The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has encouraged voters to exercise their franchise in the ongoing Governorship and State House of Assembly elections nationwide, saying people’s votes must count in order nourish Nigeria’s democracy. The LP leader, who went to the polling both in company of his wife, Mrs Margaret Obi, called on members of the electorate who were yet to cast their votes to do on Saturday. Obi said, “At about 11.20am this morning, I exercised my franchise by casting my vote in my polling unit. My dear wife Margaret also voted. “I encourage every…
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The State House of Assembly poll in Imo, in the early hours of Saturday, recorded a very low turnout in most of the 16 Local Governments in the State. This is even as the late arrival of the staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission and electoral materials have undermined the integrity of the process. Information gathered from people monitoring the exercise observed that prospective voters are dissatisfied with the absence of INEC officials at polling stations. At booths 008, 009 and 020 in the Ihiagwa Community in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state, our correspondent…
Akwa Ibom Gov Udom Emmanuel Casts Vote Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel, cast his vote at his polling unit in Awa ward 1 in the Onna Local Government area of the state. Punch
Bauchi Residents get Free Foodstuff on Election da Some Bauchi residents were seen carrying food items in a white sack along Ahmadu Bello Way, in the Bauchi metropolis, suspected to be for voters’ inducement. Punch observed that some had one sack, some two while a woman was seen with many sacks inside a tricycle popularly called, Keke NAPEP. It was observed that the food items were being brought from a particular house along the street. There were many people around the house with many waiting to collect theirs. Details later…
LagosDecide2023: Jandor Arrives Polling Unit The Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Abdul-Azeez Adediran aka Jandor, arrived at his polling unit at Osolu Junior High School, Unit 001 ward G in Irewe community, Ojo local government area of the state.
JUST IN: Katsina Gov’s Nephew, Two others Die in Auto cras Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari’s nephew has died in a fatal accident. The accident which happened on Saturday also claimed the lives of two security operatives. The incident was said to have happened while the trio was driving to the governor’s hometown. Punch
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant, Friday, for Russian President Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. According to AL Jazeera, the Hague-based court said in a statement that the warrant was issued over Putin’s suspected engagement in the illegal extradition and transfer of children from occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia. Meanwhile, Moscow has dismissed the warrant as meaningless from a legal perspective. “There are reasonable grounds to believe that Mr Putin bears individual criminal responsibility,” ICC said. Speaking on the child abductions, it added, “for having committed the acts directly, jointly with…
What looked like a squabble between youths of two Benue communities over power supply has left many injured and scores of houses and facilities razed to the ground. Saturday PUNCH gathered from residents that the quarrel brewed for over two weeks before the clash occurred on Monday between youths of Obi and Otukpo local government areas of the state. A resident, Jack Anya, said the cable linking the Ijegwu people of Obi LGA, to the Otukpo power source, was disconnected by hoodlums, leaving Ijegwu in darkness. “We thought it was just a regular blackout but when it lasted for…
A new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says the Nigerian market tops the list of cocaine smuggling regions in Africa. In The Global Report on Cocaine 2023 released on Thursday, The Cable report that the UN agency said the steep growth in supply has been matched by a similar swell in demand. It said Nigerian traffickers often work in collaboration with their compatriots in other countries, particularly members of “cult groups” in European destination countries and those operating in Brazil. The report noted that the role of Nigerians, however, is relatively important at…
Crystal Palace have confirmed that Patrick Vieira has been sacked as the club’s first-team manager. The Arsenal FC legend was hired by the club on July 4, 2021, in a three-year contract following the departure of their previous manager, Roy Hodgson, who served the club since 2017. Following his recent poor performance in about 12 successive matches since the beginning of 2023, taking the Eagles teetering above the Premier League relegation zone, with a three-point gap separating them from 18th-placed Bournemouth. In a statement from the club’s chairman, Steve Parish, on Friday which was obtained from their website by The…
The Anambra State Police Command has dismissed the report making the rounds that security agents from the Department of State Service were responsible for the murder of a middle-aged man in Ogidi on March 16. The command through its spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, made this known in a statement on Friday, adding that the Ogidi homicide was done by a vigilante member, not DSS officials as erroneously reported. The statement read, “The attention of our Command has been drawn to a misleading story purporting that security agents from DSS were responsible for the murder of a middle-aged man in Ogidi…
TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew has said the selling the parent company, ByteDance wouldn’t be enough to prevent it from scrutiny over security concerns. Chew made the statement following warning by the US government for TikTok to divest itself from ByteDance or face a national ban. Chew said “Divestment doesn’t solve the problem: a change in ownership would not impose any new restrictions on data flows or access,” TikTok said in the wake of those reports. Chew claimed that the US and other countries would still have problems with how the app handles user data were it to have a…