Finnish police on Thursday arrested a popular pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, had repeatedly ordered South-East residents to observe a sit-at-home and asked them to boycott Saturday’s polls. A Finland news outlet, Helsingin Sanomat, noted that the police escorted him out […]
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Josephine Okei-Odumakin is is the president of the pressure group, Campaign for Democracy and the founder of the Women Arise for Change Initiative. She shares her thoughts on the general election, the naira crisis, and the way forward to a prosperous Nigeria, among others, with Dirisu Yakubu. What, in your opinion, is the biggest thing […]
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The military, police and the Department of State Services have begun massive raids on the hideouts of hoodlums as a pre-emptive measure to curb violence during Saturday’s general election. As part of the crackdown, no fewer than 63 suspected thugs were arrested in Kano on Thursday after hoodlums attacked the New Nigeria Peoples Party supporters. […]
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The family of Okeke Chinedu has appealed to the public for financial help to save their 10-year-old son, William Chukwuma Chinedu, who requires multiple surgeries worth about N7 million ($15,000) to save him from a stroke and a hole in the heart. Chinedu, who is currently awaiting surgeries, has spent five months at the hospital […]
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By Dan Agbese They have run the race – the big race for the ultimate political trophy in our country, the presidency. It has been gruelling for the front runners: Ahmed Bola Tinubu (APC), Atiku Abubakar (PDP) and Peter Obi (LP). And with dirt never far from politics, dirt and mud and character assassination were […]
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Director-General of Governor Seyi Makinde Campaign Organisation, Bayo Lawal, has expressed gratitude to Oyo people, who trooped out for the governor’s campaign across the 33 local councils of the state. Lawal, in a statement, yesterday, said the governor and the campaign organisation expressed happiness at the huge turnout and had taken particular notice of the […]
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INEC materials Adeleke declares holiday as IPAC expresses satisfaction Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has begun distribution of sensitive election materials to various local government areas in Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states ahead of Saturday’s polls. The distribution in Osun, which took place on the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Osogbo Branch, […]
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Warned against plot to prevent polls in seven councils of Imo HUMAN Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA), yesterday, tasked Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to order immediate arrest and prosecution of INEC staff members involved in dumping of a bag filled with thousands of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) […]
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INSPECTOR General of Police (IGP), Alkali Baba Usman, has deployed four Commissioners of Police in Delta State to secure life and property before, during and after the general elections The commissioners are John Babangida, posted as Election CP, Delta State Command; Mamman Sanda to Delta North; Zachariah Fera to Delta South; and Adebola Hamzat to […]
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Vows to deal with offenders according to law The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, CP Echeng Echeng, has assured of peaceful environment for tomorrow’s general elections in the state. Reading the riot act, he cautioned political gladiators and their supporters to play by the rules, warning that anyone found wanting would be dealt with […]
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