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JUST IN: Protest rocks INEC over demand for Ondo REC redeployment

29.10.2024
Scores of demonstrators from Ondo stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja on Tuesday, demanding the immediate redeployment of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, from the state. Waving banners and placards with messages such as “Mahmood: Redeploy Babalola Now” and “We Don’t Want a Repeat of Edo Fiasco,” the...
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Police arrest notorious thug in crackdown on violence in Kano

29.10.2024
The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday made a significant breakthrough in its fight against thuggery, arresting a notorious thug identified as Inuwa Zakari, also known as “Gundura,” alongside 14 others. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest via a press statement released to The Punch in Kano. Gundura, 24, who was wanted...
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Osun APC suspends Aregbesola over alleged anti-party activities

29.10.2024
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has announced the suspension of former governor and ex-Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, over allegations of anti-party activities. The suspension, which takes immediate effect, is pending the outcome of disciplinary proceedings initiated by the state’s party leadership. The decision followed a request from the Ilesa East...
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Nigerian film, Mai Martaba, to compete at 2025 Oscars

29.10.2024
The Nigerian Official Selection Committee for the Best International Feature Film category of the Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, has selected the epic Hausa film “Mai Martaba” as a contender for the category at the 97th Academy Awards. This was according to a statement obtained by our correspondent on Tuesday. The statement noted...
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NDDC pledges support to police, other security agencies

29.10.2024
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, says the Commission will not relent in providing the needed support to the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in the region to enable them to function optimally. Ogbuku stated this when the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Bala Mohammed, recently redeployed to Rivers State, paid...
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Police arraign man, 21, over alleged N700,000 cables theft

29.10.2024
The police on Tuesday, arraigned one Isah Faruq, 21,  before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan, for allegedly stealing cables worth N700,000. Faruq, whose address was not provided was charged with conspiracy and stealing, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Insp Toyin Ibrahim, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on Oct....
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Tinubu supporting Wike to destabilise Rivers, Asari-Dokubo alleges

29.10.2024
Former Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has alleged that President Bola Tinubu is supporting the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to destabilise the peace in Rivers State. Asari-Dokubo expressed his disappointment in Tinubu for allowing Wike to “run amok including procuring court judgment” to remove the state governor, Sim Fubara. The...
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Sanwo-Olu felicitates ex-minister of industry, Akande, at 80

29.10.2024
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated Nigeria’s first female Minister of Industry and second female President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chief (Dr.) Onikepo Akande, on her 80th birthday. Sanwo-Olu, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Gboyega Akosile, on Tuesday, described Akande,...
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Africa bleeding to terrorism – Defence Minister

29.10.2024
The Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to combating terrorism in West Africa and the continent in general. He said this in Abuja on Tuesday when he received a delegation from the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by Maj.-Gen. Mohammed Al-Moghidi in...
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