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Security operatives in Bauchi State have arrested four people suspected to be leaders. They were alledged used as political thugs including an aide to the State Governor after they were said to have been involved in several clashes between rival political parties in the state. It was gathered that the suspects are members of both the ruling Peoples Democratic Party…
Properties worth millions of Naira were lost to a late afternoon inferno that razed Gee Pee Plastic Industries in Asaba, Delta State on Sunday. The fire which started at about 3.30pm lasted several hours, destroying eight giant plastic colder, moulder machines, finished plastic products, over head water tanks and other raw materials worth millions of naira. The inferno did not…
Three persons lost their lives in a fire outbreak in a lodge occupied by students of the Federal Polytechnic in Gwallameji area of Yelwa in Bauchi metropolis. An eyewitness said the three persons who died in the fire incident, were a woman, her five-month old grandson, and a seven-year old girl, believed to be a baby sitter. The fire started,…
Ten corps members were held hostage in a village in Nassarawa Eggon local government of Nasarawa State Saturday where they were deployed by INEC to go and conduct elections, after the villagers heard that the election has been shifted till Monday. The villagers insisted on seeing the electoral officer of the local government, Jacob Ajuh, to confirm the postponement before…
The police should arrest and prosecute, in an open and transparent manner, all those involved in violence before, during, and after the April election, executive secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Roland Ewubare, has said. Mr. Ewubare, who also said the commission is deploying 370 monitors to evaluate the election, said it would not rely on the police to…
Although the Presidential election is barely five-days away, some northern politicians are lobbying the main opposition parties to produce a consensus candidate. To achieve this, they recently initiated fresh talks among Muhammadu Buhari of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Ibrahim Shekarau of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) and Nuhu Ribadu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) to…
Many residents in Lagos turned out to exercise their rights on Saturday to vote for candidates into the National Assembly. In Ikorodu, the day began with myriad of voters arriving at the polling centres before 8am with some of them coming with their meals and chairs for the day. However the electoral officers and materials did not arrive until about…
The place and role of the media in bridging the gap of knowledge and closing space was at the centre of discussion in Berlin, Germany, on March 17, as the International Institute for Journalism (IIJ) of the GIZ hosted its fourth international media conference. The topic this time was ‘Jumping the gap: the Power of Media to extend classrooms’. Roland…
Elections for the National Assembly were yesterday disrupted in at least seven confirmed states across the federation. Due to a combination of security lapses, administrative errors and a shortage of electoral materials, the elections in Abuja, Niger, Ekiti, Plateau, Edo and Gombe could not start. However, the disruptions that were first noticed in these states were later discovered to have…
The peace of the dusty community of Nsadop in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State was disrupted last August when men from Boje, a neighbouring community, invaded Nsadop and practically destroyed it over a land dispute. The noon raid left many dead with houses and economic trees destroyed. The invasion took place when all the able-bodied men and…
Substance suspected to be bomb was yesterday discovered at the venue of the campaign rally of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Okuku, hometown of the immidiate past governor of Osun State and senatorial candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Olagunsoye Oyinlola. The state Commissioner of Police, Olusegun Solomon in a quick reaction, however, dismissed the allegation of…
The Special Military Task Force on the Jos crisis yesterday, said that the general elections beginning tomorrow will be hitch free in Plateau State. Addressing the press in Jos to discuss the level of preparedness of the force to contend with possible upsurge of violence associated with elections, the Task Force Commander, Hassan Umaru, said there has been a step…
Five explosives on Wednesday detonated in a house belonging to suspected members of the Boko Haram sect in Damaturu, Yobe State capital. The Deputy Commissioner of Police in the state, Hyacinth Medugu, confirmed to reporters that the devices exploded when a team of policemen from Yobe and Borno commands stormed the suspected house at Sani Daura Ahmed Housing Estate in…
A cash prize of N1 million should be given by the federal government to any ward in the country where there is no report of violence during the general elections, the International Organisation for Sustainable Development has said. The non-governmental organisation stated this at a workshop yesterday in Awka Anambra State, adding that the gesture would spur community elders and…
________________________________________ Open Letter To Dora Akunyili By Engr. Emeka Ezenwanne On Behalf Of Dora Akunyili's Late Eldest Sister's Family Dear Aunty Dora, 1. I write you this letter as your first nephew and first son of your late sister. I write you on behalf of our family?the family of your late eldest sister. I write with deep sorrow and pain…