A socio-cultural group, Iko Udama has called on Nigerians to pick up their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) from designated centres as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Chairman of Iko Udama, Mr Amodu Achema, said this at the end of the group’s Annual General Meeting in Abuja on Saturday. He said it was better for Nigerians to turn out en mass while the forthcoming elections were still months away than wait till the last minute. Achema said while it was not bad to speak about one’s preferred candidate, what would determine the outcome of the election was…
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The Nigeria Police Force has warned Nigerians to shun acts capable of jeopardising the 2023 general elections. The spokesperson for the Force Headquarters, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi gave the advice when he spoke on Sunday in Ibadan at the close of a conference organised for police spokesmen. Adejobi noted that elections must be peaceful to produce the good governance for which Nigerians yearned. He called on Nigerians to shun hooliganism, thuggery, vandalism and acts that could affect free, fair and credible election process. “We all want to have free, fair and acceptable elections in 2023 and we need to work toward…
By Bernice Eke Horrible insecurity happening in the camp of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia group, Eastern Security Network (ESN), where human bodies were roasted and used to make soup in Udah, Orsu local government in Imo State have been discovered by joint operatives of the various Nigerian security outfits comprising the military, police and Department of State Security (DSS). During the raid, one of the rescued kidnap victims narrated how she and four other ladies were kidnapped and locked up in a room where they were brutally tortured. She said the commander of the…
No fewer than 39 Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI) students in Enugu on Saturday graduated from the British IAU17 entrepreneurship project, located within the university. The project is being funded and supported by the British Council. GOUNI also partnered the London School of Economics (LSE), DNA Learning Centre, Nigeria, at GOUNI, its Directorate of Entrepreneurship (DOE) and Spark Concepts Management Limited (SCML) to train the students. They were trained on how to do organic vegetable, yoghurt and cream, honey, fish and snail farming, natural food and other agricultural farming scientifically. Speaking at the event, the Vice Chancellor of GOUNI, Prof. Christian…
Cholera has reportedly killed 30 people of Ekureku community in Abi local government area of Cross River state. The permanent secretary in the state Ministry of Health, Dr. Iwara Iwara who confirmed the development told Vanguard that a team comprising Red Cross, the state epidemiology unit, and the Ministry of Health had been dispatched to the community for first-hand assessment of the situation. According to the report, Ekureku community which shares boundary with parts of Ebonyi state, is comprised of 10 villages including Agbara, Ngarabe, Ekureku-be, Akpoha, Akare-for, Anong, Emenekpon, Etegevel, Egboronyi and Emegeh. According to a source, the cholera…
Protests by Iranians have continued to rage and arrests as well as executions by Iranian authorities have equally continued to be carried out. Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most famous actresses, Taraneh Alidoosti on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said Saturday. The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie “The Salesman,” was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the first man recently executed for crimes committed during the nationwide protests. Iran doubles down on a tactic to crush unrest:…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has expressed worry over the effect of incessant attacks on its offices across the country. Yakubu who expressed concern on Friday when he appeared before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee appointed to investigate attacks by gunmen on its facilities, said the attacks might disrupt the 2023 election. “The attacks have far-reaching implications on preparation for the general election. Firstly, the facilities that are destroyed, especially offices, would take time to rebuild. “The commission and security agencies must also continue to provide safety around the facilities, and…
“The failed politicians are those who could not come back through any political party, and as far as they are concerned, let everything spoil, let everything scatter The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has disclosed those behind recent attacks on the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the country. Baba made the disclosure on Friday when he appeared before the House of Representatives ad hoc Committee investigating attacks on INEC offices across the country. Represented by the Deputy Inspector-General in charge of Operations, Dandaura Mustapha said politicians and other prominent personalities who failed to win primaries of…
North Central States Governors Forum (NCSGF) has felicitated with President Muhammadu Buhari as he celebrates 80. Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Niger State, Abubakar Sani Bello in a statement described the President as a legend and a man of integrity who is not only Patriotic to ensure the development of the nation but also to secure the future of the younger generation. Governor Sani Bello said the President has demonstrated leadership capacity despite global challenges confronting many nations including Nigeria. He said the impactful initiatives and the execution of projects across all the six geo-political zones of the…
…Honours retirees, deceased The Multipurpose Cooperative Society of the Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Thursday, held its Ordinary General Meeting (OGM ) for the year 2022. The President of the cooperative society, Chief Superintendent of Corps (CSC), Ade Ajayi Samuel explained that the OGM is a collective and interactive intellectual discourse, which brings bonafide shareholders and stakeholders together. A statement by the spokesperson of the command, DSC Abolurin Oluwaseun, the OGM deliberates on salient matters of the society, including savings, loan, property, business, investments, agroeconomics, welfare and the recent much talked about…