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INEC Reassured Nigerians that there is no Plan to Discard BVAS and the Electronic Transmission of Results.

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC yesterday reassured Nigerians that there is no plan to discard the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System BVAS and the electronic transmission of results. The Chairman of INEC Professor Mahmood Yakubu while addressing participants in Abuja at the training of master trainers on technologies for the 2023 general elections, said the commission is determined to deploy the BVAS technology for the conduct of […]

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National

President Buhari Warns Cabinet Members To Remain Focused Despite Election Campaigns.

President Muhammadu Buhari has warned ministers, permanent secretaries, and heads of government agencies not to leave governance for electioneering with campaigns for next year’s elections on the way. Buhari who issued the warning in Abuja yesterday at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Ministerial Performance Review Retreat, warned that any infraction would be viewed seriously, adding that all Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, and Heads of Agencies must remain focused on the […]

todayOctober 19, 2022 57

Entertainment

MTF West Africa has Awarded the Best Graduating Student of the 2022 Cohort.

Multichoice Talent Factory MTF West Africa has awarded the best graduating student of the 2022 cohort, Adedamola Akapo, an all-expense paid two-month scholarship to the New York Film Academy. Akapo was awarded the prize at the graduation ceremony of the 2022 cohort of the Academy which took place recently at Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos State. Other prizes awarded included an internship in South Africa with a South African production […]

todayOctober 18, 2022 57

Entertainment

Oscars Directs Nigerian Selection Committee To Revote Amid Crisis.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has reportedly weighed in on the ongoing NOSC crisis with the offer to reconvene for a revote. A committee member Shaibu Husseini said the Academy had granted NOSC an extension for a final determination by the members following the internal crisis rocking the Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee over its September announcement that no film qualified for the 2023 Oscars International Feature Film […]

todayOctober 18, 2022 53

Sports

Flamingos of Nigeria Will Take on the United States of America in the Quarter-Finals.

The Flamingos of Nigeria will take on the United States of America in the quarter-finals of the U-17 women’s World Cup in India. The pairing was confirmed after the USA thrashed Morocco 4-0 in their final Group A game to finish top on Monday, while earlier yesterday the Flamingos booked their place in the last eight following a hard-fought 2-1 win against Chile in their last Group B tie. Goals […]

todayOctober 18, 2022 101

Sports

Karim Benzema Wins Ballon D’or For The First Time.

Real Madrid and France forward Karim Benzema has won the Ballon D'or for the first time after scoring 44 goals in 46 games as he helped Real win the Champions League and La Liga in 2021-22. Former Liverpool forward currently with Bayern Munich, Sadio Mane, was second ahead of Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne. Barcelona's Alexia Putellas retained the women's Ballon D'or, awarded to the best female footballer of 2022 with England […]

todayOctober 18, 2022 168

Foreign

US Says Iranian Drone Breach Sanctions.

The United State US says it agrees with Western allies that Iran's supply of explosive drones to Russia breaches United Nations UN sanctions. Kyiv was struck by so-called Kamikaze drones on Monday, unleashed by Russia but believed to be Iranian-made. The US agrees with the French and British assessment that the drones violate UN Security Council Resolution 2231. That resolution, linked to Iran's nuclear accord, bars Iranian transfers of certain […]

todayOctober 18, 2022 56

Politics

PDP has Condemned Attack on its Presidential Campaign Rally.

The Peoples Democratic Party PDP has condemned yesterday’s violent attack on its presidential campaign rally in Kaduna, Kaduna State capital describing it as disgraceful, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to call his party men to order and ensure adequate security for a free, fair, and credible electoral process in the country. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, Pdp said the attacks were carried out by heavily […]

todayOctober 18, 2022 29

News

Monarch Appeals To The Federal And Anambra State Governments To Unite Toward Reconstruction Of The Onukwu Bridge.

The traditional ruler of the Ossomala community in Ogbaru Local Government Area, Anambra State, His Royal Highness, Igwe Victor Awaogu, has pleaded with the Federal and Anambra State governments to enter into an agreement toward reconstruction of last week’s collapsed Onukwu bridge located in Ossomala. The bridge reportedly collapsed following flooding that is currently ravaging the entire Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. Igwe Awaogu who described the collapse […]

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News

NIDCOM says Calm has Now been Restored.

Nigerians in Diaspora Commission NIDCOM says calm has now been restored after some Nigerian students fled their campus in an Indian school after they were allegedly attacked by the indigenes. Images on social media and multiple reports showed that the Nigerian students of Gd Goenka University in Gurugam were attacked on Saturday following a football match and were equally trailed to their hostels, many fleeing the campus for fear for […]

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