Beyond the Headlines
A Supervisory Presiding Officer in the ongoing gubernatorial election in Anambra State has absconded with 42 result sheets, DailyTrust reporting. The Collation Officer of Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra announced this at the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka, the state capital, during the final collation of results […]
On Saturday, several posts on social media and blogs claimed that Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo, said the All Progressives Congress (APC) will challenge the outcome of the ongoing Anambra governorship election in court. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is currently conducting the governorship election across 21 LGAs in the state and the final […]
. A notorious drug dealer, Okoli Collins Ikenna, who is the mastermind of recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to London in the United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), and some courier companies in Lagos, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). NDLEA spokesman, Femi […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a lawsuit asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to “stop President Muhammadu Buhari from spending N26bn in the 2022 presidency budget on local and foreign travels, meals and refreshments, ‘sitting allowance’, ‘welfare package’, and office building.” In the suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/1361/2021 filed last Friday, SERAP is […]
Two weeks after the federal government promised to pay N22.1 billon Earned Academic Allowances to workers in federal universities, the pledge has not been fulfilled, investigation by the Vanguard has revealed. This is just as the staff unions in the university system are poised to meet later this week to decide on the next line […]
The Director, Media and Publicity for Sen. Andy Uba Governorship Campaign Organisation (SAUGCO), Mr Afam Ogene, has urged the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra to stop heating the polity. Ogene said that the call became necessary based on what he called the false claims by APGA that the All Progressive Congress (APC) […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has called on the federal government to increase its feeding allowance for corps members. According to PUNCH, Shuaibu Ibrahim, NYSC’s director-general (DG), spoke when he appeared before a house of representatives committee on youth development on Wednesday. Ibrahim said the extant N650 daily feeding allowance for corps members is […]
The All Progressives Grand Alliance has added Orumba North Local Government Area to its victory in the ongoing governorship election. Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, APGA candidate in the election polled a total of 4,826 votes ahead of Senator Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who secured 2,692 votes and Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the […]
Charles Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has won the highest votes in Aguata LGA of Anambra state. The APGA candidate defeated Andy Uba of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The three frontrunners in the Anambra governorship election are from Aguata. Soludo, a […]
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Shua’ibu Ibrahim, has commended the patriotism of corps members engaged in the conduct of the governorship poll in Anambra. The director-general gave the commendation on Saturday while monitoring the election in nine Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The commendation is contained in a statement issued […]
