The Western Nigeria Security Network in Ondo State, code named Amotekun Corps, has arrested 27 suspects over alleged kidnapping, stealing and other crimes. The State Commander of the Amotekun Corps, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, made the disclosure while parading the suspects before newsmen on Monday in Akure. Adeleye said that...
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Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Imo, Mrs Mary Mbanugo, has said officers of the NSCDC are ready for deployment to cover the Edo governorship and Imo council elections. This is contained in a statement signed by the NSCDC’s Public Relations Officer in Imo,...
Gunmen kidnap Anambra commissioner, wife, kill aide en route to Soludo’s daughter’s wedding in Abuja
Gunmen kidnap Anambra commissioner, wife, kill aide en route to Soludo’s daughter’s wedding in Abuja
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Anambra State Commissioner for Youths Development, Patrick Aghamba, and his wife. Sources said an aide of the commissioner, whose name was given as Kpajie ABK Offiah, an Onitsha youth and a stalwart of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who...
The National Security Adviser (NOS), Nuhu Ribadu, has warned against any attempt to undermine or disrupt the peaceful conduct of the forthcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections. Ribadu, represented by a Director in the Office of NSA, gave the warning during an Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has registered seven additional new cases of Lassa fever from Edo, Bauchi and Kogi states. The NCDC said this via its official website on Friday, adding that the seven cases were recorded between July 22 and July 28. The...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has put the number of new registered voters in Edo at 119,206 and Ondo 58,708. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Mr Sam Olumekun, disclosed this in an analysis on Monday in Abuja. Olumekun said that the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday said it has recovered from the recent flood disaster that damaged some facilities at the Benin office of the commission. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated this during the commission’s regular quarterly consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended invitation to 246 new applicants comprising of 82 from Edo and 164 from Ondo state to provide complete data so that they will be eligible to vote in the upcoming governorship election in both states....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said a total of 134 observer groups have been accredited to monitor the governorship elections which will hold in Edo and Ondo States later this year. The Commission in a statement issued on Monday by the...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will be difficult for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to win the forthcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The party’s Acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, said this while inaugurating the PDP National Campaign Councils for Edo and Ondo...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties involved in the off cycle governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States to avoid the use of hate speech and offensive languages in the conduct of their campaign for the elections. The Commission...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A total of 230,600 pills of tramadol 225mg and 200mg were recovered from the duo of Yasir Rabi’u, 23, and Abubakar Ado, 30, who are major distributors of illicit drugs in Kano and Jigawa states, when they were arrested by NDLEA operatives on...
Ahead of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has suffered a setback as a top member of the party from Edo Central, Chief Francis Inegbeneki, resigned his party membership. In a letter of resignation dated June 8, 2024, Inegbeneki, who is...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday commenced the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in Edo and Ondo states. The National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said in a statement in Abuja on Monday, that the exercise...
The trustees and members of the Benin National Congress (BNC) worldwide have issued an urgent call to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu GCFR, Edo State Governor, the Minister of Education, and His Royal Majesty, the Oba of Benin, expressing grave concerns over the alleged marginalization and mismanagement within the National...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC), said that as the elections in the two states of Edo and Ondo approach, it has decided to resume the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) to enable eligible citizens who are not registered voters to do so....
Electoral Hub raises concern over irregularities in Edo, Ondo primaries The Electoral Hub, a Non-Governmental Organisation(NGO), has expressed concerns over irregularities in Ondo and Edo party governorship primaries. Ms Princess Hamman-Obels, the Director, Electoral Hub, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the primaries resulted in lots of complaints. Hamman-Obels...
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, says he will right the wrongs of Gov. Godwin Obaseki-led Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) administration, if elected . Okpebholo said this in a statement issued by his media office...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a commercial bus conveying N3.2million counterfeit cash. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Mr. Babafemi said the counterfeit cash...
The Police Command in Ebonyi has arrested a woman who specialises in abducting and selling children and rescued no fewer than six of the children. The woman, Ngozi Blessing Abia, also known as Mercy Francis, has carried out her nefarious activities in Lagos, Ebonyi, Anambra and Edo. Investigation...