Author: TheScrutinyNG

The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, confirm that its operatives have neutralised two armed vandals involved in illegal oil bunkering during a gun duel and recovered two AK-47 rifles while 18 suspects were arrested across various states in the Niger Delta region. Also, the Army said the troops destroyed 13 illegal refining sites, seven boats, uncovered eight illegal connection points and impounded over 60,000 litres of stolen products across the region. The acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations, Lit-Col. Jonah Danjuma disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Sunday. Danjuma said the…

John Stones scored deep in injury time as Manchester City salvaged a 2-2 draw with 10-man Arsenalon Sunday to remain top of the Premier League table after a rip-roaring battle against their bitter title rivals. The draw in what was more of a slugfest than a chess match left Pep Guardiola’s men with 13 points after five matches, while Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal are fourth with 11. Erling Haaland put City ahead in the ninth minute when Savinho threaded a beautiful through ball that the big Norwegian sprinted onto then slotted past David Raya. Ricardo Calafiori cancelled out Haaland’s goal with…

In what is a clean sweep, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won all the chairmanship positions in Saturday’s local government area election in Enugu State. Professor Christian Ngwu, Chairman of the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC), announced the results and praised the commission for conducting a free and fair election. He described the election as the most transparent yet, noting that the results were meticulously collated and analysed to prevent any errors. “We carefully collated and analysed the results to ensure that there were no mistakes,” he said. However, none of the candidates from opposition parties, who contested…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has briefly stopped the collation of results from the local government areas as the 16 collated and announced so far shows the All Progressives Congress (APC) leading the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with 48,595 votes. In the sixteen LGAs announced so far, the APC has garnered 244,549 votes as against PDP’s 195,954, showing the commanding lead of the 48,595 votes. This is as a PDP agent in the collation Centre has continually rejected all the LGAs announced so far, accusing the electoral impaired of manufacturing figures to give to the main opposition party in…

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has explained his reason for visiting the Independent National Electoral Commission collation centre in Benin City, the state capital, in the early of today. The governor, it would be recalled, was on the INEC premises early on Sunday morning, around 2 am, and was there until he was escorted outside by the police led by Deputy Inspector General Frank Mba. Members of the All Progressives Congress, led by Monday Okpebholo’s running mate, Dennis Idahosa, led protesters to demand the exit of Obaseki from the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission at about 3.30…

There was tension at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Sunday, forcing INEC to postpone the final collation of results for the Edo State governorship election to 11 a.m. INEC made the announcement in the early hours of Sunday at its headquarters in Benin, the Edo State capital, which also serves as the final collation centre. The announcement came after the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, held a four-hour meeting with INEC officials and the Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Frank Mba, at the INEC headquarters. Mr Mba is leading the police team…

British boxer Daniel Dubois successfully defended his IBF heavyweight title, knocking out Anthony Joshua in a brutal fashion in the fifth round of their bout at the Wembley Stadium, London. Dubois dominated the fight from start to finish knocking Joshua out in the first round, third round, and fourth round before earning a final knockout against the former champion. Before being knocked out, Joshua seemed to be on the front foot hitting Dubois with several shots but got hit by a counter shot that sent him to the canvas. The former heavyweight champion was unable to beat the count. “Credit…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded over 76 percent of the results from the Edo gubernatorial election on its Result Viewing Portal (IREV). Voters across the 18 local government areas of Edo State turned out en masse on Saturday to elect a new governor to succeed Godwin Obaseki. Checks at the time of this report revealed that 76.26 percent of the results had been uploaded. This figure represents the results from 3,329 polling units out of 4,519 units across the state.

Nigerian music star, David Adedeji Adeleke, also known as Davido, took to his X (formerly Twitter) account on Saturday and criticised Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as “the most dangerous institution in Nigeria.” This comment comes amid Edo State gubernatorial election. Davido, known for being vocal about political issues, expressed concerns over the role of INEC in the election process. INEC, responsible for overseeing elections in Nigeria, has faced criticism in the past regarding election transparency. However, this bold statement from a high-profile celebrity like Davido has sparked widespread reactions online, with many people sharing their opinions on the matter.…

Olumide Akpata, the Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Edo governorship election, has lost his polling unit to candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo. According to the result announced at Polling Unit 11, Ward 06, Oredo Local Government Area, Ighodalo polled 41 votes while Akpata trailed with 32 votes. Monday Okpebholo of the All Progress Congress (APC) came third with 19 votes. After casting his ballot earlier on Saturday, Ighodalo had boasted that he would win the governorship election by landslide. “We will win this election by landslide and move our state forward by God’s grace. If…