Men of the Imo State Police Command have rescued 19 Ad-Hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, who were kidnapped in the State in the early hours of Saturday.
INEC spokesperson in the State, Chinenye Chijioke-Osuji, confirmed the development.
She said they were rescued after a distress call, and information about the incident was disclosed to the security operatives, who swung into action immediately.
At least three persons suspected to be political thugs have been killed in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State.
DAILY POST gathered that the thugs invaded the polling units 026 and 004, Gboko South while electoral processes were ongoing and attempted to snatch ballot boxes and the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS.
An eye-witness, Moses Agure-Dam who confirmed the development to DAILY POST, said the thugs were gunned down by military officers.
Chioma Chukwuka’s polling unit has been disrupted by thugs again, and this time, she said they prevented them from bringing out their phones to film.
The actress said the thugs had knives, bottles, and gun, and refused to let people bring out their phones, not even to make calls.
A photo has surfaced online of an electorate heading to the polling unit with a pitbull for the governorship and House of Assembly election despite a police ban on the use of dogs and other pets at polling units.
An American movie actor in the popular movie series ‘The Wire’, Lance Reddick has died at the age of 60, BBC reports.
The deceased was also known for starring as Charon in the John Wick action-thriller movie franchise as well as in the Resident Evil Netflix series and the science fiction-action movie Godzilla vs. Kong.
Reddick’s publicist, Mia Hansen told newsmen that the actor died suddenly of natural causes on Friday in his Los Angeles home at about 09:30 local time (16:30 GMT).
The Nigeria Police Force has reacted to the threats issued by the Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, against Igbos in the state ahead of the governorship election.
President Muhammadu Buhari has cast his vote at Polling Unit 003, Sarkin Yara A in Daura, Katsina State, calling the electorate to vote for their preferred candidates even if politicians tried to offer them money.
The president, who briefly spoke to newsmen both in English and Hausa languages after casting his vote on Saturday, said his administration had been preaching against vote-buying and monetisation of politics, calling on politicians to desist from such acts.
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council has accused Peter Obi, the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, of making inflammatory comments.
The ruling party in a statement on Friday knocked the former Anambra governor for repeatedly condemning the victory of Presidential-elect, Bola Tinubu.
The Governorship and State Houses of Assembly Elections hold across the country today, Saturday, March 18, 2023.
The Governorship election will take place in 28 States across the nation with just a few incumbent Governors seeking re-election while most of the States will be electing new chief Executive Officers.
The Lagos State Police Command has said a 53-year-old woman, who was found with laminated electoral materials, is in detention.
The police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to City Round on Friday.
Operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network, popularly referred to as Amotekun Corps, have arrested one Daniel Chigozie for allegedly selling his son to three different buyers in Ogun State.
The Commandant of the Corps in the state, David Akinremi, disclosed that the Corps got intelligence that Chigozie, a 30-year-old, had sold his nine-month-old son, Daniel Chinonye Darlington, to three different buyers at different locations in Sango, Meiran and Apapa area of Lagos.
City Round gathered that the suspect specialised in defrauding Nigerians desperate to migrate to Canada either to work or continue their education through fake visas and job offers.
An Ondo Magistrate’s Court has remanded a 46-year-old man, Ebenezer Adefehinti, for allegedly defrauding three people under the pretext of securing jobs for their children.
The defendant was said to have claimed to be an official of the Department of State Services.
He was arrested by in June 2022 at Ayegun Oka Akoko in the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state.
He was arraigned on five counts.
