The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled presidential and national assembly elections. The elections will now hold on February 23. The governorship and state assembly elections will now hold on March 9. He said the decision was taken after a careful review of the plan for the exercise. “Following a careful review of the […]
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Mexican mobster and drug baron Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was found guilty Tuesday by a New York jury of crimes spanning a quarter of a century as head of one of the world’s most powerful drugs gangs. The 61-year-old former head of the Sinaloa cartel — famed for his brazen escapes from Mexican prisons — […]
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According to a news report by Channels, four persons have been killed during a stampede at the presidential campaign rally of the All Progressives Congress in Portharcourt, Rivers State. The Spokesman for the Rivers Police, DSP Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed this to Channels Television on Tuesday. According to him, four others who sustained injuries are currently […]
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday ordered that an Ecobank manager, Ifeanyichukwu Azike, be remanded in prison for allegedly defrauding a customer of N411 million. Mr Azike was arraigned by the Police Special Fraud Unit (SFU) on three counts of obtaining money by false pretence, false representation and fraud. The police in […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday said he would fulfil all his electoral promises to Nigerians if elected. He gave the assurance in Lagos while speaking at the party’s presidential rally. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki; Atiku‘s running […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to recover the $16 billion dollars allegedly wasted on the power sector when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was in power. Speaking at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential rally in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital, on Tuesday, the president vowed to go after the people who mismanaged the money meant […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari says he is all out for free, fair and credible elections starting on February 16. Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said the president gave the assurance at a meeting with traditional rulers at the secretariat complexes of the Councils of Traditional Rulers in Yenagoa, Bayelsa, […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says an initial assessment of the fire incident at its Anambra office has shown that 4,695 card readers were burnt. The commission said it is already mopping up spare card readers to make sure that elections go as planned in the state. The cause of the incident is yet […]
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The coroner who is leading inquest into the death of Argentine football player, Emiliano Sala, has revealed that the player died due to injuries he sustained to his head and chest. Sala was on board a Piper Malibu aircraft that crashed into the English channel with pilot, David Ibbotson on January 21. The 28-year-old had […]
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Security operatives had to shield President Muhammadu Buhari during an outbreak of violence at the presidential rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun state on Monday. The president could not end his speech at the MKO Abiola International Stadium, Kuto, Abeokuta, where there was a mammoth crowd. The rally was brought to an […]
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