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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) hasforeclosed supplementary elections in areas where thugsdisrupted the process and destroyed electoral materials.The Commission also said that it has started releasingaccreditation data contained in the Bimodal VoterAccreditation System (BVAS) from the Presidential andNational Assembly elections to political parties and otherNigerians who may be interested in them....

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has appealed to security agencies monitoring the election to relax the security barricade across Benin City, to allow voters move to their polling units to exercise their franchise, bemoaning the low turnout of voters. Obaseki made the appeal after casting his vote at about 10:17am at Emokpae Model Primary School, Unit 19, Ward 4 in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State. The governor who cast his after his wife Betsy Obasek...

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The presidency has insisted that the February 25 presidentialelection won by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC)candidate, Bola Tinubu, was free and fair.Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, in a televised show,however revealed that some governors were trying hard towin tomorrow’s election by all means possible.He however expressed confidence in the ability of the securityagencies to contain any threat to t...

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The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning,Zainab Ahmed, has urged the incoming administration toincrease the Value Added Tax (VAT) from the current 7.5percent to 10 percent.She noted that this would stimulate the country’s economicgrowth.The minister made the call during a courtesy visit to theheadquarters of Voice of Nigeria in Abuja.Ahmed also said VAT is one of the ways to increase re...

Crystal Palace have sacked manager PatrickVieira after a 12-match winless run.Palace have not won a match in 2023 and were beaten 1-0 byBrighton in the Premier League on Wednesday, their thirddefeat in a row.They are 12th in the table but are only three points above18th-placed Bournemouth, who have a game in hand.Frenchman Vieira was appointed before the start of the 2021-22 season and led the Eagles to a...

World soccer governing body FIFA says it has concludedarrangements to set up an academy in every country by theyear 2026.FIFA made the confirmation during its 73rd Congresscurrently going on in Kigali, Rwanda.FIFA’s chief of global football development, Arsène Wengersaid that it is a great opportunity for young people around theworld to play football....