Author: Adejuyigbe Francis

The Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, in charge of the Imo state governorship holding tomorrow, Frank Mba has promised to provide a level playing ground for all contestants in the polls. Mbah assured that the police and other security agencies will do what is right and what the law says. Speaking in Owerri, when he briefed media and observer groups deployed to monitor the election, Mbah noted that all over the world politicians have the DNA to cause crisis during elections, but promise that they will not be allowed to have their way in the Imo election. He said…

The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC for Bayelsa State, Obo Effanga, has assured residents of Bayelsa State that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC will make use of the IReV for the off-cycle elections Giving this assurance while speaking with Arise TV journalist, Rufai Oseni, the REC assured that Nigerians will be informed if a technical glitch occurs. “INEC has used the IReV for all the elections from 2020 till date. We are going to use the IRev in this election, and I have assured people on this over and over again; we’ve told people that IReV has come to stay, and…

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has refused the request by the Lamidi Apapa’s faction to stop the candidate of the Labour Party, Athan Achonu from contesting this Saturday’s Governorship election in Imo State on the platform of the party. The request brought by the faction through its counsel, Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria was outrightly rejected by the Judge on Friday for being premature. At Friday’s ruling, Justice Ekwo held that he had perused through the affidavit evidence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and that of Apapa’s side and found…

An appeal court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, upheld the election of Barr Peter Mbah as the governor of Enugu State. The judgement was delivered by a three-man panel of the Appeal Court in a case filed by Barr Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party, LP. The court affirmed the judgment of Enugu Tribunal delivered on September 9, 2023, by the Hon. Justice K.M. Akano led tribunal. All the three issues which were subject of the appeal were resolved in favour of Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

James Maddison has withdrawn from the England squad for November’s Euro 2024 qualifiers with an ankle injury. The 26-year-old midfielder sustained the injury in Tottenham’s chaotic 4-1 defeat by Chelsea in the Premier League on Monday. England play Malta at Wembley on Friday, 17 November before travelling to North Macedonia three days later. Tottenham said Maddison would “remain at Hotspur Way for rehabilitation with the club’s medical staff”. The club did not say how long they expect the playmaker to be sidelined for. Maddison has scored three goals and made five assists in 11 Premier League games for Spurs since joining…

The President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, on Friday condemned the attack on an Area Court judge in Gombe, calling for prompt investigation of the case. This was contained in a statement on Friday issued by the NBA National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Habeeb Lawal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that three judicial officials, including a judge, were allegedly assaulted by ”unknown” villagers on November 5 while inspecting a contested land site in Gombe State’s Balanga Local Government Area. Reacting, the president condemned such an attack and called on the NBA Gombe branch to…

Samuel Anyanwu, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Imo State has dismissed the claim that he has stepped down for Governor Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress. However, the PDP candidate has, in a statement, described the video as a blatant lie formulated by Uzodimma to deceive the public. In the statement released on Friday, November 10, 2023, by his spokesperson, Ikenna Onuoha, Anyanwu said he does not have any intention to step down for anyone. The statement reads, “Our attention has been drawn to a trending video on social media purportedly claiming that the governorship…

The governorship ambition of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has survived another lawsuit. The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Friday, cleared the coast for Sylva to participate in the Saturday governorship election in Bayelsa State. The Court dismissed the suit, seeking the exclusion of Sylva from the race. Justice Binta Zubar, while delivering judgment in an appeal instituted against Sylva and two others by Hon Isikima Ogbomade Johnson, held that the suit was unjustifiable and brought in bad faith by the appellant against the respondents. The Court agreed with James Ogwu Onoja, a Senior…

Hale Gabriel Longpet, the Honourable Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kogi State, has announced that 1.833 million residents are set to cast their votes tomorrow, November 11, 2023, in the quest to elect the next Governor of the Confluence state. Addressing the media in a press briefing held at the Kogi State INEC office, Longpet provided insights into the magnitude of this electoral process, revealing that there are 18 political parties contesting, with 18 governorship candidates, of whom 17 are male and 1 is female. “In less than 24 hours, 1.83 million Nigerians who…

The Defence Headquarters says the anti-terror fight is now focused on eliminating commanders of Boko Haram and bandits. The DHQ also said the infrastructure of these terrorist and bandit groups and their foot soldiers would not be spared across the various theatres of operations. Speaking during the bi-weekly briefing on the activities of the military across the country on Thursday in Abuja, the Director, Defence Media Operations,  Maj.  Gen.  Edward Buba, said the terrorists and bandits were already counting their loss. He said,  “There is no doubt that these groups must be defeated and are indeed being defeated. It is…

Colombian-born Liverpool footballer Luis Díaz’s father has been released by the left-wing guerrillas who kidnapped him 13 days ago, police sources and local media say. Luis Manuel Díaz was handed over to United Nations and Catholic church officials by members of the National Liberation Army (ELN). He was abducted on 28 October in the family’s hometown, Barrancas. The footballer’s mother was also seized, but was freed within hours. Local media said Mr Díaz had travelled by military helicopter to the city of Valledupar, where he would undergo a medical examination before being returned to his family. They also quoted authorities…

Brighton secured a famous 2-0 victory over Ajax in Thursday’s UEFA Europa League Group B match. Both sides made a positive start to the match, looking to get forward quickly and take the game to the opponent. Brighton were handed a gift after 14 minutes to go 1-0 up. Silvano Vos played a poor pass which was intercepted by Simon Adingra who was able to slip in Ansu Fati and the 21-year-old Spaniard did the rest, firing past Diant Ramaj. Fati still had work to do when he received the ball but an impeccable first touch meant he had put…