Twenty-four Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for “failing to give them and other seven million Nigerians adequate time and opportunity to complete their voter registration after they have carried out their registration online.” The Plaintiffs who are suing for themselves and on behalf of seven million other Nigerians want to “complete the registration process, so that they can obtain their permanent voter cards (PVCs), and exercise their right to vote.” INEC recently disclosed that out of 10,487,972 Nigerians who carried out their pre-registration online, only 3,444,378 completed the process at a physical centre. This represents just…
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By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS Super Eagles midfielder Alex Iwobi grabbed an assist as Everton beat West Ham United to record their first Premier League win of the season on Sunday, reports Promptnewsonline.com. Iwobi set up Neal Maupay, who rifled home a half volley from the edge of the box in the 53rd minute to hand Frank Lampard’s side all three points in the encounter. The 26-year-old has played every minutes of Everton’s six Premier League games this season. The Nigeria international put up a fine display in the game maintaining his consistent form for the Toffees. Everton occupy 13th position…
“In the last few days, the social media has been besieged by a trending video clip of the looting of warehouses in the premises of Cocoa Processing Industry, Ede in Osun State, where COVID-19 relief materials meant for distribution to the residents of the state, were kept.” The sad event took place on Friday, October 23, 2020. Findings revealed that the food items that were looted at the warehouses were donations from the Private Sector Coalition Against COVID-19, aka CACOVID, which Osun State Government “had no authority to distribute” at the time. Why? “The CA-COVID Office, Abuja, was yet to flag off the food relief programme in the…
By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau In continuation of his wide consultation with critical stakeholders in Nigeria football irrespective of the recent development in the football family, frontrunner in the forthcoming Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Presidential Election, Dr. Christian Emeruwa on Saturday September 17, 2022, held a strategic meeting with the South East Caucus of NFF to present his football strategy to create a viable football economy that will benefit stakeholders if voted into office. The Saturday’s meeting which took place at the posh Golden Tulip Hotels at GRA, Jericho, Ibadan in Oyo state, was attended by His Royal Highness…
By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS Nigerian-born midfielder Ethan Nwaneri makes history as the youngest player ever to play in the English Premier League as Arsenal defeated Brentford 3-0 on Sunday afternoon. Nwaneri took the place of Portugal midfielder Fabio Vieira in the 92nd minute of the encounter at the Gtech Community Stadium. The youngster makes his debut Premier League appearance at 15 years and 181 days old. William Saliba opened the scoring with a flicked, near-post header from Bukayo Saka’s corner in the 17th minute. Gabriel Jesus doubled Arsenal’s advantage with another header from Granit Xhaka’s cross two minutes before the half…
By Obaloluwa Joshua, LAGOS Queens Park Rangers manager, Michael Beale has showered encomium on Leon Balogun for the positive impact he has had on the team, reports Promptnewsonline.com. The experienced centre-back joined the London club on a free transfer this summer after severing ties with Scottish Premiership giants, Glasgow Rangers at the end of last season. Balogun has slotted perfectly at QPR helping the club kept their second consecutive clean sheets in the 0-0 draw at home to Stoke City on Saturday. Prior to his first start for QPR against Millwall in midweek, the club failed to keep a clean…
In its continued bid to further open up the country’s economy to international capital and attract foreign investment, the Nigerian government, in collaboration with the Africa Business Roundtable, is organizing the second edition of the Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum (NIEPF), a global economic investment platform, this time in New York, United States. This high-level event is scheduled for Thursday, September 22, 2022, on the sidelines of the 77th United Nations General Assembly taking place in the American city. Holding alongside the annual global gathering, the NIEPF is expected to draw the presence of world leaders in politics, economy, media as…
Officials of the Zamfara State Hisbah Commission and Shariah Board have arrested a middle-aged man and woman publicly ‘making love’ inside a commercial motor park in Gusau, the state capital. According to PRNigeria, the two ‘actors’ committed the bizarre s*xual affairs on an open field inside the motor park, caring less about people watching them. But motorists, traders and park officials who were confounded by the daring ‘lovemaking’ scene, quickly alerted officials of Hisbah, who wasted no time in storming the park and whisking the culprits away. An official of Hisbah (Sharia Police) who pleaded anonymity, told PRNigeria that the…
Last week, we stated that “a leader creates and nurtures others to be leaders. He must possess a clear vision and focus, know what he wants for his country, and should be courageous enough to follow his dream. Apart from possessing integrity and honesty, a good leader has humility, is fair and just with the capacity for self-sacrifice and perseverance. A leader is one whose national interest subsumes his.” We also saw how the late prime minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, made his Private Secretary, who became Nigeria’s President in the Second Republic, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, refund to the federal…
…provides free medical eyecare to 2000 Lagosians Nigeria’s premier deep-water oil and gas exploration and production company, Shell Nigeria Exploration, and production Company Limited (SNEPCo), says the scheduled turnaround maintenance of its offshore Bonga asset would be defined by safety as top priority. SNEPCo’s Managing Director, Elohor Aiboni, gave this charge recently at a session with the chief executive officers of contractor companies participating in the Bonga TAM scheduled for October. “The Bonga TAM is important to revitalise this important critical national asset. But more important is carrying out the turnaround safely. That is what keeps me awake at night.…