ABUJA: The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has dismissed as untrue, allegations by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, that the electoral umpire was working in cahoots with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to short-change it in the general elections.

FOR Sylvester Aguddah who had worked in the corporate world for years and enjoyed life, leaving the job was like the end of the road. But, the proverbial saying that  “when one road closes, another one opens,” came to play in his life as God opened another door for him with his incursion into the art industry.

PORT HARCOURT – FARAH Dagogo, Niger Delta ex-agitator and member, Rivers State House of Assembly, has disassociated self from Wednesday’s endorsement of President Mohammadu Buhari’s re-election bid by the Ex-Agitators, under the Peace Ambassadors of Niger Delta (PAND).

A Lagos-based non-profit organisation, Kick Against Human Trafficking and Human Rights Abuse Foundation, KAHTHRAF,  recently took to major streets in Lagos State to create awareness on the dangers of human trafficking and the plight of rescued survivors.

BURDENED Elders, a group of eminent Nigerians and elder statesmen led by Professor Anya O. Anya and Dr Christopher Kolade, yesterday, looked at the state of the nation, and the toxic tone of the 2019 electioneering campaigns and returned a grim verdict: ”The nation is bleeding profusely… and approaching a frontier it has never seen before.”

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly and Chairman and Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures of Nigeria, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, has called on Nigerian women particularly in his constituency to caution their wards and youths against election thuggery and violence during the general election.

THE President and Founder, EO Foundation, Prof. Cyril Otoikhian, has explained why they do not want marriages to continue producing children with Sickle Cell (S) Gene following frightening death rate across the country.

THE Lagos State Alliance for Democracy, AD, governorship candidate,  HIGH Chief Owolabi Salis has said the coming election is the opportunity for Lagosians to speak up for a true megacity and governance based on welfare for all across ethnic, religious and political divides.

As part of efforts to stem the hazard of using fake beauty products, Kaneka, makers of Kanekalon fibre over the weekend launched Kanekalon Beauty Consult, KBC, at Emmytunes Salon, Allen Avenue, Ikeja to educate their customers on ways to differentiate its products from imitation and from other products.

In support of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term ambition and  ensure its actualisation, market women, traders, artisans, automobile engineers among other stakeholders in the Lagos International Trade Fair, LITF, have promised 10 million votes, saying he deserves a second term.