Yoruba Council of Youths Worldwide (YCYW) yesterday rose from a meeting in Lagos and demanded from the Presidency a clarification on the fate of Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and his office, saying the controversies trailing the sacking of his aides were giving cause for concerns.
This was coming as the group urged Nigerians to shun negative attacks targeted at the personality of the Vice President, lamenting that the multiple attacks were being orchestrated by some disgruntled elements in the Presidency to reduce Osinbajo’s growing national statue and acceptability.
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kogi State Musa Wada has rejected the election results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Wadda said he would go to the tribunal to appeal the election result he claimed to have won.
“They (Kogi people) should not despair,” Wada said in a video tweeted by the PDP.
“We shall pursue this to a logical conclusion with the coffers of the law in this country.”
The PDP candidate said the announced results were fabricated.
“We hope that …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjourned the collation of the Kogi State governorship election result till 8am Monday.
The INEC Returning Officer for the state, Prof. Mohammed Umar, disclosed that this has become necessary to enable the collation officers do their work in the remaining two local government areas — Lokoja and Ibaji respectively.
Meanwhile, Governor Yahaya Bello is leading in the results of the 19 local government areas declared by INEC so far.
With the results of the remaining two local governments to be collated, the coast is clear for the return of the White Lion to …
One person was killed and others injured in protests that spread Saturday across Iran after a surprise decision to impose petrol price hikes and rationing in the sanctions-hit country.
The death occurred Friday in the central city of Sirjan, where protesters had tried to set a fuel depot ablaze but were thwarted by security forces, semi-official ISNA news agency reported.
Protests erupted hours after it was announced the price of petrol would be increased by 50 percent for the first 60 litres and 300 percent for anything above that each month.
Sirjan’s acting governor Mohammad Mahmoudabadi said a civilian was …
Gunmen fired at buses carrying minority Muslim voters on Saturday as Sri Lankans elected a new president, with the powerful Rajapaksa clan eyeing a comeback seven months after Islamist extremists staged deadly bombings.
Minority Tamils and Muslims are seen as crucial in the close election, and the attack in the northwest of the island — in which no one was injured — was likely aimed at deterring people from heading to the polls.
But election chief Mahinda Deshapriya said over 80 percent of the 15.99 million electorate was estimated to have turned out Saturday, compared to 81.5 percent at the …
Bolivia’s interim leader Jeanine Anez said Friday that exiled ex-president Evo Morales would have to “answer to justice” if he returns, as five of his supporters were killed in fierce clashes with security forces.
Morales resigned and fled to Mexico after losing the support of Bolivia’s security forces following weeks of protests over his disputed re-election that has seen 15 people killed and more than 400 wounded.
“He knows he has to answer to justice. There is electoral crime. There are many allegations of corruption in his government,” Anez told journalists in La Paz.
The former president has said he …
Iheduru said that 117 of the affected persons were teachers drawn from eight Local Government Education Authorities (LGEAs) in the state, while the other 197 were security men.
According to him, some of them were due for retirement, but altered their ages and date of first employment, with the aim of extending their stay or remaining in service beyond
Sultan of Sokoto and Present-General, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has enjoined Muslims in the six states in the South West of Nigeria not to take the law into their hands as they pursue the use of hijabs by Muslim female students in primary and secondary schools in the zone.
He disclosed this in his address during the formal opening session of the fourth general assembly of Muslim Ummah of South West Nigeria (MUSWEN), with the tagline: “Muslim Unity and Contemporary Political Challenges in Nigeria,” held at the conference hall, University of
There is apprehension in the camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over an alleged plan to cancel the votes from Southern Ijaw for Saturday’s governorship election in the state.
Southern Ijaw, the stronghold of the APC, has the second largest votes, after Yenagoa, which is the state capital.
PDP could have an easy ride to victory, if the entire votes in Southern Ijaw is cancelled.
A source at the Bayelsa INEC told sources Sunday afternoon, that Cyril Omorogbe, the INEC resident electoral commissioner in Delta State who supervised the election in Southern Ijaw, …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it has found 30 of its staff who were declared unaccounted for, following violent attacks on their duty posts in Saturday’s Governorship election in Kogi state.
Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, in a statement Sunday in Abuja, said the staff were safe and sound while they had also concluded their election day assignments.
“We can now confirm that all the 30 ad-hoc staff engaged for the 2019 Kogi Governorship election and posted to Polling Units 002, 006 and 013 at Olamaboro III; and Polling Units 006, 012, 015, …
A 60-year-old Catholic priest, Rev. Edmond Nwagbal was burnt beyond recognition when fire yesterday completely razed down St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, a parish located at Nnewi Ichi, Nnewi North Local Government Area Anambra State.
Eyewitness said the fire outbreak occurred at about 4:00 a.m.
The State Police Command confirmed the disaster in a statement noting that a resident priest, who was living in the parish house, lost his life.
The statement, which was signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Haruna Mohammed, said the cause of the fire outbreak was yet to be ascertained.
The statement read in …
