Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

THE National Population Commission, NPC, yesterday, disclosed that it will deploy 17,000 personnel for the conduct of the 2023 census in Osun State.  It also said it has started meeting with communities, where border issues are on-going, to ensure a crisis-free exercise. Addressing journalists in Osogbo, the Federal Commissioner representing Osun, Senator Mudashiru Hussain, said the commission decided to deploy adequate numbers of personnel to complete the task timely. His words: In Osun State, we are engaging 17,000 personnel for the population and housing census for 2023. We have trained them including the facilitator, enumerator and supervisor. A special workforce has…

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, yesterday, approved the implementation of the 20 per cent increase in the salaries of civil servants in the state.  The workers include those in the mainstream public service, Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas, as well as the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB. The new salary structure takes effect from January 1, 2023. Also, the arrears for the month of January 2023, will be paid along with salaries for the month of March 2023, while the arrears for the month of February 2023 will be paid together with the salaries of…

Senator Uba Sani, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate has been declared the winner of the governorship election in Kaduna State. INEC’s Returning Officer for Kaduna State, Professor Lawal Suleiman Bilbis made the announcement on Monday night. He said Sani polled 730,002 votes to defeat his closest rival, Isa Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 719,196 votes. The Labour Party (LP) candidate, Jonathan Asake polled 58,283 votes while the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Suleiman Hunkuyi scored 21,405 votes.

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has suspended further collation of governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu states. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye disclosed this in a statement issued Monday in Abuja. According to him the Commission met earlier on Monday and reviewed the conduct of the Governorship and State Assembly elections held nationwide on Saturday 18th March 2023. Arising from the meeting, the Commission took the decision to suspend forthwith further collation of the Governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu States”, he stated.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the Plateau State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Caleb Mutfwang, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election. The result declared by the INEC Presiding Officer, Musa Yusuf, after counting the votes scored by parties that participated in the election shows that Mutfwang had the highest votes beating the All Progressives Candidate, Nentawe Yilwatda. Recall that the PDP governorship candidate was reported to be taking an early lead as of 11 am when INEC resumed collations of results from the 17 local government areas of the state.

Supporters of the two leading political parties in Enugu State have stormed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, headquarters, in Enugu, as tension heightens over the collation of the governorship election results. The Labour Party supporters were the first to storm the commission’s office demanding that the result of the Nkanu East Local Government Area must not be accepted over alleged non-usage of BVAS. LP maintains that its candidate, Barr. Chijioke Edeoga won the election. They alleged that the over 30,000 votes scored by the PDP’s Peter Mbah did not emanate from the votes cast at the various polling units.…

The President of the Republic of Maldives, Ibrahim Solih, has showered encomiums on the Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Sunday Dare, for the huge impact he has made in sports since he assumed duty. Solih made the remark at the Maldives 2023 Sports Awards, where the Nigerian Sports Minister received a ‘Special Recognition Award’ for his huge contribution to sports in Nigeria and Africa. A statement issued on Sunday by Toyin Ibitoye, Special Assistant to the Minister on Media, quoted the Maldives president as saying that Dare’s giant strides in sports were a big plus to Nigeria and Africa.…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Lagos State, has expressed his gratitude to the people of the State for voting for him. Sanwo-Olu said he was honoured to be re-elected as the Governor of Lagos State, pledging to continue to work tirelessly to deliver a better Lagos for all. He said this in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Monday morning. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on Sunday night declared Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the Lagos gubernatorial election. Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 762,134 to defeat…

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday declared the governorship election in Kebbi as “inconclusive”. The election was keenly contested by the two giant political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the peoples Democratic Party. The Collation and Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu of the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, announced the position at the collation centre situated at INEC headquarters in Birnin Kebbi. He said there were cancellations in 20 of the 21 local government areas of Kebbi State cutting across a number of Registration Areas in different polling units. Sa’idu said: “We aggregated the total number…

The Kano State government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew with a view to avoiding a breakdown of law and order following tensions generated from the collation of results of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Mallam Muhammad Garba, said this in a statement issued Monday morning. According to him, the decision was “to prevent hoodlums from causing chaos in the already tensed situation.” The commissioner called on people in the state to “remain indoors as security agents would not spare anyone or group bent on causing trouble.”

The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has defeated the All Progressives Congress, APC, to win Saturday’s governorship election in Kano State. Abba Kabir Yusuf of the NNPP was declared winner with 1,190,002 votes against his closest rival APC’s candidate, Nasir Gawuna, who polled 800,9055 votes.

Rivers United of Port Harcourt on Sunday secured a place in the quarter-finals of the 2022/2023 CAF Confederation Cup competition in spite of a 2-2 home draw. The Nigeria Professional Football League title-holders drew their Group B Match Day 5 fixture against Diables Noirs of Congo Brazzaville at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The result sees them moving to 10 points to stay top of the group on goals difference, ahead of second-placed ASEC Mimosas who have the same number of points. Diables Noirs are third in the group with five points and their qualification…