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Headlines, Kano, Nigerian Police, State News
Sunday, January 26th, 2020

The Police Command in Kano State has warned politicians against posing threat to the peaceful conduct of the January 25, House of Representatives re-run election in the state. Mr Habu Ahmadu-Sani, the state Commissioner of Police, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting at the state Police Headquarters in Bompai, Kano. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, Police Public […]
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All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Sokoto, State News
Sunday, January 26th, 2020

A candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Sokoto forthcoming rerun House of Assembly election, Alhaji Bature Dan Muhammadu Lili has decamped to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The lawmaker, who defected along with no fewer than 10,000 of his supporters, said his decision was the string of victories the state Governor, Aminu Waziri […]
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Headlines, INEC Politics, State News
Sunday, January 26th, 2020

The Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has said the agency was ready for the conduct of by-elections in 28 constituencies across 11 states. He said the agency will ensure a credible exercise, urging stakeholders to cooperate with its officials on electoral duty. Yakubu spoke in Abuja during the swearing in […]
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Africa & World Politics, Governors, Headlines, Rivers, Soccer, Sports, State News
Sunday, January 26th, 2020

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike has declared that the Real Madrid Academy would empower upcoming football stars with the requisite formal education to effectively rule the sporting world. Addressing journalists after inspecting ongoing construction of hostels and additional classrooms at the Real Madrid Academy in Port Harcourt, yesterday, Wike said several footballers were […]
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Ekiti, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Lagos, Latest Politics, National Politics, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, South-West, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, January 25th, 2020

The Federal Government and Governors of the South West States yesterday agreed that necessary legal instruments will be put in place by each of the States to give legal backing to the initiative and address all issues concerning the regulation of the security structure on the establishment of the regional security outfit, Amotekun. Vice President […]
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Benue, General Politics, Governors, Headlines, Judiciary, State News
Saturday, January 25th, 2020

The Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, and the judgement of the Appeal Court, which upheld the election of Samuel Ortom as Governor of Benue State. The seven man panel of justices led by Justice Bode Rhodes Vivour, dismissed the appeal of Mr Emmanuel Jime of the APC as […]
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Headlines, Kaduna, State News
Saturday, January 25th, 2020

By Moses Kolo The re-run election for Kaduna State House of Assembly in Sanga Local Government Area, has witnessed voter apathy, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. It would be recalled that the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission (KAD-SIECOM), had slated the State House of Assembly re-run election for Sanga and Kagarko local government […]
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Headlines, State News, Taraba
Saturday, January 25th, 2020
By Jacinta Nwachukwu Gov. Darius Ishaku of Taraba on Friday in Abuja, signed into law the state’s N215 billion Appropriation bill christened: “Budget of Accelerated Growth and Development”. Ishaku said that the budget represented an increase of N2.1billion over the N213.6 billion presented to the state House of Assembly on Dec. 19, 2019. He, […]
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Headlines, Lagos, State News
Saturday, January 25th, 2020

By Chioma Ugboma Some eminent Nigerian leaders from across the nation on Friday held a closed door meeting in Lagos on the need to preserve continued unity and peaceful coexistence of the country. The meeting, which held at the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, was chaired by a former Presidential Adviser founding member of Northern Elders Forum, […]
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Headlines, Imo, State News
Monday, January 20th, 2020

Protesters in their thousands marched through the streets of Owerri, Imo State capital on Sunday, over the sacking of Emeka Ihedioha as Governor, by the Supreme Court. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was on Tuesday removed by the Supreme Court as Sen. Hope Uzodinma of the […]