Breaking News from Nigerian Evening Newspapers and Evening News Thursday 21st November 2019
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INEC fixes Nov 30 for Melaye, Adeyemi re-run election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed November 30 for the conduct of the supplementary and re-run elections for Kogi West Senatorial District and Ajaokuta Federal Constituency respectively. This is coming on the heels of Melaye’s Wednesday protest at the headquarters of the commission, where he demanded the cancellation of the election and submitted
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Kogi : INEC presents certificate of return to Bello, deputy
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented Certificate of Return to Governor Yahaya Bello and his deputy, Edward Onoja who emerged victorious at the November 16 governorship election in Kogi. INEC’s National Commissioner in charge of Kogi, Nasarawa and Kwara States, Mohammed Haruna presented the certificates to Bello and his deputy at the commission’s
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Protest rocks APC secretariat over Oshiomhole
Protesters demanding the resignation of the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Thursday stormed the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. One of the leaders of the protesters, Iyoha Toni Osakbovo, from Edo state, said the protest was staged to save the soul of the APC as a national party.
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Plateau: 238 C of O’s, 815 R of O’s processed in 2019
Plateau State Government has said it has processed a total of 238 Certificates of Occupancy and 815 Rights of Occupancy in 2019. The State Commissioner of Lands, Survey and Town Planning, Yakubu Dati who stated this during the presentation of C of O’s to 60 beneficiaries in his office added that Governor Lalong was restoring confidence
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Nigerian Army decorates 31 new major generals
The Nigerian Army on Thursday decorated 31 Major Generals serving in different formations across the country with their new ranks. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new generals are among the recently promoted senior officers to different ranks by the army authorities. About 34 brigadier generals and 47 colonels and a number of
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Lawan takes over as Edo Police boss
The new commissioner of police in Edo state, Lawan Tanko Jimeta, on Thursday assumed office as the 41st commissioner of police in the state. Speaking during the handing over ceremony today at the state police command, Lawan assured that human right would be protected and be fair to all in the discharge of his duty.
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Gunmen kill two in Kaduna village
Two persons have been reportedly killed at Tsonje village, along Kagoro-Gidan Waya road in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state in a suspected counter-reprisal attack. The victims, Kasang Ambakadi and Clement Moses, all of Agban Kagoro were killed on the farm in an ambush by suspected gunmen, on Thursday morning. It will be recalled
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Newly appointed governor’s aides get portfolio in Nasarawa
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has assigned portfolios to his newly appointed Senior Special Assistants. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Tijjani Aliyu Ahmed, on Thursday. According to the statement, Engineer Sule approved the assignment of responsibilities to the SSAs as follows: Mohammed Abubakar Mohammed- Governor’s office;
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Documentary: Losing the donkey
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Banky W, Tolu Ijogun, Sinach, others to light-up youth self-awareness conference
Banky W, along with popular gospel artist Sinachi and Tolu Ijogun are expected to add colour to a youth self awareness conference schedule to hold from November 22 to November 24, 2019, in Lagos. Tagged ‘Living Your Best Life’ the conference is aimed at changing the narrative among young persons. Waterbrook, the organisers of the
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I didn’t test my daughter’s virginity – Man cries out in court
A 37-year-old commercial motorcyclist on Thursday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court that he did not use fingers to check his daughter’s virginity. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the driver is facing a charge of sexual assault by penetration, contrary to Section 261 of the Criminal Law of Lagos
I didn’t test my daughter’s virginity – Man cries out in court
Nigeria’s disintegration will be costly – Cardinal Onaiyekan
Retired Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, His Eminence, Cardinal John Onaiyekan has played down calls for the disintegration of Nigeria. He declared that disintegration was not in the best interest of Nigeria. DAILY POST reports that Onaiyekan spoke while delivering the convocation lecture, in commemoration of the 10thAnniversary Celebration of Godfrey Okoye University,
Nigeria’s disintegration will be costly – Cardinal Onaiyekan
Witchcraft conference: CAN issues strong warning to UNN
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, on Thursday, warned the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, against going ahead with its planned conference on witchcraft. DAILY POST reports that the event being packaged by the B.I.C Ijomah Centre for Policy and Research in UNN, has been generating mixed reactions. It is expected to hold between November
Witchcraft conference: CAN issues strong warning to UNN
Police arrest 40 persons over alleged kidnapping, murder in Oyo
The Oyo State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded 40 suspects over alleged kidnapping, murder, cultism and armed robbery. The state Commissioner of Police, Shina Olukolu, paraded the suspects at the command’s headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspects, who were arrested at different locations and times, were found in
Police arrest 40 persons over alleged kidnapping, murder in Oyo
Osun court remands 3 for alleged exam malpractice
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Thursday, remanded three people for allegedly involving in malpractice during West Africa Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The defendants were; Taofeek Badmus Busari, Adeyinka Afolabi Adeoye and Sulaiman Isah. According to the charge sheet, the defendants, and many others presently at large were said
Osun court remands 3 for alleged exam malpractice
Ganduje’s aide blows hot as court sacks four Emirs in Kano
Salihu Tanko Yakasai, a media aide of Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has reacted to Thursday’s court ruling that sacked the new Emirs. A Kano High Court presided over by Justice Usman Na’Abba, dissolved the four additional Emirates and first class Emirs created by the Kano State Government. Governor Ganduje, had on May 8, assented
Ganduje’s aide blows hot as court sacks four Emirs in Kano
Kogi/Bayelsa elections: How INEC, Police helped APC to forcefully seize power – PDP’s Secondus cries out
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, National Chairman, Uche Secondus, has insisted that the All Progressives Congress, APC, in connivance with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, forcefully seized power in Kogi and Bayelsa States during the just-concluded elections. Secondus explained that the crime allegedly committed by APC, INEC and
Kogi/Bayelsa elections: How INEC, Police helped APC to forcefully seize power – PDP’s Secondus cries out
Anti-corruption: Prof. Sagay pushes for Magu’s confirmation as EFCC Chair
Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Chairman, Prof. Itsay Sagay, has asked the Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan to confirm the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu without delay. Prof. Sagay and his committee members, who were on a courtesy call on the Senate President’s office in
Anti-corruption: Prof. Sagay pushes for Magu’s confirmation as EFCC Chair
Teenager arrested for allegedly poisoning wedding guests
The Police in Katsina State on Thursday confirmed the arrest of one Mudasiru Tanimu,18, for allegedly poisoning some guests at a wedding ceremony in Barhim village of Bagarawa Local Government Area of the state. In a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Gambo Isah, Tanimu allegedly conspired with one Nafiu Umar,
Teenager arrested for allegedly poisoning wedding guests
Gunmen kidnap resident doctors’ president, Isogun in Delta community
Gunmen on Wednesday night kidnapped the President of Resident Doctors at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, DELSUTH, Dr. Jerry Isogun. DAILY POST gathered that the medical doctor was said to be heading to Sapele, his base, when the gunmen waylaid his vehicle and whisked him away to an unknown destination from the Oghara-Mosogar/Sapele road
Gunmen kidnap resident doctors’ president, Isogun in Delta community
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