Former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to implement an electronic collation system for the Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to upload results directly. Chidoka argued that such a system would eliminate vote manipulation and reduce the instances of votes exceeding the number of accredited voters, as seen…
Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham is expected to be sidelined for about a month after suffering a calf injury during training on Friday, according to Spanish reports. “Following tests conducted today on Jude Bellingham by Real Madrid’s medical team, the player has been diagnosed with an injury to the plantaris muscle in his right leg,”…
Five people, including a child, were killed on Friday in Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, according to state-run media. Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reported that an Israeli drone targeted a house in the town of Aita al-Jabal with two guided missiles, resulting in the deaths of two people, one of whom was a 7-year-old…
Russian strikes claimed the lives of eight civilians across Ukraine, regional authorities reported on Friday, more than two and a half years since the invasion began. In the northeastern Sumy region, two civilians were killed, according to the national police. Further east, in the Kharkiv region, which borders Russia, two more civilians died in an…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and discharged six men who were on trial for breaching public peace during the 2020 #EndSARS protest. The defendants, Daniel Joyinbo (31), Adigun Sodiq (28), Kehinde Shola (32), Salaudeen Kamilu (29), Sodiq Usseni (33), and Azeez Isiaka (34), had entered a plea bargain agreement and pleaded…
The Supreme Court on Friday confirmed Usman Ododo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Kogi State governorship election held on November 11, 2023. This decision followed the dismissal of an appeal by Murtala Ajaka, the candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), who had challenged the election outcome. In a…
Laughter is often viewed as a universal language that bridges divides and connects people, but for Kamala Harris, it has evolved into something much more—an influential tool in the political arena. As the first woman of color to serve as Vice President of the United States and now the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris has strategically…
By Ayomide Otitoju Oando Plc has completed the $783 million acquisition of Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC), a subsidiary of Italian energy firm Eni. The announcement was made on Thursday by Ayotola Jagun, Oando’s Chief Compliance Officer and Company Secretary. With this deal, Oando, listed on both the Nigerian Exchange Limited and Johannesburg Stock Exchange,…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) seized three petrol tankers being used to transport edible vegetable oil in Lagos State. In a post on X on Wednesday, the agency reported that the oil had been trans-loaded into the tankers from an edible oil depot. NAFDAC officials, concerned about possible chemical…
