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• River LG Polls: Traders defy Fubara’s no-movement order

  05-10-2024 18:08 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Some shop owners and traders in Obio/Akpor, Rivers, on Saturday, opened for business in defiance of the state government’s no-movement order during the council election.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the council elections are being held to fill chairmanship and councilorship positions in the areas.NAN further reports that while the election was ongoing, some residents of the city went ahead with their businesses.Kachi James, a shop owner at Woji Ward 6, told NAN that she decided t
  
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• EFCC arrests 44 suspected internet fraudsters Enugu, Anambra

  05-10-2024 21:55 via vanguardngr.com
  Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 44 individuals suspected of internet fraud in various locations across Enugu and Anambra States.Dele Oyewale, EFCC Spokesperson, disclosed this information in a statement released on Saturday in Abuja.According to him, the arrests took place on 28 and 29 September, following actionable intelligence linking the suspects to online criminal activities.“Upon arrest, preliminary invest
  
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• Man stabs pregnant wife, sets body ablaze 3 months after wedding

  05-10-2024 21:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Evelyn UsmanA 30-year-old man, Motunrayo Olaniyi, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife and setting her body on fire in their apartment at Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe community, Ikorodu area of Lagos.
  The newlywed couple was engaged in a disagreement that degenerated into a fight at about 1 p.m., on Friday.
  The man was said to have accused his six-month pregnant wife, Olajumoke, of infidelity, alleging that one of his brothers was responsible for the pregnancy. But she denied it
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• How APP cleared 22 seats in Rivers LG election

  05-10-2024 21:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Davies IheamnachorPORT HARCOURT: The Action Peoples Party, APP, has been declared the winner of the Chairmanship seats out of the 23 local government areas of the states in the just concluded local government area councils, Saturday.The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, declared 22 Chairmanship candidates of APP as the winners of the local government after the conclusion of collation.The Chairman of the Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd) while declaring the results
  
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• Netanyahu slams Macron for urging halt to arms supply to Israel

  05-10-2024 21:20 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday slammed French President Emmanuel Macron for calling for a halt to arms supplies to Israel, which is fighting wars in Gaza and Lebanon.“As Israel fights the forces of barbarism led by Iran, all civilised countries should be standing firmly by Israel’s side. Yet, President Macron and other Western leaders are now calling for arms embargoes against Israel. Shame on them,” Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office.Netanyahu sa
  
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• Updated: APP wins 22 of 23 LGs in Rivers council election

  05-10-2024 20:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURTThe Action Peoples Party, APP, has been declared winner in 22 of the 23 local government areas of Rivers State in the just-concluded local government election held today, Saturday.The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, declared the 22 chairmanship candidates of APP as the winners after conclusion of collation.Chairman of the Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli (rtd), declared the results at the RSIEC office in Port Harcourt.Enebeli clarifie
  
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• BREAKING: APP wins 22 of 23 LGs in Rivers council election

  05-10-2024 20:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Davies IheamnachorPORT HARCOURT: The Action Peoples Party, APP, has won all the 22 local government area Chairmanship seats in Rivers State announced by the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, out of the 23 LGAs of the state.APP has been declared winners while collation is still ongoing in Etche Local Government Area.The Chairman of RSIEC, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, made the declaration at the RSIEC office in Port Harcourt.Details later
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• APP clears 22 out of 23 chairmanship seats in Rivers local government elections

  05-10-2024 20:36 via pulse.ng
  
  The Chief Election Officer for RSIEC said the collation of results in the remaining local government was still ongoing.The Action People’s Party (APP) has swept 22 seats out of the available 23 chairmanship positions in the controversial local government election in Rivers State.This is according to the Chief Election Officer of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice Adolphus Enebeli, who made the announcement in Port Harcourt, the state capital, on Saturday, October 5,
  
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• Rivers LG Election: Police allegedly attack RSIEC officials, voters with teargas, disrupt exercise

  05-10-2024 20:10 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Daniel Abia, P/HarcourtAgainst public outcry, officials of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission and voters ran for their lives as operatives of the Nigerian Police arrived at Elekahia Primary School in Port Harcourt City local government area shooting teargas and seizing election materials. About 21 Hilux patrol vans with heavily armed operatives were spotted driving into the venue from Elekahia Road and immediately fired several teargas causing pandemoniumAt the community p
  
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• You are yet to recover from 2023 defeat – Doguwa tells Kwankwaso

  05-10-2024 20:02 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Gift ChapiOdekina, AbujaThe Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Hon. Alhassan Doguwa has replied to the statement of the Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 general election, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, that Nigerians will vote out the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2027 polls.Kwankwaso, while speaking at a political gathering in Kano on Thursday, said Nigerians, especially Northerners, are tired
  
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• Careless Leverkusen held to 2-2 Bundesliga draw

  05-10-2024 19:58 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday suffered another early setback in their Bundesliga title defence as they let slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with struggling Holstein Kiel.Xabi Alonso’s side now have 11 points from six matches, giving Bayern Munich the chance to extend their advantage at the top when they travel to Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.Victor Boniface put Leverkusen ahead at the BayArena after just four minutes with a left-footed shot from a tight angle.Exequiel Palacios’
  
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• Rivers LGA election successful without police – APP chair, Omereji

  05-10-2024 19:46 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …says no one can rig the electionBy Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURTThe Chairmanship Candidate of the Action Peoples Party APP, in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State for Local Government Council elections in the state, David Omereji, has said the election was successful without police operatives.Omereji also stated that no one can rig ongoing polls, adding that the people resolved to ensure peace and sanity.It would be recalled that police in the state said they would not take
  
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• Ogun govt donates ₦200m to Borno following devastating flood

  05-10-2024 19:42 via pulse.ng
  
  He further stated that Governor Abiodun had noted that the flood had caused an unimaginable humanitarian crisis in the state.The Ogun Government has donated ₦200 million to its Borno counterpart following the devastating flood which recently ravaged the state, an official said on Saturday.Kayode Akinmade, the Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun on Media and Strategy, announced the donation in a statement in Abeokuta.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the flood had d
  
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• EPL: Man City sink Fulham to get title bid back on track

  05-10-2024 19:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Mateo Kovacic scored twice as Manchester City clinched a dramatic 3-2 win against Fulham on Saturday.Pep Guardiola’s side suffered a first half shock when Andreas Pereira put Fulham ahead at the Etihad Stadium.But Kovacic, filling in for the injured Rodri, struck either side of half-time to settle City’s nerves.The Croatian midfielder’s brace was followed by Jeremy Doku’s blistering strike before Rodrigo Muniz netted Fulham’s second to set up a tense finish.City rem
  
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• You know your members who live above their means - EFCC boss tells pastors

  05-10-2024 19:37 via pulse.ng
  
  The EFCC boss cautioned religious leaders against the perpetration of fraud under the cover of religion or divine grace.Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, has challenged religious leaders in Nigeria to be more committed to the fight against corruption by preaching the right messages.Its spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.He quoted Olukoyede as giving the charge in Abuja when he received a delegation of leaders of The
  
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• Voter apathy, late arrival of elections materials mar LG Polls in Jigawa

  05-10-2024 19:31 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Mohammed Abubakar DutseLocal government elections took off on Saturday with a low turnout of voters and late commencement of the exercise across Jigawa state.In some of the polling units visited by the turnouts of voters, there were reported cases of late arrival of election materials, as a result, voting did not commence at the stipulated time frame of 10:00 am.For example, in Birnin Kudu local government area, apart from the polling unit of the chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives
  
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• Traders in Wike's LG defy Fubara’s no-movement order

  05-10-2024 19:25 via pulse.ng
  
  Some shop owners and traders in Obio-Akpor, Rivers, on Saturday, opened for business in defiance of the state government’s no-movement order during the council election.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the council elections are being held to fill chairmanship and councilorship positions in the areas.NAN further reports that while the election was ongoing, some residents of the city went ahead with their businesses.Kachi James, a shop owner at Woji Ward 6, told NAN that she dec
  
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• NUT bemoans shortage of teachers in schools

  05-10-2024 19:23 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has revealed an alarming manpower crisis where some primary schools in the country are barely manned by one or two teachers.The National President of NUT, Audu Amba made this known at the occasion of the 2024 World Teachers’ Day Celebration in Abuja on Saturday.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this year’s World Teachers Day’s theme is “Valuing Teacher Voices: Towards a New Social Contract for Education”.Amba said the
  
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• CAN faults appointment of directors in Northwest Dev Commission

  05-10-2024 19:01 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ibrahim Hassan-WuyoThe North West Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has faulted the appointment of the Board of Directors to the Northwest Development Commission by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, without a single Christian on the Board.In a statement issued by Elder Sunday Oibe, Chairman, North West, CAN, requested that President Tinubu take immediate action to address their concerns and promote inclusivity in the North West Development Commission.“We are deeply concer
  
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• Morocco 2025: Eguavoen picks Ekong, Lookman, Simon, 20 others for Libya

  05-10-2024 18:59 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Head Coach Augustine Eguavoen has called Captain William Ekong, rave-of-the-moment Ademola Lookman, in-form winger Moses Simon and 20 other players for this month’s home-and-away 2025 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying battle with the Mediterranean Knights of Libya.Wing-backs Olaoluwa Aina and Bruno Onyemaechi are included, as well as goalkeepers Stanley Nwabali and Maduka Okoya, defenders Oluwasemilogo Ajayi and Calvin Bassey, midfielders Wilfred Ndidi, Raphael Onyedika and Alex Iwobi, and
  
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• I’m not thinking about 2027 election now – Tinubu

  05-10-2024 18:53 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Olasunkanmi AkoniPresident Bola Tinubu has stated that he is not focused on the upcoming 2027 general elections but is instead dedicated to restructuring the economy for the benefit of the Nigerian people.This statement comes as several prominent figures from the All Progressives Congress (APC), including former National Chairman Chief Bisi Akande, former Ogun State Governor Aremo Olusegun Osoba, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and governors from Ogun, Ondo, and Ekiti States—Da
  
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• Kwara teachers want Gov AbdulRazaq to correct 27.5% implementation of TSA

  05-10-2024 18:34 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Demola Akinyemi, IlorinTeachers in Kwara state have called on Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to intervene in the challenges of incorrect implementation of 27.5 %Teachers Specific Allowance (TSA) for teachers TRN Certificated and 21 % non-TN Certificated Teachers.The State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Yusuf Agboola, who appealed this year’s World Teacher’s Day celebrations held at the NUT House along Asa Dam Ilorin today said that the state government intervent
  
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• APC, APP candidate, score RSIEC high in Rivers LGA election

  05-10-2024 17:51 via vanguardngr.com
  
  …condemns burning of Okocha’s officeBy Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURTThe All Progressives Congress, APC, has scored the Rivers State Electoral Commission, RSIEC, high in the conduct of the Local Government Council elections in the state.The party also condemned the burning of the factional secretariat of the party in the state, describing it as barbaric.The Chairman of APC in the state, Chief Emeka Beke, who spoke after casting his vote at Rumuaokpasi Hall, Ward 3, unit 4, Elibra
  
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• Hezbollah: Nasrallah’s possible successor out of contact since Friday – Lebanese source

  05-10-2024 17:30 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been out of contact since Friday, a Lebanese security source said on Saturday, after an Israeli airstrike that is reported to have targeted him.In its campaign against the Iran-backed Lebanese group, Israel carried out a large strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs late on Thursday that Axios cited three Israeli officials as saying targeted Hashem Safieddeine in an underground bunker.The Lebanese security source and
  
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• Rivers: 2 shot, election disrupted as Wike’s loyalists enforce court order

  05-10-2024 17:20 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURTTwo people have sustained bullet wounds at Igwuruta community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, following a move by some youths alleged to be loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, to enforce a High Court judgement.The alleged Wike’s loyalists had Saturday morning while the residents were expecting the arrival of electoral material in the area took to the streets, claiming to be enforcing the court or
  
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• 2 shot, Rivers LG election disrupted as alleged Wike’s loyalists move to enforce court order

  05-10-2024 17:20 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Davies Iheamnachor, PORT HARCOURTTwo people have sustained bullet wounds at Igwuruta Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, following a move by some youths alleged to be loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Chief Nyesom Wike, to enforce the High Court Judgement Order.The alleged Wike’s loyalists had Saturday morning while the residents were expecting the arrival of electoral material in the area took to the streets, claiming to be enforcing the
  
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• River Benue water levels receding – NIHSA

  05-10-2024 17:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  The Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has announced a slight decrease in River Benue’s water levels in recent days, lowering the risk of severe flooding.NIHSA’s Director-General, Mr Umar Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja.Mohammed reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to monitoring the water levels of the nation’s major rivers and tributaries, as part of its overall flood management strategy in Nigeria.He urged citizens to remain v
  
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• Flood: No cause for alarm, River Benue receding – NIHSA

  05-10-2024 17:06 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Gabriel EwepuABUJA – AS parts of the country still grapple with the devastating impact of flood, the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency, NIHSA, has declared that there is no cause for alarm as it announced River Benue is receding.This was contained in a statement signed by the Director General, NIHSA, Umar Mohammed and made available to Vanguard, where Mohammed maintained that the Agency in line with its mandate has remained committed to constantly monitor the water levels of the nati
  
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• US court orders Mayweather to pay Nigerian company ₦4.2m as fine

  05-10-2024 17:01 via pulse.ng
  
  The Nigerian company sued Mayweather for breach of contract agreement, which required Mayweather to make different appearances in Africa, including one in Nigeria.Boxing legend, Floyd Mayweather Jr, has been ordered by a United States Appellate Court to pay a Nigerian company Zinni Media Concept Limited, the sum of ₦4.2 billion in damages over breach of contract and fraud.In the court documents sighted by Pulse, the court of appeal of the State of California upheld the lower court ruling,
  
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• Azinge crowned 14th Asagba of Asaba

  05-10-2024 16:38 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ochuko Akuopha, AsabaFORMER  Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, Prof. Epiphany Azinge, SAN, was  Saturday, coronated as the 14th Asagba of Asaba kingdom, Delta State.Azinge’s ascension to the throne was sequel to his emergence as Asagba of Asaba designate at an enlarged meeting of Asagba-In-Council and members of the kingdom after a selection process by the five quarters of the kingdom held on 18 August, 2024.He was coronated at a colourful c
  
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