Author: Rashaad Harris

Head coach of Nigeria U23 national team, Salisu Yusuf has reassured Nigerians that he will use the next five days to put together a better team ahead of the second leg of the CAF U23 African Nations Cup qualifier, BSNSports.com.ng can report.Guinea U23 national team held Nigeria to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the qualifier on Wednesday at the Moshood Abiola Stadium Abuja. The result put Nigeria in a tight corner. Salisu admitted that his boys were not coordinated and couldn’t play better than the Guineans, he however promised to use the next five days perfect his…

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the 2023 general elections has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of installing a third-party device to intercept and switch the results of the presidential election in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Bola Tinubu. Atiku made the accusation in a 66-page petition lodged before the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, where he further alleged that INEC had prior to the election, redeployed its in-house ICT expert, Mr Chidi Nwafor, and replaced him with…

Abia State Governor-elect, Alex Otti of the Labour Party, has assured the citizens of the state that his administration will pay salaries and pensions the incumbent administration owes civil servants and pensioners. Mr Otti gave the assurance in his acceptance speech on Wednesday after he was declared the winner of the March 18 gubernatorial election.He said: “With deep humility and a profound sense of responsibility, I wholeheartedly accept your mandate to be your chief servant for the next four years. Before I go on, I must first dedicate this victory to God the Father Almighty, who makes everything beautiful in…

Ugandan lawmakers have passed a law that prescribes a punishment of up to 10 years in prison for identifying as LGBTQ+, among other things. The new legislation constitutes a further crackdown on LGBTQ+ people in a country where same-sex relations are already illegal. It targets an array of activities, including banning promoting and abetting homosexuality as well as conspiracy to engage in homosexuality. According to CNN, opposition lawmaker Asuman Basalirwa introduced the Anti Homosexuality Bill 2023 to parliament, saying that the bill aims to “protect our church culture; the legal, religious and traditional family values of Ugandans from the acts…

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has finally declared Alex Otti as the winner of last Saturday’s governorship election. The former managing director of Diamond Bank now Access Bank, who was the candidate of Labour Party in the governorship election, had in a video posted on his official Twitter handle on Saturday evening, said PDP were trying to rig the election in their favour. INEC later announced suspended collation of results for the state till further notice. He polled 175,467 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Okey Ahiwe of the PDP who polled 88,529 votes.

Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has revealed that a total of 3,834,244 cyberattacks launched within and outside Nigeria were blocked during the gubernatorial and state assembly elections that took precedence on March 18. The minister attributed this blockage to cyberspace infrastructure put in place by the government to monitor activities in the nation’s cyberspace before, during and after the elections.The minister who spoke through a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Technical Matters, Dr Femi Adeluyi, on Wednesday, commended the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for the support and approvals of initiatives to…

Ekiti State ex-Govenor, Ayodele Fayose, has distanced himself from all the recent news linking him to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a live TV session yesterday. Fayose who governed Ekiti on two terms under the umbrella of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), spoke on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ on Tuesday night, and said, “Many people in Nigeria have been confronted with what they have said at different times and they either recant or say something new. I stand here to tell you that I will never be a member of the APC. I am not in politics for what…

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has vowed that his administration won’t victimize against his opponents during the electioneering processes, as the re-elected Governor promises his second term will be a government for the people and the progress of Oyo state. Makinde said this on Tuesday in his address during a reelection victory celebration at Ilaji Hotels and Sports Resort, Akanran, in Ibadan.He said: “The task ahead is to continue the good work and take our people from poverty to prosperity. We will not discriminate against those who did not support us,” the Oyo governor stated. “This will be a…

Federal Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo has reacted to the petition filed by Peter Obi, Labour Party’s Presidential candidate in the just concluded election. It was reported yesterday that Peter Obi officially filed a suit at the election petition tribunal challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the president-elect, seeking the nullification of the declaration of Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election on the grounds of non-adherence to the constitution and the electoral act, among others.However, Keyamo has expressed excitement about the issues raised in the…

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday revealed his satisfaction over the role he played in the 2023 election process, and his readiness to leave Aso Rock after overseeing the 2023 general elections. The President revealed this while receiving the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard, on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at the State House in Abuja.In a statement, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, quoted Buhari as saying: “People are realising their power. Given the chance of a free and fair vote, nobody can tell them what to do. I am unhappy that some candidates…