Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Friday confirmed the death of 66 people in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. Among the victims were 22 children and 12 women, while four wounded persons were rescued alive, the government stated. The time and the incident leading to the massacres were, however, not explained in the […]
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Residents of Ayegbaju Ekiti, Oye local government area of Ekiti State, on Thursday evening staged a protest to vent anger over the alleged killing of a farmer by suspected herdsman. Elijah Ogor, 30’s, who hailed from Benue State, was killed on his farmland situated between Ayegbaju and Ido Ekiti on Wednesday after his farm was […]
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Challenges facing the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), have led to the wastage of about 42,160.87 mega watts (MW) of electricity out of the 88,566.43MW generated by power generation companies (GenCOs) last year. Although the current administration had vowed to address the barriers limiting power supply to consumers, statistics made available in Abuja by […]
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The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the restriction of vehicular movement from 6 am – 6 pm on Saturday, 16th February, 2019. He explained that this new improvement will help the security agencies in their electoral process and also prevent hoodlums from disrupting the electoral processes. He pleaded with the citizens to […]
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The Nigeria Police Force said it has deployed additional 55 Commissioners of Police (CPs) to the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory for effective coverage of the elections. The Commissioners of Police deployed according to the Force Spokesman, ACP Frank Mba are expected to be at each of the senatorial districts […]
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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Thursday, appealed to residents of Odigbo Local Government Area, to cooperate with contractors handling the Ore flyover project. He made the appeal in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area, while inspecting the construction of the Ore flyover. The project was flagged-off in February 2018, as part of projects to […]
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ThePeople’s Democratic Party (PDP) has sued the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the use of card readers for the 2019 general election. The party asked a federal high court in Abuja to restrict INEC from postponing elections in any polling unit as a result of a malfunctioning card reader. According to the electoral body, […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that the electorate can use any finger to cast their votes in the forthcoming general elections. The commission made the clarification on its official twitter page @inecnigeria on Wednesday. It said that the ballot paper is not finger sensitive, but advised the electorate not to allow the […]
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The Commissioner of Police in Lagos, CP Zubairu Mu’azu, says 30,000 security personnel, including the police and other security agencies, will be deployed for the general elections in Lagos. Mu’azu disclosed the figure in a statement signed by the Command’s Spokesman, CSP Chike Oti on Wednesday in Lagos. According to Mu’azu, beginning with the Presidential and […]
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THE Accident Investigation Bureau has indicated that the helicopter accident the Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo had was caused due to a brownout in the landing area. A helicopter conveying the vice president to a campaign rally in Ogun had crash-landed in Kabba town on February 2. The preliminary report released by the AIB on Wednesday shows that […]
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