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Edo Governor Godwin Obaseki has bemoaned the faulty card readers in the ongoing Governorship elections in the state. Obaseki in a statement via his spokesperson, Crusoe Osagie has raised alarm that there is a deliberate plot to disenfranchise voters in PDP strongholds in the state. Osagie stated that Card readers in areas where PDP has influence are not working. According to him: “Suddenly, card readers are not working in areas where Governor Godwin Obaseki is very popular.” “Voters are being disenfranchised and we are constrained to say that this is sabotage,” he said. However, security personnel have taken over INEC…

Tragedy struck Friday, September 18, when no fewer than 31 mourners were feared to have died at Akaeze Development Centre in Ivo Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. The incident occurred at about 5:45 p.m. when the driver of Mercedes Benz 608 bus conveying 36 persons tried to overtake a trailer, but lost control and the bus swerved off the road into a river at Akaeze bridge. Five persons reportedly in critical condition were rushed to the hospital for treatment. The state Police-Public Relations Officer for Ebonyi Command, DSP Loveth Odah, described the incident as unfortunate. “It is a…

Tension is rising on who will rule Edo State, South-South Region of Nigeria as a Governor  for the next four years. The battle to control the soul of Government House, Benin City is a hot contest between the incumbent, Mr. Godwin Obaseki who is gunning for the a second term under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu seeking the coveted seat under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Fourteen political parties are jostling for the governorship position comprising two females and 14 males. Edo South Senatorial District has about 1,000,000 registered voters; Edo North has 500,000 voters while…

Nigeria has recorded 221 new COVID-19 cases, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) stated this on Friday night. Of the new cases, 59 were recorded in Lagos, 46 in Abia, 22 in the FCT, 20 in Gombe, 17 in Plateau, 11 in Rivers, seven in Bauchi, six in Benue, Ekiti and Imo, four in Kaduna, Kwara and Ondo, three each in Ogun and Osun and one each in Bayelsa, Edo and Kano. The new cases bring the total infections in the country to 56,956. A total of 48,305 persons have recovered and been discharged while 1,094 have died.

In the opening game of the 2020/21 Bundesliga season played behind closed doors, Serge Gnabry hit a hat-trick as holders Bayern Munich banged Schalke 8-0 on Friday. The result is the highest win for an opening game of a new Bundesliga season. Germany winger Leroy Sane scored on his Bayern debut while Leon Goretzka, Thomas Mueller and Robert Lewandowksi also netted for the all-conquering European champions. England junior international Jamal Musiala, 17, became Bayern’s youngest goal-scorer in the Bundesliga when he came on to grab their eighth.

Despite COVID-19, Akwa Ibom Government has eased off the pandemic lockdown by announcing dates for the reopening of primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in the state. Briefing journalists after Akwa Ibom State Executive Council meeting on Friday, September 18, Mr. Ini Ememobong, the state Commissioner of Information and Strategy, said primary schools would reopen on September 21, 2020. Ememobong said “Primary schools are to commence processes for the resumption of schools for primary six pupils only, on 21st September,2020, to prepare them for the common entrance (exit examinations). Additionally, the State Government will make face masks available to all primary…

The last is not yet heard of the lingering crisis rocking the 62-year-old University of Lagos, Akoka in Nigeria, following the resignation of key members of the institution’s Governing Council. Though the Special Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government to look into the affairs of the university submitted its report to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja on Thursday, two members in the institution have tendered their resignation letters, perhaps to way for resolution of the problem. The University of Lagos Pro-Chancellor, Wale Babalakin (SAN), who served since May 2017 in the institution resigned his position…

A 47-year-old man in Anambra State, Nigeria has allegedly murdered two of his children, and his 85-year-old mother. The man identified as Emeka Ezimadu was said to have murdered his nine-year-old Ifechukwu Ezimadu, two-year-old Ezimadu, and his 85-year-old mother, Agnes Ezimadu, with a cutlass while they were sleeping. Ezimadu also inflicted injuries on his three other children at Okpuneze Uruagu in Nnewi North Local Government Area of the state on Thursday, September 17. The Anambra State Police Command spokesperson, SP Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed this to journalists, said the suspect allegedly went beserk, attacked, and killed his biological children and mother. Haruna said the…

As a build-up to Edo governorship election holding Saturday, Governor Nyesom Wike is alleged to have been held captive by about 300 policemen in his hotel accommodation in Edo State. The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Rivers chapter, Akawor Desmond made the allegation in a press release issued Friday, September 18 in Benin City, capital of Edo State. Wike also confirmed the development through a series of tweets signed by the Rivers state PDP on his official twitter handle. “The Hotel where the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike is lodging while on official assignment in Benin, Edo…

After weeks of speculation, Liverpool have signed midfielder Thiago Alcantara from Bayern Munich on a four-year deal for £20 million. The fee for the Spain international, 29, could eventually rise to £25 million with bonuses. Thiago arrived in the UK on Friday morning, flying in to Manchester from Munich to complete a medical and finalise the deal. “It’s an amazing feeling. I was waiting for this moment for a long time and I am very happy to be here,” he said. Thiago added: “I must adapt to the team as fast as I can in the situation and the context…