[ad_1] Two women have sustained gunshot injuries during a violence that broke out in Ofoni Ward, the home town of the Deputy Governor of Bayelsa state, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo. An eyewitness, who is a voter at the polling unit, told Daily Trust that three irate youths from the community had shot a lady over some…
By Juliet Jacob with Agency report Some voters in satellite towns of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have expressed frustration over the non-appearance of their names on the INEC’s register. Some of them who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said their names were not in the commission’s list pasted in their polling…
By Juliet Jacob with Agency report Voters in Lugbe, Sauka and Tudun wada, satellite towns in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) turned out en masse, awaiting the arrival of INEC officials, correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria. The voters, who were seen in groups, were calm and patient after taking numbers in the…
By Juliet Jacob An unprecedented large turnout of voters is being recorded in Enugu even as late arrival of election materials tend to delay the process in some polling booths in the Enugu metropolis. As at 10:30 am INEC officials and materials were yet to arrive Idaw River Primary School, Uwani Secondary School, Obiagu…
By Juliet Jacob Fifteen suspected party agents have been detained by the police in Katsina State for allegedly plotting to hack the result of the presidential and National Assembly elections. The spokesman of the police command in Katsina, Superintendent Gambo Isah, who disclosed this to the media, said that the suspects had in their…
By Juliet Jacob The Independent National Electoral Commission has warned voters that the use of mobile phones or any photographic device inside the voting cubicle to take pictures of the party they cast their votes for would not be allowed. The National Commissioner and Chairman of INEC Voter Education and Publicity Committee, Barrister…
. Continent’s policies, programmes, institutions to mainstream climate adaptation and resilience By Louis Achi with Agency report The Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA), in collaboration with the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Wangari Mathai Institute, have reiterated the importance of improving food security in Africa. Prof. Patrick Verkooijen, the Chief Executive Officer…
By Kazeem Akolawole A coalition of youths, under the aegis of African Health Budget Network (AHBN)’s, Meaningful Adolescent and Youth Engagement (MAYE) group, has called on the Nigerian political leaders, particularly emergent winners at all levels in the 2023 general elections to upscale health funding to 15 percent of the national budget. In an…
Kazeem Akolawole President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated a 56-member National Advisory Committee on Women’s Economic Empowerment (H-LAC) set up to support Nigerian women and girls in economic development. The H-LAC, according to a member of the committee, Dr Judith-Ann Walker, is significant and important, especially in the context of recent failed attempts to…
. Nigeria’s election season witnessed surge in inflammatory language, hateful and divisive rhetoric By Kazeem Akolawole The United Nations (UN) Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, has warned that hate speech, especially if accompanied by policies and practices that discriminate against populations based on their identity often…
