Yakubu Maikyau, president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), praises the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for their excellent performance in conducting the recently concluded presidential and national assembly elections.
During an interview on Channels TV on Saturday, Maikyau stated that INEC performed commendably in delivering the elections despite facing several challenges. “I will say that the elections went well. Those who came out were happy to express their franchise,” Maikyau said. He continued, “there were challenges, definitely. There were some infractions, some of them actually constituted electoral offences but on the whole, I will score INEC as having performed maybe about 78, 80 percent in the delivery of these elections. That will be an A for every exam. Notwithstanding, all the things that happened which we are not ignoring. That is why we are admonishing and advising INEC and recommending to INEC that in those areas where we saw lapses in the election held on the 25th February 2023, deliberate efforts must be taken to make sure that those lapses did not occur again in the elections that are coming up on the 11th March because when these lapses happened, it impacted on the confidence of the public in the process,” he said.
Real Madrid midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni has issued a grovelling apology after missing Thursday’s Copa del Rey win over Villarreal to watch an NBA game in Paris. 
The French footballer sustained a calf injury during a La Liga encounter against the Yellow Submarine on January 7 and has remained out of action for some weeks. He missed both of Madrid’s Supercopa de Espana matches in Saudi Arabia last week. However, while his teammates fought so hard to get a 3-2 win over Villarreal in a round of 16 clash in the Copa del Rey, Tchouameni was caught enjoying an Eastern Conference NBA game between the Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons in Paris. Real Madrid had to come from two goals behind to book their place in the next round of the Cup. 
