GOVERNOR Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has signed into law a bill establishing the Anti-thuggery Agency. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Jamilu Iliyasu. It was reported that Matawalle had in February 2022 issued an Executive Order setting …

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged United States President Joe Biden to exercise his powers to ban Nigerian officials, politicians, and other perpetrators and sponsors of violence during the just concluded elections. SERAP also urged Biden to revoke the visas of anyone suspected to be responsible for cases …

The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Chief Ralphs Nwosu, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission not to compromise its integrity on the general elections. He made the call in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. He implored the INEC to follow the path of honour …

THE Lagos State Police Command has said it would commence investigation of polling unit where voters were forced to vote candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the state. A Twitter user, @omoelerinjare had posted a video reporting a polling unit in Surulere area of Lagos state where voters were …

A woman is being called a hero of Saturday’s elections for voting despite a brutal attack by hoodlums in Lagos. Newsextra24 learnt the incident occurred at a polling unit in the Surulere area of the state. Voting in the presidential and National Assembly polls was ongoing when thugs stormed the …

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has won at former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s polling unit at Ward 11, Unit 22, Olosomi Compound, Totoro/Sokori, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Obasanjo had earlier declared his support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. But, Tinubu, according to …

COUNTING of ballots was still on in some polling units in Adamawa State capital, Yola, up to about 7pm Saturday when this report was done. This resulted in late arrival of voting materials in the affected polling units, but the voting exercise was otherwise smooth across the state. The electoral …

Sorting and counting have commenced in some polling units in Jigawa State for presidential and National Assembly elections. Newsextra24 observed that some polling units have already completed sorting and counting of votes. At Bakin Kasuwa Polling Unit 012 in Garin-Gabas, the senatorial election was won by PDP with 32 votes …

THE National Deputy Campaign Manager, Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign, David Isaac Balami, has been involved in a car crash. Balami and other Labour Party’s supporters as well as volunteers were involved in a ghastly car crash while on their way from Biu in Borno South. The accident which occurred between Gombe …

DREAMS of Governor Darius Dickson, delivering his polling unit in Takum Local Government Council of the state to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has turned out to be a mirage. Sorting out the results, the presidential candidate of the PDP was observed to have been trailing …