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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it can’t curb financial Inducement of voters at the June 18 (today) Ekiti governorship election. INEC national commissioner Festus Okoye made this known when he featured on Channels TV programme on Friday. “INEC as a commission cannot guarantee that there won’t be any …

Director of Tinubu Campaign Organisation, Bayo Onanuga, has confirmed that Ibrahim Masari was the name submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as running mate to presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Speaking with PUNCH, Onanuga said; “Yes, he is Ibrahim Masari. He once …

Doyin Okupe, media aide to former president, Goodluck Jonathan, has disclosed that Labour Party is considering a young northerner as the running mate to Peter Obi ahead of the 2023 presidential election. Okupe made the disclosure on Friday during an interview with Channels TV. Okupe, an Obi loyalist, also confirmed …

Governor of Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu has stated that the federal and state governments failed to protect victims of the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo. Recall that gunmen on June 5 attacked the church, with 40 people confirmed dead after the attack. The funeral for the slain worshippers was conducted on …

Tears flowed freely on Friday during the funeral mass for the victims of the June 5 terrorist attack at the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa, Owo, Ondo State. The burial liturgy at the Mydas Resort and Hotel in Owo was attended by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, his wife Betty Anyanwu Akeredolu, …

Fiery Enugu Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka has apologized to the Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi following his ‘stingy man’ outburst. Mbaka made the apology after declaring that Peter Obi can never be Nigeria’s President. He had during his latest ministration at the Adoration ground said that …

The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum (SMBLF), has said the decision of governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa to accept his nomination as the running mate to Atiku Abubakar, in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, amounts to betrayal. Atiku is the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party …

The Deputy Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Ahmed Muhammed, and three other principal officers of the House have been sacked. They were removed at an emergency sitting on Friday in Lokoja. The three principal officers removed from office and later suspended from the House are …

Senator representing Anambra north, Stella Oduah has stated that Chukwuma Soludo, governor of the state will support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislative candidates in the 2023 elections. Soludo is a member of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). This was made known by Oduah at an event in Abuja where …

The Oyo State Government, on Friday, presented letters of promotion to 7, 460 teachers in the state. This was revealed by the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Nureni Aderemi Adeniran during the symbolic presentation of 2017-2020 letters to 7, 460 teachers. He said the pending promotion …