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Osun re-run election anti-democratic, not credible — CDD An election monitoring group, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), has faulted the ongoing rerun election in Osun State as anti-democratic. The CDD noted that the number of the incidents recorded during the poll have undermined the sanctity of the vote and the overall credibility of the electoral process. “we hold strongly the view that the re-run poll of Thursday, September 27, 2018, does not meet up with the minimum standards for free, fair and credible elections,” the CDD said in a statement. It falls short of global best practices in democratic elections which Nigeria aspires towards,” it added. Although, voting has closed at about 2:00 p.m across the seven polling units for the rerun, the official collation of results is yet to start in Osogbo as at the time of filing this report. The rerun election is being held at seven polling units, three polling units in Orolu, two polling units in Ife South, o

Photos Nigeria President  Buhari being protected by US Female Secret Service Agent At the ongoing UNGA73 in New York  In the United State of America Traveling foreign dignitaries are usually protected by the Secret Service or Department of State.  This Photos emerged online showing Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari being protected by a female US Secret Service agent at the ongoing 73rd Session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA73) which officially opened September 18, 2018.   See photos below:  

Linda Ikeji step out with her son    Linda Ikeji    Linda Ikeji the popular celebrity blogger had her son 10 days ago.   She  shared lovely photos of herself stepping out with her baby Jayce.   She wrote;  "I swear I had a baby last week! . Easy pregnancy, easy delivery and now snap back without any effort from me. I've hardly stepped out of the house, just staring at Jayce like a slowpoke. . How any woman can be a mum and be calm is beyond me"   See more images:              

Osun rerun: Atiku speaks on security agencies harassing voters, tells INEC what to do A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar on Thursday reacted to reports of security operatives intimidating and harassing voters in the ongoing Osun rerun governorship election. The Waziri of Adamawa described the action as unacceptable and must stop. In a tweet, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential aspirant warned that the rerun was widely monitored within and outside Nigeria. He also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to redeem its image by been impartial. “Reports about voters & observers intimidation by security agents in Osun rerun election is unacceptable & must be stopped. “The rerun is being widely monitored in Nigeria & beyond. I hope that @inecnigeria will redeem its pledge of being an impartial umpire. #OsunDecides2018,” he tweeted.

Nigeria more divided today than pre-civil war era —Atiku In AWKA—FORMER Vice President and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar yesterday described Nigeria as a nation at a crossroad because her people elected a president in 2015 who had succeeded in dividing them. Addressing Anambra PDP delegates to the forthcoming presidential primaries of the party in Awka, Atiku urged Nigerians to unite to ensure that All Progressives Congress, APC, does not return to power in 2019. He said: “Our country is at a cross road. I have never seen this country so divided than it is today. We are more divided as a country today simply because we mistakenly elected a president who has succeeded in dividing us the more. “I saw the pre- civil war days, the civil war days and the post civil war days, but I have never seen Nigeria as divided. Under this government, Nigeria is more divided than the way it was during the N

Atiku Abubakar  His visit to Anambra State yesterday shared on his Twitter handle                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Atiku Abubakar one of the presidential Aspirants of People’s Democratic Power  ( PDP) from the the north East on his familiar visit to the people of Anambra , one of the south Eastern states yesterday and he  visited the  OBI of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu. CFR. He twitted  I quote                                                                                                    “ it was  pleasure stopping over in the great commercial city of Onitsha to pay my courtesies and receive the royal blessing of Agbogidi, His Royal  Majesty, Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Ugochukwu Achebe, CFR.”         

 Labour orders nationwide strike  The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said the industrial action would commence due to the refusal of the Federal Government to reconvene the meeting of the tripartite national minimum wage committee to enable it to conclude its work.  “In compliance with this mandate, all workers and private sector at all levels across the country have been directed to comply.  “All public and private institutions, offices, banks, schools, public and private business premises, including filling station, are to remain shut till further notice,” Wabba said at a news conference in Abuja on Wednesday. The workers are demanding a new minimum wage of about N50,000 from the current national minimum wage of N18,000. Tripartite committee resumes October 4 However, Ngige told journalists after a meeting with labour leaders that the tripartite committee on national minimum wage would resume negotiations on October 4.