Author: Oghenekevwe Uchechukwu
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Analysis: Violence, voter suppression and apathy taint Nigeria’s governorship and state assembly elections
There were cases of violence and voter suppression reported across several states on Saturday March 18, as Nigeria held its Governorship and State House of Assembly elections nationwide. States such as Benue, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Ekiti, Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Ogun and Lagos, experienced varying degrees of viciousness against voters, observers and journalists. In Imo state for…
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Elections underway in Nigeria’s South amidst report of violence in Bayelsa
Nigeria is holding its Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in 28 states on Saturday March 18 and thugs have reportedly hijacked and burnt election materials for three wards in Ogbia Constituency 2 in Bayelsa State. The elections come two weeks after the controversial Presidential and National Assembly polls held on February 25. Eight…
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FACTCHECK: Did thugs attack and inflict injuries on Olumide Oworu?
Popular actor and candidate of the Labour Party (LP) gunning for the Surulere LGA I constituency seat, Olumide Oworu said his campaign team was attacked by thugs who ambushed them at Iponri, Surulere on Thursday. Oworu who is popularly known for his role as ‘Tari’ in the Africa Magic series ‘The Johnsons”, is fiercely contending…
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Finance Minister urges incoming administration to raise VAT to 10%
Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed, has advised the next administration to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) from 7.5 per cent to 10 per cent saying it will stimulate growth. Ahmed who gave the advise during a meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, also disclosed that the President Buhari-led administration initially targeted…
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Why Gov. Umahi wants NASS leadership positions zoned
The Governor of Ebonyi State Dave Umahi, has advised the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to ensure it adopts a zoning formular for the emergence of leaders of the 10th National Assembly. He gave the advice on Tuesday in Abuja while speaking to State House Correspondents, after he met behind closed doors with…
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SPECIAL REPORT: The unending reign of terror in southern Kaduna
“Marauding Fulani herdsmen and other unchecked terrorist groups have continued to wreak havoc on defenseless villagers, killing at least 345 people in Southern Kaduna since January 2022”. A fresh wave of deadly attacks in the southern part of Kaduna State has led to the death of local residents of Ungwan Wakili community in Zango Kataf…
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Naira redesign: Nigerians lose money, disquiet over CBN’s silence on court ruling
During a recent trip from Delta State to Lagos State, Onajite Umukoro, who travelled with a popular transport line said she had to part with an extra N2, 000 because she did not have cash and opted to pay for her journey electronically. “I was told that the trip would cost N12, 000 if I…
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Many feared dead as train crashes into bus in Lagos
A collision between a Marcopolo Lagos State Government staff bus Ikeja Thursday morning train has caused tension and a heavy gridlock in the area. Although details are still sketchy, TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) gathered that the accident occurred at Adekunle Fajuyi way GRA Ikeja, and the bus was dragged all the way to Shogunle. An eyewitness said…
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INEC extends campaign deadline for political parties
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended political parties’ campaigns for the Governorship and State Assembly elections from 9th March to midnight of Thursday 16th March, following the postponement of the elections. In a statement titled: “Rescheduling of Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Election” signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and…
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“Dangerous” Nigerian woman running mafia ring extradited to Rome
A Nigerian national Jeff Joy, who had been included in a list of the 100 most dangerous fugitives in the world, has been extradited to Italy to serve her 13 years sentence following her arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS). According to the investigations carried out from 2006 to 2007 by the Flying…