Author: Oghenekevwe Uchechukwu
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FACT-CHECK: Did the Nigeria police gun down ballot snatchers during Saturday’s polls?
A video has gone viral showing gunmen arriving at a polling unit on motorbikes to cause disruption to ongoing election. The masked men scared everyone away as they brandished their riffles and went on to destroy the mounter polling booths and election materials. Moments afterwards, gunshots were heard as a team of policemen closed in…
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Analysis: How Nigerians defied several obstacles to vote
Nigerians on Saturday displayed sheer patriotism and courage as they defied several obstacles to choose their next president and representatives at the National Assembly. In more than 60 per cent of polling units across the country, election officials and materials came late, but citizens remained resolutely patient and ensured that they contributed to the history…
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EFCC grills woman with 18 voter cards in Kaduna
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in the early hours of today, February 25, 2023 intercepted a woman with 18 voter cards in a sting operation at Badarwa area of Kaduna, Kaduna State. The woman, one Maryam Mamman Alhaji, who is a member of the support group of one of the leading…
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FACT-CHECK: APC spreads fake news refuting EFCC’s visit to Tinubu’s polling unit
The Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Party (APC) has launched a propaganda to refute the visit of officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) polling unit 085, ward F, Alausa, Ikeja in Lagos State. This is the same polling unit where the presidential candidate of the party Bola Ahmed Tinubu cast…
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Late deployment of election materials delay voting in Nigeria’s South
There was a widespread delay in the deployment of voting materials in Nigeria’s South-south compared to other geo-political regions, as voters waited patiently to cast their votes. The 2023 general election is no doubt one of the most anticipated since the country returned to democracy in 1999. On Saturday, Nigerian lined up as various Polling…
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Intimidation, violence mar election in Lagos state
There have been reports of voter intimidation and ethnic discrimination in some Polling Units across Lagos state by some persons supporting the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), despite the presence of security officials. Voting has largely been peaceful in the state but some videos have emerged showing pro-APC supporters insisting on the party or tribe…
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Peace Accord: Party supporters attacked in Enugu, LP’s senatorial candidate feared dead
Barely three days to the election, disturbing videos showing the charred remains of campaign vehicles belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP) emerged on Wednesday, few hours after the major presidential candidates and parties taking part in Saturday’s election signed a Peace Accord in Abuja. One of the vehicles which…
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Forensic audit report indicts DPR for Nigeria’s oil loss
Nigeria’s huge oil loss estimated at 600, 000 barrels of crude per day has been a major source of concern to the government and stakeholders, prompting an investigation which has now indicted the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). Historically, Nigeria has been the largest exporter of oil in Africa, despite a lack of infrastructure that…
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UPDATE: Naira Redesign: Six APC Govs join suit to halt ban on old notes
At the resumed hearing of the suit challenging the implementation of the naira redesign policy by Nigeria’s Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday, the Supreme Court was inundated with requests from nine state governors to join the case as co-plaintiffs. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) earlier reported that two of the three Governors who filed the suit…
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BREAKING: Naira Redesign: Supreme Court Adjourns Suit till Feb. 22
Nigeria’s Supreme Court Wednesday, failed to give ruling on the naira redesign policy suit filed by three state Governors and has adjourned hearing to Wednesday February 22 2023. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that two of the three Governors who filed the suit – Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State and his counterpart Yahaya Bello of Kogi…