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The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of 11 persons and more than 50 houses burnt in a communal crisis on Friday in Akyawa and Udege Kasa communities of Nasarawa Local Government Area. SP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s spokesman confirmed this in a statement on Saturday in Lafia. He said that the incident […]

Police Inspector-General Tunji Disu has deployed 14 units of specialised forces and 250 tactical personnel to strengthen the Benue Police Command. DSP , The command’s spokesman, Edet Udeme, a deputy superintendent, DSP, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Makurdi. According to the statement, the 14 units were drawn from 16 Police Mobile Force […]

President Bola Tinubu will arrive Ogun State on Saturday on an official visit to commission and inspect strings of projects executed by the Governor Dapo Abiodun administration. The projects demonstrate the administration’s bold stride toward infrastructural transformation, economic expansion, and improved service delivery. Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to Ogun State Governor, Hon. Kayode […]

Former National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr. Ralph Nwosu, has vowed that the party will expose the ridiculous and inconsistencies of the actions of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the coming days. This was as he vowed that the ADC will challenge INEC over what he described as recent “illegal and […]

Arole Oduduwa and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has appealed to Nigerians to exercise extraordinary religious tolerance as Christians celebrate the Easter season. He made the appeal in a statement on Friday by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, Mr Moses Olafare, in Ile-Ife. The monarch described Easter as a […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the African Democratic Congress (ADC) to resolve its internal crisis and stop blaming it or President Bola Tinubu. It  gave the advice on Friday at a news conference in Abuja addressed by its National Secretary, Senator Ajibola Basiru, and Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka. The ADC had alleged that […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Barely four months to the scheduled governorship election in Osun State, the Catholic Bishop of Osogbo Diocese, John Oyejola, has warned that voter apathy encourages rigging and endangers democracy. Stressing why it is wrong to boycott voting on election days due to perceived grievances against certain parties or candidates, the cleric […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Arole Oduduwa and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, have extended warm Easter greetings to Christians, urging peace, unity, and religious harmony. In a statement by his Director of Media and Public Affairs, […]

President Tinubu has admonished Nigerians particularly politicians to comply with the provisions of the Electoral Act as the country approaches another electoral cycle The cycle will peak with the scheduled general elections in 2027. Also he stressed his administration’s determination to crush the worrisome security challenges confronting the nation. In his Easter message, which he […]

A foremost pro-democracy activists, Mr Deji Adeyanju has asked President Bola Tinubu to stop alleged attempts to impose a one-party state. He said the warning is necessary as anti-democratic forces allegedly seek to undermine the opposition. Adeyanju, in a statement, urged Tinubu to rein in forces allegedly exploiting courts to frustrate opposition parties, stressing that […]