Military personnel abandon responsibilities, display partisanship —Observer group
ABUJA—AS collation of results in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections goes on, an election observer group, Centre for Transparency Advocacy, CTA, has accused military personnel deployed for security of not only abandoning their primary responsibilities but also displaying open partisanship during the exercise.
4 injured in A’Ibom, as Police nab 5 thugs
No fewer than four persons were injured at Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, as they attempted to snatch ballot boxes, while voting was still ongoing.
Equities market to jerk up post-polls
After taking a hit from the postponement of the presidential and parliamentary election last week, investment analysts have said that the equities market will reverse the losses post-election.
FirstBank rewards customers with cardless financial transactions
FirstBank has announced its ongoing Visa on mobile (QR) payment promo to reward customers with various discounts for using the QR payment on the FirstMobile App while carrying out transactions with select partner merchants. The promo is billed to end on 28 February 2019.
Dickson slams military over alleged complicity in electoral fraud
YENAGOA—GOVERNOR Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State has accused the military authorities particularly the General Officer Commanding, 6 Division of the Nigerian Army of subverting the will of the people in the electoral process in the state.
Borno PDP rejects Presidential, Nass polls results
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Borno State, last night, rejected the manner the Presidential and National Assembly elections were held across the state on Saturday, alleging that the whole process was marred with irregularities, ballot-snatching and allocation of results by the leadership of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in connivance with INEC officials.
Fayemi hails election victory
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, yesterday said he remained grateful to God for the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in the State.
Much ado about gender inequality
Before any real change can be achieved in the Gender Equality rhetoric, there has to be a mass change of paradigm
Shell’s conduct in Ogoni shameful, crime against humanity — MOSOP
President of Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, MOSOP, Fegalo Nsuke, has described the conduct of Shell Petroleum Development Company, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, in Ogon, Rivers State, as a national shame and crime against humanity.
Ighalo helps Shanghai Shenhua to win on debut
Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has made his debut for Chinese Super League outfit Shanghai Shenhua.
D’Tigers bounce back with 72-59 win over CAR
Nigeria’s senior men basketball team D’Tigers bounced back from defeat to Côte d’Ivoire with a 72-59 win over Central African republic in a 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification encounter played at the weekend.
