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The Nigeria Correctional Service says it has no fewer than 125 inmates on death row in its facilities in Gombe and Bauchi states. The News Agency of Nigeria reported on Sunday that NCoS officials confirmed this while responding to a survey by the agency on the death penalty in Gombe and Bauchi. The agency quoted […]
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A Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and agent in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Ebonyi State, Oyibo Nwani, was on Saturday shot dead by thugs who stormed his polling unit in the Onicha Local Government Area of the state. Onicha LGA is where the PDP governorship candidate, Chief Ifeanyi Odii, hails from. It […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday announced that it had resumed the 2023 Direct Entry registration nationwide. The Registrar of JAMB, pProfessor Is-haq Oloyede, who made this known at a press briefing on Monday in Abuja, said that the DE registration would come to a close on April 28, 2023. While lamenting the […]
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The senator representing Enugu East Senatotial District, Chimaroke Nnamani, has announced his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party after he lost his senatorial bid to the Labour Party. Nnamani also expressed appreciation to his constituents for the unalloyed support over the years. The former Enugu State governor’s formal exit from the opposition party was contained […]
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The family of an undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt, Deborah Doofan, has been thrown into mourning after she died outside the Emergency Ward of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, Surulere, due to a lack of bed space to admit her into a ward in the hospital for prompt treatment. It was gathered […]
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Residents of Kano State, on Monday defied the curfew imposed by the state government to celebrate the victory of the candidate of New Nigeria Peoples’ Party, Yusuf Abba, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Videos show the residents in large numbers jubilating the emergence of Abba, despite the imposed curfew. It […]
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Nine Chinese mine workers were killed in an attack in the Central African Republic, sparking a rare call on Monday from China’s President Xi Jinping for the perpetrators to be “severely” punished. The attack by “armed men” happened at about 5:00 am near Bambari, said the central town’s mayor Abel Matchipata. Matchipata told AFP that […]
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The Lagos police command, Monday assured residents of their safety, advising them to go about their legitimate businesses without fear. The assurance came at a time when a certain political gladiator threatened to cause violence and break down of law in the state. The Zonal Police Public Relations Officer, Zone 2 Command, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu […]
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Senate President Ahmad Lawan has congratulated the Governor of Yobe, Mai Mala Buni, on his re-election for a second term of four years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Sunday declared Buni winner of the Saturday governorship election in Yobe. Lawan in a statement on Monday in […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday declared the governorship election in Kebbi as “inconclusive”. The election was keenly contested by the two giant political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the peoples Democratic Party. The Collation and Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu of the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, announced the position […]
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