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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged security agencies to be more vigilant ahead of the governorship elections in Ondo and Edo states. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the call on Wednesday at a meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES). Yakubu said with electioneering campaigns by political parties ongoing,…
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The Federal Government has warned that any attempt by political thugs to disrupt the September 21 Edo state governorship election would be met with stiff resistance. The Government warned that those planning to disrupt the elections should not mistake the current administration's commitment to peace for weakness. National Security Adviser NSA, Nuhu Ribadu gave…
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The Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) has extolled the virtues and qualities of the late Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, saying that he led the Ohanaeze Ndigbo with indelible marks in the sands of time. SOKAPU, in a letter to the Ndigbo Worldwide, through the Secretary General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Okey Muchav, commiserated with the Igbo over the…
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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has threatened to revoke any land title in the FCT over failure to pay the prescribed fees for the processing of the Certificates of Occupancy (Cs-of-O). Accordingly, it has given a four-month ultimatum to all land title holders with Rights of Occupancy (Rs-of-O) to either pay for the processing…
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Governor of Osun State and Chairman of the National Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the forthcoming off-cycle governorship election in Ondo State, Ademola Adeleke, has stated that some leaders of the party who defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are inconsequential. Adeleke, who stated this at the PDP's secretariat…
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Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, on Wednesday, sworn in five new commissioners into his cabinet and two special advisers at the Executive Council Chambers of Government House in Port Harcourt. After the exit of the nine commissioners loyal to the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, Fubara had in May this year sworn…
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Former Governor of Kano State, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has said that during the eight years he served, he never negotiated with any contractor for the payment of kickbacks. Shekarau, a former Minister of Education, under the administration of Goodluck Jonathan, also observed that he never withheld local government allocations from the federation account. Shekarau made…
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A group, the Coalition of Rivers State Leaders of Thought (CORSLOT), has accused President Bola Tinubu of being in sympathy with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, against the interest of eight million residents in the state. The group said it was sad that the President values and treasures an individual…
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Chidimma Adetshina has confirmed that she will participate in Miss Universe Nigeria after the controversy surrounding her withdrawal from Miss South Africa. This decision follows an invitation from the organisers of the competition. In a video posted on her X account, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, one of the owners of the Silverbird Group that organises the…
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President Bola Tinubu has arrived Malabo, the capital of Equatorial Guinea, for a three-day official visit, which will include signing of petroleum resources, security agreement. READ ALSO:Cautious optimism as senate begins fresh probe of petroleum sector President Tinubu, who arrived the Presidential Wing of the Malabo International Airport at about 2.07 p.m., was received…
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Only five political parties have started preparation for the September 21 local government polls in Kwara State. Our correspondent reliably gathered that the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has confirmed and released the candidates of each party for the race. KWSIEC has pasted the list of candidates for Chairmanship and Councillorship positions at its…