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Do not compromise integrity, ADC urges INEC
The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, Chief Ralphs Nwosu, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission not to compromise its integrity on the general elections. He made the call in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. He implored the INEC to follow the path of honour by maintaining their policy
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Lagos Police to investigate PU where voters forced to vote APC
The Lagos State Police Command has said it would commence investigation of polling unit where voters were forced to vote candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the state. A Twitter user, @omoelerinjare had posted a video reporting a polling unit in Surulere area of Lagos state where voters were been sent home
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Electoral violence: SERAP writes Biden, seeks visa bans for perpetrators
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has urged United States President Joe Biden to exercise his powers to ban Nigerian officials, politicians, and other perpetrators and sponsors of violence during the just concluded elections. SERAP also urged Biden to revoke the visas of anyone suspected to be responsible for cases of intimidation, harassment and violence
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Election results: Call Tinubu to order, PDP PCC urges Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), the call the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to order over the alleged publication of fake election results. The PUNCH reports that Nigerians across the country filed out on Saturday to elect Buhari’s successor. Tinubu, a former
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#NigeriaElections2023: Tambuwal wins polling unit
The Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council’s Director General has won his polling unit with 250 votes against 44 for All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s presidential election. Tambuwal, also the Sokoto South senatorial candidate on the PDP platform, scored 252 votes against APC’s 44 votes at the Government Girls
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Three die in Bauchi auto crash
Tragedy struck on Saturday in Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State as three persons were killed in an auto crash at Bada Romo village. The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, Yusuf Abdullahi, who stated in Bauchi on Sunday said the accident involved one articulated vehicle with number plate ABS620XA and a private Focus
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#NigeriaElections2023: PFN chair calls for cancellation of election in problem areas
The Chairman of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Cross River State chapter, Dr Lawrence Ekwok, has called for the cancellation of elections in areas where some people were not allowed to vote or where BVAS, ballot boxes and other election materials were either carted away or destroyed by political thugs. He made the call in
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#NigeriaElections2023: INEC to cancel elections in parts of Kogi over violence
The Independent National Electoral Commission has threatened to cancel election results of crisis-ridden areas during the presidential and National Assembly elections in Kogi State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Hale Longpet, sounded the warning while reacting to the crises that erupted in some Local Government Areas while speaking with the News Agency of
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JUST IN: Fire razes popular Monday Market in Maiduguri
An early morning fire has engulfed the popular Monday Market at the heart of Maiduguri, Borno State. The fire, according to numerous eyewitnesses, sparked off at 4am on Sunday morning Details later…
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#NigeriaElections2023: 73-year-old woman, two others arrested with 20 PVCs in Benin
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a 73-year-old woman, Comfort Muoneke, for been in possession of 20 Permanent Voter Cards. Two of her accomplice, Afekhana Esther and Segun Osaimokhai were also arrested. The EFCC in a statement on its Facebook handle on Sunday said, “Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic
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