Akeredolu on his own part hailed…
Voters in the Ondo state have been told that they might be denied a chance to vote in the governorship election holding in the state tomorrow if they turn up without a face mask. National Coordinator of the PTF, Dr. Sani Aliyu who said this during the task force’s media briefing in Abuja on Thursday October…
A five-man panel of the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has overturned a ruling by the Bayelsa state election tribunal which nullified the election of Douye Diri as governor of Bayelsa State. The three-member panel of the tribunal had on August 17, ruled that the November 16, 2019 election that saw Diri emerge as governor of…
Former Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan has formally defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party. Uduaghan who formally rejoined the PDP on Monday September 28, at his hometown, Abigborodo in Warri North Local Government Area of the State, defected to the APC where he contested and lost the Delta South Senatorial seat…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a certificate of return to Godwin Obaseki as the elected governor of Edo state. Governor Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, both of whom contested in the state governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), were presented with the certificate in Edo on Tuesday, September 22.…