set similar surveillance for Ondo South bye-election DIG, AIG lead security operations in Ekiti Vehicular movements restricted today in election territories As voters head to the polls in Ekiti State and the Ondo South Senatorial District today, the police have announced restrictions on movement and deployed massive security personnel to ensure peaceful and credible elections. […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the amended final list of candidates for the June 2026 governorship election in Ekiti State, thus clearing 14 political parties to contest the election. Displayed at the commission’s headquarters, the list features the candidates, their running mates, ages, educational qualifications and political parties, setting the stage for […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that Ekiti State has a total of 1,059,360 registered voters spread across 2,445 polling units and 177 registration areas, with Ado-Ekiti Local Government Area accounting for the largest share of the electorate. The figures, contained in INEC’s Delimitation and Voter Registration Information report, reveal significant disparities in […]
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By Oloriewe Raheem Adedoyin For Kwara and possibly a few other Nigerian states, the 2027 election has many implications. In the All Progressives Congress (APC), we are looking to consolidate the gains of the last few years after the bloodless Otoge revolution. I was a part of the Otoge Movement that consummated the revolution. Infact, […]
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By John Dike, Osogbo The Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Osun State chapter, and the reinstated council chairmen and councillors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have accused the state government of deliberately instigating crises over the control of local government councils to create public disorder across the state. […]
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By Olusola Adeyegbe There is a question that has sat quietly at the edge of many conversations for a long time, one that most people feel but few are willing to ask directly. When we look at the practices, knowledge systems, and spiritual expressions of African traditional life and instinctively recoil, labelling them as dark, […]
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Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, has recorded another significant milestone in its quest for academic excellence and innovation as the National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved four new academic programmes for the institution. The newly approved programmes are Software Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Public Health, and M.Phil/Ph.D Architecture, and are scheduled to commence in October 2026. […]
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By Tunji Ajibade Recently, the Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, said at an event that he was waiting for the Federal Government to approve the creation of state police. This happened days after the abduction of teachers and pupils from two schools in the state. His comment came at a time I had been […]
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Nigerian fuel marketers are increasingly importing refined petroleum products originating from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery through the offshore ship-to-ship trading hub in Lome, Togo, according to an S&P Global Energy official, Matthew Tracey-Cook. Tracey-Cook said the circular trade pattern persists even as the refinery boosts local production and supply, highlighting a possible disparity between local […]
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About N500bn was deducted from the Federation Account Allocation Committee revenue for May 2026 to fund a national security emergency intervention, multiple sources familiar with the development told The PUNCH. The deduction was made before the monthly revenue sharing exercise among the Federal Government, states and local government councils, according to senior officials privy to […]
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