The Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission has announced plans to hold a mock election on Saturday, September 28, as part of preparations for the Local Government elections scheduled for October 9, 2024. The Head of Media, PLASIEC, Mrs. Koro Yakubu, made this known in a statement issued to journalists in Jos on Thursday. She explained that the exercise is aimed at test-running the deployment of the Voter Verification Software for the election using live voters. According to her, the mock election will be conducted in six selected local governments across the state’s senatorial districts and will take place between 9…
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has welcomed ExxonMobil’s proposed $10bn investment in Nigeria’s deep-water oil operations, describing it as a testament to the administration’s economic reforms and investment-friendly policies. This came as the international maritime giant, DP World, announced plans to develop a multibillion-dollar port project in Nigeria. The Vice President stated this on Wednesday during a high-level meeting with ExxonMobil executives on the sidelines of the ongoing 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in York, United States. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, revealed the details of the meeting in a…
The Nigerian government has secured a $600,000 relief fund and commitments from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The donation was announced when Vice President Kashim Shettima met with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation led by its head of Global Development Programme, Dr. Christopher Elias, on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York. The relief fund is to “hasten relief efforts for victims of the devastating floods, as well as for health and agricultural sectors’ reforms,” the Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Communications, Stanley Nkwocha, revealed in a statement…
Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has empowered farmers across the three Senatorial districts of the state with 12,000 bags of fertilizers and improved seedlings to boost production. Eno announced the package while flagging off the 2024 second planting season at Uruan Local Government Area on Thursday He reiterated his administration’s commitment to take agriculture to a level where young people will see farming as a business, adding that with the flourishing agricultural vegetation, it was inexcusable for anyone not to plant at least what he or she consumes. He commended the Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Offiong Offor, and the…
The Chairman of Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission, Dr Ekong Boco, has announced that processes towards the conduct of local government elections in the state begin on Wednesday, September 25, 2024. At a meeting with the leaderships of all the political parties in the state in his office on Wednesday, Boco announced that the conduct of party primaries, including the resolution of disputes arising from the primaries, commences as he was speaking, and should terminate on October 25, 2024. “All the processes are to terminate on October 25, 2024, when all political campaigns should also end in all the…
Popular Nigerian rapper and activist, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has confirmed that he had contact with controversial social media personality, Idris Okuneye, also known as Bobrisky, in relation to legal issues Bobrisky faced earlier this year. He also said that Bobrisky begged him for N3m to secure a VIP section at the Correctional Centre. This clarification comes on Wednesday after Falana’s legal team, Falana & Falana Chambers, issued a letter to Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, demanding the retraction of defamatory statements made against Falz. According to the letter, the controversial social media post suggested that…
As part of efforts to sanitise the drug distribution channels in Lagos State, pharmacists have urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to replicate the Coordinated Wholesale Centre established in Kano State to help combat the issue of fake drugs. The pharmacists, under the aegis of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Lagos State chapter, believe that setting up a CWC in Lagos would address the challenges of drug abuse and the sale of counterfeit and expired medications. Speaking at an event in Lagos on Wednesday to commemorate the 2024 World Pharmacists Day, themed “Pharmacists: Meeting Global Health Needs”, the pharmacists highlighted the need…
The All Progressives Congress in Kano State, has vowed to defend its votes in the forthcoming local government elections scheduled for October 24, 2024. The state Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Abbas, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. Abbas said that the party would soon organise its primary elections to pave the way for the emergence of candidates for the elections across the 44 LGAs. “We are doing everything humanly possible to ensure that our teeming supporters participate in the elections. “APC is mobilising its supporters to participate in the elections,…
The draw for the 2024/25 Carabao Cup fourth round has produced several exciting fixtures, including a blockbuster clash between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City, while holders Liverpool face a tricky trip to Brighton. Manchester United will welcome Leicester City to Old Trafford, and Crystal Palace will travel to Aston Villa in two other all-Premier League matchups. Championship sides Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke City, and Preston North End remain in the competition, with AFC Wimbledon or Newcastle United set to face Chelsea after their delayed third-round tie, rescheduled for October 1. Fourth-round matches are set to take place in the week commencing…
US First Lady Jill Biden hosted a farewell luncheon for First Ladies from around the world, including Nigeria’s Oluremi Tinubu, on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly in New York. Reflecting on the relationships built during her tenure, Jill noted on Wednesday that this would be her final such gathering as First Lady of the United States. Jill Biden and Oluremi Tinubu She expressed her gratitude for their continued partnership in promoting peace and development worldwide, assuring them that their relationship would continue even after she leaves office in January 2025. “I appreciate you all for always…