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- An executive in the the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s presidential campaign council in Ondo, Bola Ilori, has defended President Muhammadu Buhari’s order on ballot box snatching - Ilori said that President Buhari made the remark in order to discourage thuggery and rigging during the polls - The APC leader also said that the ruling party is prepared for hitch-free and fair polls on Saturday, February 23 Bola Ilori, the national chairman of the door-to-door wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s presidential campaign, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s shoot at sight order to security agents on ballot box snatchers was given in the effort to discourage polls rigging, The Sun reports. READ ALSO: NAIJ.com upgrades to Legit.ng: a letter from our Editor-in-Chief Bayo Olupohunda Speaking during a rally in Ondo, Ilori said that the order is aimed at tackling thuggery and all ant-electoral activities which, according to him, has remained a template in the count

- The sale of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination forms has closed - The board’s head of media, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this on Thursday, February 21 - Benjamin, however said the online registration was still ongoing The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday, February 21 disclosed that the sale of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms had closed. The board’s head of media, Fabian Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. Benjamin, however said that online registration was still ongoing. Benjamin said: ''This is because some people earlier bought e-pins for the exams but were unable to register before now, so we are monitoring them online and would avail them the opportunity to register. Therefore, we cannot give the exact figure of the registered candidates for now until this is over.'' READ ALSO: 8 quotes by Buhari during nationwide broadcast ahead of presidential election He added that the regis

- An upcoming actress named Fehintola was serenading herself on the balcony of her house - Upon watching the video of herself singing, she sighted a ghost - She took to crying out on social media and this has ultimately led to a commotion When upcoming actress Fehintola took to the balcony of her house, all she wanted to do was sing the song Hero and enjoy the nice view she could get from there. For a greater effect, she even decided to make a video so as to capture the sound of her beautiful voice as well as record the cloudy sky and jagged house that spread out before her. After doing the recording and having as much fun as she could get, the actress decided to watch the video of herself singing. This was when she stumbled on the sight of the most scary thing any human can ever see: A ghost. READ ALSO: Woman claims she is engaged to ghost after allegedly sleeping with 20 of them Fehintola knew she could not keep the alarming sight to herself. Scared and shaky, she took

- Governor Ganduje cannot give President Buhari the five million votes he promised in Kano state - INEC statistics shows that only 4,696,747 collected their PVCs in the state - If every voter in Kano decide to vote for Buhari, Ganduje would still miss his target by 303,253 votes The latest statistics by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the collection of Permanent Voters Card so far, has shown that Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state cannot deliver the five million votes he promised President Muhammadu Buhari. In 2018, Ganduje promised Buhari five million votes , saying: " The overall number of votes scored by the APC candidates is more than what President Buhari scored in 2015 general election, that is to say that if eventually he agreed to contest 2019 general election, I assured you, we will give you 5 million votes. We have seen in this election was a clear indication that Kano is APC and ready to contribute to its success any time ." Accor

Few hours to the presidential and National Assembly elections rescheduled to hold on Saturday, February 23, we take a look at the some ‘battleground states’ where the two leading presidential candidates, President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Abubakar , are expected to keenly contest for votes. According to an analysis by Premium Times, 14 states stand as potential battleground wherein previous voting pattern may be disrupted. The highlighted states are Adamawa, Rivers, Katsina, Benue, Borno, Kano, Kwara, Imo, Lagos, Akwa Ibom, Ondo, Oyo, Jigawa and Kaduna. READ ALSO: 8 quotes by Buhari during nationwide broadcast ahead of presidential election 1. Adamawa Adamawa is considered a battleground because the state, despite being Atiku’s home state, is controlled by the APC. Thus, Atiku’s popularity in the state will be up against the massive influence of the APC government of Governor Jibrilla Bindow, reportedly adjudged as one of the best in the state’s history. Tipping Atiku as havi