The first early voters cast their ballots on Friday for November’s closely contested US presidential election, as Democratic candidate Kamala Harris headed to a campaign event centred on the contentious issue of abortion. Three US states – Virginia, Minnesota, and South Dakota – began early voting, a practice that Republican nominee Donald Trump has previously questioned, having falsely claimed he won the 2020 election. Dozens of people waited at an early voting station in central Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, as observed by AFP journalists. Several wore “Harris-Walz” shirts, while “Trump-Vance” signs were also visible outside the building. “I’m excited,”…
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The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a notorious gunrunner and recovered 20 locally fabricated AK-47 rifles. The suspect, Bitrus Gyang, from Barkin Ladi, Plateau State, was apprehended on September 19, 2024, at Buruku Bridge during a routine patrol by officers from the Buruku Division. According to Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, in Kaduna on Friday, the rifles and an empty Type 06 magazine were hidden in the boot of a black Golf III saloon vehicle. He said Gyang confessed to being a gun runner and revealed he had transported fabricated rifles on at least three previous occasions.…
The Committee on Consequential Adjustments in Salaries for civil servants has agreed that the new minimum wage will be implemented from July 29, 2024. This was stated in a Memorandum of Understanding issued at the end of the committee’s meeting, which was seen by our correspondent in Abuja on Friday. The MoU reads: “The NSIWC will generate the appropriate salary templates for other consolidated salary structures for implementation; the effective date of the implementation shall be July 29, 2024.” The committee was established to implement the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act 2024, which raised the national minimum wage…
Ogun State House of Assembly has charged the management of the State Independent Electoral Commission to adhere strictly to its electoral guidelines in the forthcoming November 16 Local Government election in the state. The Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide, gave the charge on Friday during an interface between OGSIEC and the State Inter-party Advisory Council led by its Chairman, Sanyaolu Abayomi at the instance of the State House of Assembly. Elemide in the company of his colleague-lawmakers, said, “The management of OGSIEC must ensure that all the processes leading to the election are in accordance with the nation’s constitution and the state…
The Kwara State Police Command has directed restrictions on vehicular movement in the 16 Local Government Areas of the state during the LG council elections scheduled for Saturday, September 21, 2024. A statement signed on Friday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Victor Olaiya, noted that the restriction was imposed to ensure security and smooth conduct of the electoral process in the state. “The Kwara state Police Command wishes to inform the public that there will be restriction of all vehicular movement. This will be imposed from 12 am…
The Federal Government, through the Debt Management Office, has failed to make coupon payments on two savings bonds due to ongoing system and processing issues. As a result of this, the office has missed two coupon payments in two months. A report by Bloomberg stated that the first coupon payment on the two-year and three-year debt instruments, through which the government raised N4.2 billion in June, was due on September 12, 2024, but remains unpaid. In the report, the DMO’s Director-General, Patience Oniha, attributed the delay to system and process issues that are “being addressed.” “I expect an outcome today,”…
The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed a suit seeking to replace 27 allegedly defected Rivers State House of Assembly members. The pro-Wike lawmakers were said to have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Justice Lifu held that the suit, instituted by the Action Peoples Party and marked FHC/ABJ/CR/978/2024, was statute-barred, as it was not filed within the 14 days allowed by law. The alleged defection was said to have taken place on 12th December 2023. The APP had filed an originating summons on 12th July 2024, requesting, among other things, that the…
Security personnel foiled an assassination attempt by armed men suspected to be political thugs on a federal lawmaker representing the Esan North-East/Esan South-East Federal Constituency in Edo State, Henry Okojie. Okojie’s media aide, Michael Ihaza, confirmed the development in a statement on Friday, saying that Okojie, the husband of the Nollywood movie Star, Mercy Johnson, was reportedly attacked at his residence by gunmen in a Lexus GX 470 carrying a Rivers State vehicle registration number – PHC 253 FF. The statement noted that the planned assassination “was unsuccessful owing to the intervention of security personnel attached to the lawmaker”. “The…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has extended his warm wishes to Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, as she marks her 64th birthday on Saturday. In his congratulatory message, the governor described Tinubu as a compassionate and strong-willed individual who has been a pillar of support to President Bola Tinubu. The First Lady, who previously served as the First Lady of Lagos State and a three-term Senator, has significantly impacted the lives of many Nigerians, especially women. According to Sanwo-Olu, her selfless dedication to public service has continued to shine since her husband (Bola Tinubu) assumed office as President on…
Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has said the reasons behind the political crisis that erupted in the state are beginning to unfold for many more people to understand it clearly. The governor, however, stated that good things do not come by so easily because, like a seed put into the ground, dies before germinating, sometimes things will get bad before they eventually become better. Fubara stated this while addressing eight new judges shortly after they were sworn in at the Executive Chambers of Government House in Port Harcourt on Friday. This was contained in a statement issued by Fubara’s Spokesman,…