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There have been some reports that the  Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC  results interpreter in sign languages for the 2019 election, Peter Oyekale, has been stabbed by unknown assailants. Peter according to reports,  CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING POST >>

President Buhari’s photographer, Bayo Omoboriowo, who reacted to the disqualification of Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, as an APC Governorship aspirant in Oyo State, advised Nigerians to take their NYSC serious. According to President Buhari’s photographer, Bayo Omoboriowo, if a Minister can be disqualified for not having an NYSC certificate, then it is very serious. Read his insta-story post below; The gubernatorial ambition of Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, was scuttled with the new list released by APC. This became evident Thursday night after his name was dropped from the full list of aspirants, cleared to contest in 26 states by the party. Yekini Nabena, the party’s spokesman in a statement, said Shittu was not cleared because he does not possess the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) certificate. The list has been endorsed by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party. Earlier in his reaction to the scandal, Oyo-born Shittu declared that his o...

A Nigerian soldier attached to Mogadishu Cantonment, a military barracks in Abuja, reportedly shot a guard commander after an argument on his alarming alcohol consumption rate. It was gathered that soldier who returned drunk after a short break, was confronted by the guard commander who asked him to change up for duty. However the drunk soldier who changed into his uniform, picked up his rifle, came back and shot the guard commander. Upon realizing what he has done, the soldier allegedly shot himself but missed his own head and shot his mouth. He was rushed to the hospital, and his present condition is still not known at the time of filing this report. Viewer’s discretion is needed for the photos below; This is coming few days after we reported that a Nigerian soldier committed suicide in Borno State. The late Nigerian soldier identified as Adegor Okpako, was attached to a staff sergeant attached to 192 Battalion in Gwoza. He reportedly committed suicide at about 2:50 p.m on...

APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole is currently trending as social media users alleged that he indirectly confirmed that his party rigged the Osun election. Adams Oshimhole who suffered a tongue slip during a press conference with Channels TV, said; “I think that for democracy to flourish, only people who can accept the pain of rigging (sorry defeat) should participate in an election”. Here is the video below; View this post on Instagram "I think that for democracy to flourish, only people who can accept the pain of rigging (sorry defeat) should participate in an election". – #AdamsOshiomhole #APC Chairman on Osun Governorship Election A post shared by  talktalkblogng  (@talkblogng) on  Sep 28, 2018 at 10:13pm PDT Recall that after Osun election which had Gboyega Oyetola declared as its winner, the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus, said the All Progressive...

Dele Momodu’s letter to Tinubu has seen the media mogul appealing to the APC chieftain, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who is also a former governor of Lagos State to soft pedal on his current rift with the current governor Akinwunmi Ambode for the sake of the good people of the state. Read Dele Momodu’s letter to Tinubu Below: An Appeal to My Dear Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu My dear Asiwaju, I pray my letter meets you and yours in fantastic spirit. It has almost become a tradition for me to write, or openly express my views, to you periodically on political issues, since about 2007. Before I go into the meat of my epistle, kindly permit me to establish some protocol, or preamble. I always choose to write to you in this manner, in moments of great concern and uncertainty such as this, because these words must be kept for posterity. It is not easy to advise someone much older than oneself in our clime. Read trending Dele Momodu’s letter to Tinubu An elderly person can do no wrong, according t...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the 2018 Osun State Governorship election inconclusive. The returning officer, Joseph Adeola announced this moments back. He said based on the fact that the total number of votes margin between the leader and the second was not up to the number of votes canceled. The figure of canceled votes currently stands at 35,498. Joseph Adeola said the date for the completion of the polls would be communicated soon. The election, one of the closest in Nigeria’s electoral history, was held on Saturday to elect a new governor for the South-Western state. At the end of collation of results, Ademola Adeleke of the PDP won majority votes of about 254,698 while Gboyega Oyetola of the APC came a close second with 254,345 votes. The difference between the two leading parties was just 353 votes but the number of cancelled votes was 35,498 In that case, rerun will be held in only affected areas where elections were cancelled. See the total r...

A report which has gone viral on social media, alleges that Iyiola Omisore of the SDP who pulled over 120k votes in the just concluded election in Osun State which was declared inconclusive, has agreed to work with PDP’s candidate, Ademola Adeleke to ensure his victory in the Osun rerun election. Former Minister of Aviation and PDP Chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, who first dropped hint of the merger in the Osun rerun election, wrote; I am so proud of the @OfficialPDPNig in Osun.Congrats to my friend and brother Demola Adeleke. Now is the time for us to reach out and work with others. I will talk to my cousin Iyiola Omisore. He is a fighter. We need him. We must join forces and send the APC demons packing. ADP Publicity secretary, Adelaja Adeoye who confirmed the merger, wrote;

A Corps member identified as Babatunde Sodiq Bello, was reportedly found unconscious on a roadside in Lagos. Folusho Love who shared the report, alleged that the corps member was found unconscious on Wednesday morning, along Adaranijo street, Pedro, Shomolu Lagos. He wrote; Babatunde sodiq bello who just graduate from university of binni now an NYSC copper under Adamawa youth camp, was found like this, this morning at adaranijo street Pedro, he can not talk, just lying down. Pls pass round, may b we can see somebody that can know him This is coming few months after it was reported that a man was found lying unconscious by the side of the road in Iyana-Iba, Badagry expressway, Lagos. He was pushed out of a moving bus, popularly called ‘Coaster’, and the bus zoomed off. An eyewitness who sells garden eggs close by, said she was arranging her goods to sell when she heard a thud and turned around to see the bus move off. She raised an alarm, calling to the other female traders nearb...

Nigerians soldiers fighting Boko Haram in North-East Nigeria, have shared some sad stories which include being forced to beg for food, wearing slippers to war front amongst others. Cableng also reported that the Nigerian soldiers fighting Boko Haram, also disclosed that they sleep in classrooms and do not receive their operation allowance regularly. Read the report below; Gandoki, a corporal with the special force unit of the Nigerian army, walks out of a sport betting shop, scans through the ticket in his hands, then nods as his face widens into a smile. The corporal and many other soldiers fighting Boko Haram insurgents in the north-east do not receive their operation allowance regularly. They find means of survival by gambling, using as low as N50 to predict results of games that could—if by chance their predictions hit it right— enrich them with a few thousands of naira. “For months now, we’ve not been paid our allowance. How would we have survived if not for th...

Former Kwara Governor, Femi David Lasisi Bamigboye, reportedly died in Lagos on Friday after a brief illness. The burial date of the late Former Kwara Governor, will be announced later as disclosed by a close family source. Before his death, Brigadier General Femi David Lasisi Bamigboye was the first Military Governor of Kwara State from May 1967 to July 1975, after it had been divided from the old Northern Region during the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon. He is an Igbomina man from Omu Aran, Irepodun local government area. Born 7 December 1940, he was succeeded by late Ibrahim Taiwo, preceded by Hassan Katsina His younger brother is Theophilus Bamigboye, another military ruler turned politician. In 1968 he created the Kwara State Ministry of Education, with a department to handle Scholarship/Bursary matters. In 1971 he announced a decision to establish the Kwara State Polytechnic, which came into existence in 1972. In December 1972 he opened the new premises of Ola-Olu Hos...

Simi,  is definitely not pleased with the report which alleged that she was contracted with ₦200M for  President Buhari’s  reelection through the  67 Million Youths Initiative . The report from LeadersNG reads; An investigation by LeadersNG into the activities of the promoters of 67millionyouth Initiative has revealed that many of them are proxy working for President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election bid. A presidency source who pleaded not to be named told LeadersNG that the Senior Special adviser to the president on Social Investment Programs, Ismael Ahmed is the brain behind the project. The source further stated that many of the promoters of the project were actually those that worked for President Buhari’s emergence in 2015. The source said, it was not an easy task in convincing the promoters to get on the project as many of them voiced out their frustration with the administration and the manner they were discarded after helping the president to win the ...

181,000 primary six pupils sat for the 2018 common entrance examination in Lagos State alone. According to the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, 181,000 primary six pupils from private and public schools across the state sat for the 2018 Placement Test into Junior Secondary School 1. Dr Ganiyu Sopeyin, Executive Chairman of SUBEB, made this known to journalists after monitoring the exercise at Mende Junior High School, Maryland, Lagos. He said the test took place in 361 designated centres across the state. Sopeyin described the conduct of the test as satisfactory in the centres he monitored, which also included Immaculate Heart Comprehensive Junior and Senior High School, Maryland, Lagos. Three years statistic of primary six pupils who sat for the JSS 1 entrance examination in Lagos State (2016 -2018) “This is an annual event. What we are witnessing today is the placement for primary six pupils to gain admission into junior secondary schools in Lagos. “A...