The United States, US Consulate General, Lagos, on Wednesday, conducted a media tour of the Consulate’s operations. The tour, as was explained by Will Laidlaw, Country Consular Chief, was aimed at making the Nigerian public know more about the operations of the Consulate so as to avoid being deceived by visa agents whom he said…
Burkina Faso Coup Leaders Name Junta Leader
After seizing power in a coup that has received criticisms from the global community, including France, former colonial master of Burkina Faso, the military has named General Gilbert Diendere, former chief-of-staff to former President Blaise Compaore, as the new leader of the West African country. While the presidential guard officers that launched the…
Otto Perez To Face Prosecution
Guatemalan President, Otto Pérez Molina, is due to face prosecution, having resigned from office on Wednesday. His resignation came shortly after a court judge issued a warrant for his arrest. The warrant itself followed Tuesday’s vote by the Congress to strip the president of his immunity so as to enable him face prosecution on alleged corruption…
Voting Commences in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos
Voting has started at some polling units here in Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos. There is however a noticeable low turnout of voters. At unit 18, Ishaga motor park, less than 200 voters were accredited out of 996 registered voters. Funke Abioye, presiding officer, said it is low compared to the turnout in the presidential elections.…
INEC: Low Turnout, Poor Preparation Affect Election
Turnout in some areas of Lagos was considerably low. At Unit 028, Ajiboye Street, Alapere, Ketu, only 150 voters were accredited out of the 803 that registered. About 20 voters whose fingerprints could not be captured were accredited manually. But at Unit 133, Agboyi-Ketu, there were no elections, as INEC officials were not present. Shehu…
Accreditation Proceeding At Slow Pace in Lagos
At the African Church, College Road, Ifako-Ijaiye area and Unit 6, Haruna, Ifako-Ijaiye, the card readers encountered some challenges. The machine could not capture the finger prints of about six persons but the INEC officials on duty asked them to write their names on the incident list and also said that they would vote as…
Election: Trouble Looms in Ifako Ijaiye, Ojokoro Area
Trouble looms in the Ifako Ijaiye, Ojokoro area of Lagos this morning as agents of the All Progressives Congress, APC, complain that they have been deliberately prevented from monitoring the election by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. For instance, at the African Church Primary School Polling Unit, Ifako Ijaiye Local government area,…
March 28 Election, Most Important In Africa – US
Sean Mclntosh, Press Attache of the United States Embassy in Abuja has described the upcoming March 28 Presidential election in Nigeria as the most important on the African continent. McIntosh who stated this during a familiarisation visit to the Lagos corporate headquarters of TELL Communications Limited, publishers of TELL and BroadStreet Journal, BSJ, said the…
Tribunal upholds Aregbesola’s elections
The Osun State Election Petitions Tribunal has today, declared Rauf Aregbesola, candidate of the All Progressives Party, APC in the August 2014 governorship elections, winner. The tribunal, headed by Justice Elizabeth Ipejime, upheld that Aregbesola defeated his opponent, Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the elections. While the incumbent governor scored 394,684…
Strengthening the Nigerian Navy
With the arrival of the US NNS Okpabana ship, it is believed that the Nigerian Navy would be in a better position to tackle maritime threats within the Gulf of Guinea The arrival of the NNS Okpabana to the Nigerian sea from the United States, US on January 2, has been applauded by both Nigerians…
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