As of May 30, 2022, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reported that 4.5 million Nigerian youths had completed online voter registration for new voter cards. According to INEC’s data, youths between the ages of 18 and 34 accounted for 69.5 percent of all online registrations completed since the CVR began. While 10.2 million new applications were received, only 6.5 …
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 66 suspected cases of monkeypox were reported in Nigeria between January 1 and May 29, 2022. According to the centre, 21 suspected cases have been confirmed in nine states, with Adamawa State leading the way with five; Lagos, four; Cross River, two; FCT, two; Kano, two; Delta, two; Bayelsa, two; Rivers, …
Rihanna Fenty, a popular Barbadian singer, and her boyfriend, ASAP Rocky, have welcomed their first child together. TMZ, citing reliable sources, reported that the baby boy was born in Los Angeles on May 13, 2022. The couple’s January announcement that they were expecting their first child together broke the internet. Rihanna was always fashionable during her pregnancy, effortlessly displaying her …
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has scheduled a hearing on President Muhammadu Buhari’s lawsuit against the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, for Thursday, May 19, 2022. The National Assembly was sued by Buhari and Malami in the Supreme Court for violating Section 84 (12) of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2022. Unless they resign …
In the early hours of Tuesday, May 20, 2022, troops from NA 93 Battalion began searching for a personnel who went missing in action while responding to a distress call of an attack on Tati community in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba state. According to Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director Army Public Relations, the military responded quickly after getting …
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave for Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, today, Sunday, May 8, 2022, to attend a United Nations-sponsored conference on the future of land, including desertification, drought, degradation, rights, restoration, and consequences for national and international economies. President Buhari joins international leaders at the Sofitel Hotel in Paris for the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) …
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged all political parties in the country to stick to their primary election schedules in order to produce candidates for the 2023 elections, with the deadline set for Friday, June 3, 2022. The Commission previously released the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election on February 26, 2022. It specifies …
