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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dino Melaye, rebuffed casting his ballot in the just-concluded Kogi State governorship election.  Melaye who is registered at polling unit 004,  Iluafon quarters, Aiyetoro 1, Ijumu Local Government Area, in Ayetoro-Gbede, Kogi State. He failed to show up at his polling unit situated at Iluafon quarters, Aiyetoro 1, Ijumu Local Government Area of the state. Also read: Gov polls: CDD decries vote-buying, violence in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi  The PDP candidate alleged that result sheets have been prefilled and tampered with in all polling units located in Ogori/Magongo local government area of…

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on Saturday decried the widespread vote-buying and violence in the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship polls. A member of the CDD Election Analysis Centre (CDD-EAC), Dr. Jack Johnson, who addressed journalists at a media briefing on the off-cycle elections in Abuja, said the centre deployed over 150 fact-checkers and observers in the three states. Johnson noted that a team of data clerks, reviewers and analysts was also put in place in its situation room in Abuja. He commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the early commencement of the election and the…

Following an allegation of assault on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Friday ordered a thorough probe into the matter. On November 1, Ajaero was picked up at the NLC secretariat in Owerri by heavily armed policemen. At the time of his arrest, he was leading a statewide protest and strike in the Imo State capital over what the Congress described as a lack of respect for workers, unpaid salaries and pensions, amongst others.  More than a week after the incident, the IGP said the investigation…

Nigerian singers: Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, Olamide are among the latest nominees for the 66th Grammy Awards. Burna Boy, who secures four nominations at the 66th Grammys, now holds the record as the Nigerian artiste with the most nominations in the history of the awards, totaling 10. In addition, he became the first Nigerian artiste to receive a Grammy nomination for five consecutive years (2019-2023). Read also Burna Boy, Tems Up for 65th Grammy Awards Obi, Davido, Olamide share grief with Wizkid over mother’s demise Headies Award: Davido, Wizkid, Simi, Olamide Top 2018  Nominees’ List Burna Boy’s ‘Sittin’ On Top…

The husband of Mrs Toluige Olokoobi Babalola, mother of the viral “Mummy calm down” boy, and his neighbours have differing views on how the woman died. Mrs Babalola reportedly died by suicide this week. The husband told the police that he came home and found his wife hanging with rope on her neck. Read also: Mother in viral “Mummy calm down” boy reportedly commits suicide But, the neighbours contradicted the man’s claim that when they went into the room, they saw him on top of the wife. However, a spokesperson of the Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed that…

A mother of nine children has reportedly committed suicide by hanging in her residence at Enamejewa Street, off Warri/Sapele Road, Warri, in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State. The 70-year-old was described by neighbours as a devout Catholic faithful. This was as the viral mother of ‘calm down’ boy video also reportedly committed suicide this week. The gory incident which was said to have occurred in the early hours of Monday, November 6, has since thrown the entire residents of the neighbourhood into mourning. The septuagenarian, whose name could not be ascertained, according to witnesses, hanged herself with…

A pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Prince Eberechukwu Oji, who emerged as the Eze Aro of the Arochukwu ancient kingdom, is set to ascend the traditional throne. Eze Aro is one of the revered traditional stools in Igbo land because of the significance of the stool to the Aro kingdom and its historical value to the Igbo race. Oji, who is the Eze Aro designate, is a member of the lineage that produces the Eze Arochukwu royal family. Also read Pastor, brother sent to gallows in Akwa Ibom After 18 years, Nigerian Pastor joins wives in…

Against the sustained upswing in the prices of gas, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited has blamed vessel scarcity, foreign exchange and oil prices for the rising cost of LPG, otherwise known as cooking gas, nationwide. Straightnews gathered that in Uyo the price for 12.5kg of LPG has risen to N12,375 against N10,625 sold in October. Reacting to the development in a statement on Wednesday, NLNG said the domestic market and external forces are impeding the price of LPG in Nigeria. Read also Four suspects of illegal Automotive Gas Oil in NSCDC’S Custody NUPRC launches digital platform for Nigeria’s oil…

Some analysts have wielded their swords against the amended Akwa Ibom Traditional Rulers Law, 2022, declaring in unison that ‘‘the state government was not sincere in amicable resolution of the matter.’’ Despite oppositions by most attendees during the public hearing of the amended Law and amidst subsisting Court order, the 26-member House of Assembly benched the report of its House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs and hurriedly passed the bill into law on September 22. Imbued by the passage of the bill, the state Governor wasted no time in turning the bill into an Act same day and…

In what looks like leaving the main drum to beat its sides, Akwa Ibom State government has misfired on the accusations of Policy Alert. Alert, a Civil Society Organisation that promotes fiscal and ecological justice in the Niger Delta, had raised some controversial appropriations made in the Akwa Ibom State 2023 Supplementary Budget. The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly had, in September, passed a Supplementary Budget of N150 billion in addition to N700 billion earlier approved, bringing the total revised budget to N850 billion for 2023 fiscal year. Read also Gov Eno administration obtains N1.2b ‘illegal’ loans – alleges…