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Five suspected ritualists have been arrested in Ososa, Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State The suspects were apprehended following information received by the Police at Odogbolu divisional headquarters. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. He said that the gang, who are responsible […]
Franca Afegbua, the first female senator in Nigeria, is dead. The Afegbua family announced her passing in a statement issued on Sunday. Afegbua, 79, was a native of Okpella, a town in Etsako-east LGA of old Bendel state (now split into Edo and Delta states). “The Afegbua family of Edo state has confirmed […]
The Civil Society Network Against Corruption (CSNAC) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sanitise the judiciary by removing corrupt judges reinstated by the National Judicial Council. This is contained in a statement by CSNAC Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, on Sunday in Lagos. Suraju said that the reinstatement of Justices Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, James Agbadu-Fishim […]
The State Government of Kogi on Friday ordered the arrest and prosecution of individuals and businesses rejecting the old naira notes. In a statement released by Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, he was congratulating Nigerians on the “historic ruling of the Supreme Court.” Fanwo said it was unacceptable that some persons and businesses […]
A Professor of Bayero University in Kano State, Ibrahim Adamu Yakasai, has spoken out against the Feb.25 election result announced by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Yakubu Mahmood. The professor, who served as Election Officer for the 2023 Tudun Wada/Doguwa House of Representatives election, testified that the result he announced […]
The Chairman of the Association of Local Government of Nigeria in Benue State, Mike Uba, on Thursday, said six communities in Kwande, Agatu, Gwer-West, Guma, Makurdi and Logo local government areas have been attacked by suspected herders in the state. Uba, while addressing journalists in Makurdi, said the attacks were carried out simultaneously in […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will appeal a court order asking it to allow two Nigerians to vote with their temporary voter cards (TVC). Kofoworola Olusegun and Wilson Allwell, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/180/2023 and filed on February 8, had challenged INEC on the position that only a permanent voter card […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards, TVC in the March 18 gubernatorial election. The order was delivered by Justice Obiora Egwuatu on Thursday after a suit was filed by two Nigerians seeking the use of TVCs in the […]
Many people have been feared dead in the early morning accident involving a BRT Bus and a Train around Ikeja axis, Lagos State. The incident happened around 7 am on Thursday as the fully loaded bus with government staff headed to work. In an emergency alert shared by a Twitter user, @Truthfully83 – […]
Personnel of the 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, yesterday, recovered 1,671 Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs, in an apartment in the Olodi-Apapa area of Lagos State. Three persons were subsequently arrested in the apartment, while the prime suspect was said to be on the run. Also recovered in the apartment were ballot papers, […]
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