The National Peace Committee, NPC, has called for free, fair, credible and peaceful governorship poll in Ondo State. It admonished the candidates, security agencies, the Independent National Electoral Commission, civil societies, the traditional rulers and the citizens of Ondo State to support the peaceful process in the state. In a statement signed by its Chairman, […]
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Police, security agencies deploy 37, 283 men We will deal decisively with troublemakers – Adamu Votes will count – Yakubu ‘No one will benefit from impunity or be rewarded for bad behaviour such as vote-buying, ballot box snatching and stuffing, multiple voting, hijacking and diversion of election materials, disruption of collation, falsification of results, attack […]
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By Banji Ayoola The chances of the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in next week’s governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, got a boost on Monday as eleven participating political parties collapsed their structures in his support. They declared their new position at a press conference held at the PDP state […]
Continue ReadingPolice in Kano have taken a woman into custody for allegedly killing her two children. The suspect, 26, names withheld, attacked her son aged six, and daughter, three, with a machete and pestle, police said. The suspect, who lives in Diso Quarters in Gwale Local Government Area of the state, was said to have confessed to […]
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The President-General of sub-apex Igbo socio-political organisation, Ndigbo Lagos Foundation, Maj. Gen. Obi Umahi (retd.), has said Nigeria needs state police to avoid being overwhelmed by insecurity. Umahi, who spoke on the telephone to our correspondent on the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence on Sunday, said the country had got to the “lowest rung of […]
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Nigerians don’t know difference between policemen and armed robbers – VP Save Nigerians from SARS killings, activist begs Buhari, National Assembly Inspector-General stops squad from patrols, checkpoints, stop-and-search, others There was outrage across the country on Sunday over the harassment, extortion and extra-judicial killings of innocent Nigerians by operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, […]
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The Presidency on Sunday night reacted to recent calls by individuals and groups for the restructuring of the country, describing such calls as unwarranted and unpatriotic. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement made available to journalists. The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian […]
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American President, Donald Trump, Friday, pushed up the number of world leaders afflicted by the deadly Coronavirus pandemic to 11. Trump’s announcement on Friday that he and his wife, Melania had tested positive to the virus, saw things moving very fast for him as he was spirited to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre […]
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Special Anti-Robbery Squad Nigerians waged their collective outrage against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad this weekend, following a renewed onslaught on citizens by rogue officers within its ranks. Many social media users were seething as they reignited the #EndSARS hashtag to demand an outright scrapping of the unit after simultaneous police killings in Delta and Abuja on Saturday. […]
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Special Anti-Robbery Squad; Photo Credit: Nigeria Police The fatal police shooting footage of a Nigerian man has sparked outrage and reignited a public call for the shutdown of a controversial police unit in the country. The outrage was triggered by a post from a Twitter user who said he recorded SARS officials shooting “a young […]
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