₦airaland Forum

Jennyoral:
Following Peter Obi's viral post, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) recorded a surge in the online registration exercise No fewer than 69,376 Nigerians completed their online pre-registration within the first seven hours of the nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) reopening INEC national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, Sam Olumekun, confirmed this in a statement issued and shared further details.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reported a remarkable surge in voter registration ahead of the 2027 general elections. INEC recorded an impressive 69,376 registrants within just seven hours of launching the online pre-registration phase of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise on Monday, August 18, 2025.

As reported by The Nigerian Tribune, this significant turnout coincided with a viral social media post by Peter Obi, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, which appears to have galvanised public interest in the electoral process. The online registration portal, which went live at 8:30 am on the same day, is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at the official INEC website, providing a convenient platform for eligible Nigerians to participate in the democratic process.

Sam Olumekun, INEC’s national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, confirmed this in a statement on Monday, August 18. “The portal went live at 8.30 a.m., and by 3.30 p.m., 69,376 Nigerians had already pre-registered online,” he said. Breakdown of the registrants Total registrants: 69,376 Male: 33,803 (48.7%) Female: 35,573 (51.3%) Young persons (18–34 years): 48,033 (69.2%) Olumekun said the voter registration portal is accessible 24 hours daily.

There is no evidence that Peter had anything to do with voter registration, why add him to this post? Why not just focus on what's verifiable? i.e that voter registration on the portal is thriving for now

abc115:
Summay: “i and my father are two different people and me and my friends are just having fun and that’s who i choose to be”

- Oseloka

https://x.com/Mautiin01/status/1958586362757562807

I don't get it, where did he confirm that he's gay in the write-up you attached?

Kaliningrad:
Gross incompetence is what I see and inferior materials used on the ship.

If they were inferior materials, the ship would have completely burned down. Fire started 4pm Wednesday and was put out completely by 9am Thursday morning, almost 18hours later.... material definitely has to be sturdy for the ship to still be up by now

madridguy:
Which yeye message from a failure messenger? We won't allow the lying machine to lie his way into the Aso Rock.

Ok

madridguy:
How I wish Obi did 1% of what he is busy saying while in office. The same man that the hospital in his state went for over 2 years strike want to talk about good governance.

Why are you like this? Why not talk about the message instead of attacking the messenger?

helinues:
Is your name Sahara reporters? Try and be using your smartness to express yourself not to be trolling others

How is his comment a troll?

smalldoctor:
Chelsea fan where is murdryk.. that Ukrainian guy.. he arrived, he dribbled, he vanished. £100m gone.

Dribbled who? He arrived, he ran, he vanished

dequir:
CP scoring 1 ruled out. Offside.

Wasn't ruled out for offside brother

SonofElElyonRet:
The lawyer clearly said he sued in his own name. A public interest suit. Locus Standi might be an issue.

Thank you. It was even clear in the original post on NL fp, not the lawyer's fault that we don't bother to read a news story past the headlines

sailor2011:
LoL..🤣🤣🤣 dey no born comfort well to sue the FG and the airline..no be abroad be this ooo..na naija , better let sleeping dogs lie...do anyhow , see anyhow

She'll probably sue the airline and win ...sue government and win, nothing will come out of it, they won't pay and nothing will happen

princepee:
this girl is a content creator, somehow I strongly believe she did what she did for Fame.
And she have gotten the Fame she carved.
I believe her action was intentional.
All this Gen z girls.

If there were some people here still wondering if you had any reasoning sense left, this comment probably ended that train of thought.

Proudlyngwa:

What have I learnt from this match.

United are still patternless

We need two crazy ball winning midfielders

Bruno might be our best player, but he is a liability as a team player

Team spirit is high so is team confusion

Onana is an idiot

Maguires native doctor is from Ogoni

And Kyase must always support his uncles the coach irrespective of how the team os doing


United for life sha


Nb
If Dominique na linesman e sure me say she go dey do partia

Onana that didn't play at all?

Tboy222:
You are absolutely correct

He absolutely is not....let's look at it this way, take the total cost price and selling price for both transactions separately.

Total cost is 60+80 = 140
Total selling price is 70+90 = 160
Total profit is $20

eyesoflagos:
https://eyesoflagos.com/sean-kingston-sentenced-to-3-5-years-in-prison-over-1m-fraud-scheme/

Did I just read rented mansion? This boy no get sense o, why the fuq would anyone rent a mansion to be staying in?

ComeToJesus:
If you want to hide something from young Nigerians, hide it in a book. They'll never open it.

Vanguard used the caption to bait clicks. Story clearly points out that it's a lawyer that initiated proceedings based on the Defence of public interest, and not directed by Emmanson.

He may face legal hurdles as having locus standi may be a thing to contend with..

Same thing I noticed, we are really slow in this Nairaland

OLAADEGBU:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/08/ibom-air-saga-emmanson-sues-fg-ncaa-others-for-n500bn-over-alleged-aviation-impunity/

Was it emmason that sued or the lawyer sued by himself? Your header and body are at odds

seunmsg:
As usual, the press is trying to misrepresent the court judgement. The high court struck out the matter in-line with the Judgement of the Supreme Court that clearly states that courts lack the jurisdiction to entertain issues relating to the internal affairs of Political Parties and nothing else.

Even though INEC filed an affidavit claiming Abure’s tenure has expired, the commission also clearly stated that the party has no recognized national chairman and Secretary that the commission can relate with. By implication, INEC has not recognized both Abure and Nenadi Usman.

I thought as much, found it weird that a lower court will give a counter rule on something the supreme Court already decided on

Lol...enemyofprogress is obviously doing April fool in August, person wey be senior man on a steady

Ulunne777:
It is only an igbo man who would do this.
Congratulations Ezeanolue.

What sort of silly tribalistic rhetoric is this? Why fan the embers of bigotry and tribalism?

RevenuesBoost:
She even wanted me to give the wedding dress to her so she'll use it as a sample in her shop and I already agreed to give it to her but my husband disagreed.

His reasons were, "a wedding dress is a very Sacred, Symbolic and Significant part of your life, you can't just give it out".
He went further to say, it's wrong to borrow wedding gowns or dresses to perform your wedding ceremony. Many women in cities make this sacred mistake of renting wedding gowns or wedding attires from rental stores, because they feel that the wedding event is just for a day.
Many homes have been broken because of this sacred ignorance.
I immediately understood and picked up the sense in the message he was trying to pass across.

In all my cheerfulness, I had to disappoint my sister and explain to her that my husband needed me to keep the marriage gown, for my daughters to see and learn that marriage is worth waiting for and worth-while with the right person.

We went further to say how I could create a Business Model around sales of Customized, Stylish and Cost Effective (Very Affordable) Wedding Gowns.

Wedding gown has absolutely nothing to do with the happiness and life of the marriage.

Federalis:
No wonder I no see am for Davido white wedding. No smoke without fire.

I thought the watch issue started in Miami at David's wedding, sure you got your stories straight?

iwaeda:
https://dailytrust.com/presidents-trips-tinubu-on-3rd-visit-to-brazil-in-9-months/

Africa!! Who do us this thing? You're having an African development confab in Tokyo? What happened to all the African countries?

Kaliningrad:
Ukraine is thought to hold 10 per cent of the world’s reserves of lithium, used in the production of batteries.

Two of its largest lithium deposits are in areas held by Russia, and Putin has staked his claim to the valuable minerals found in the regions his forces occupy.

“There are a range of incentives, in which a potential mineral/rare earth deal could be one,” a source with knowledge of the proposals told The Telegraph.

Why quote the op and not add any fresh perspective?

I knew people were going to try to milk publicity by making these sorts of offers, humans are pretty predictable

Lifestylecom:
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has clarified that the appointment of Fuji star Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, popularly known as KWAM 1, as an “ambassador for airport security protocol” will not come with any pay or privileges.

Keyamo, in a post on his X handle, explained that the role is akin to community service, often given to repentant offenders to publicly advocate against the same misconduct they committed.

“It is not paid for, and it is a voluntary service,” the minister said, adding that it is common practice worldwide and has precedent in Nigeria.

The Federal Government had earlier reduced KWAM 1’s indefinite flight ban to one month and withdrawn criminal complaints against him following his public apology over the August 5 incident at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, where he allegedly blocked a moving aircraft and assaulted an airport official.

The decision sparked criticism over perceived double standards, especially as another passenger, Comfort Emmanson, had been detained over “unruly” behaviour on an Ibom Air flight. Emmanson was later released after charges were withdrawn.

https://voicenews.com.ng/kwam-1s-airport-ambassador-role-is-voluntary-says-aviation-minister/

Hehehehe, I kinda knew the tough stance initially shown by keyamo on kwam's incidence was just for show. Imagine reducing an already short 6 months to 1 month kukuma just lift the ban entirely na.

Freestyl:
The Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia is determined in building a New Benue with infrastructure that will serve generations.

See pictures of High Level Underpass, Makurdi and underpass at Gyado Junction, Gboko

I truly hope this is an unfinished job because where are the guardrails to stop people from falling over? Also, his main challenge is the security of his constituents, until that is tackled, he and FG remain failures for me.

*Modified*
I think I see some guardrails, I'm guessing the pictures were taken at different times during the construction. He still needs to tackle security tho

AndroBlaze:
The main issue seems to be that MTN especially uses a foreign firm (south African of course) to provide the airtime loans to customers, so really when you take an airtime loan from MTN Nigeria it is an SA firm actually loaning you the airtime and sharing profit with MTN.

I am guessing the law they want to pass will make it mandatory for TELCOS to use Nigerian firms to backup the loans, which of course is better for us as a nation.

Thank you.
I had no idea airtime loans were that much of a thing tho, I thought they were talking about cash loan apps and wondered how telcos came into the picture, nice explanation brother.

sammyscholar:
Thank God you said you didn't understand. You see, you can't understand everything, and you may not necessarily be able to critique what they are doing. That's another person's professional area. Let them do their regulatory job and get this country working.

If you understand it, then kindly explain. I'm not sure why you people think being rude is cool.

I don't understand it, what concerns telcos with cash loans?

dapadawee:
There was already an altercation between the hostess with the girl from departure but the girl felt she should deal with the hostess on arrival. So she went to confront her. Yes they deboarded it is normal to deboard a plane when you have gotten to your destination.

Maybe you watched a different video, the one I watched showed the hostess stopping the girl from deboarding when everyone else had already deboarded. From that video, seemed it was the hostess that decided to confront the girl not the other way round