The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged its staff to follow the commission’s Code of Conduct, to act responsibly and professionally, and to stand firm against any unethical behavior during the June 18 Ekiti governorship election. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of INEC, made the appeal in his message to INEC …
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An 88-year-old woman, Tawakalitu Ilumoka, has narrated how she was allegedly defrauded of N36m by one Olorunfemi Ayodeji, who promised to help cure her US-based son. Ilumoka told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, Lagos State, that Ayodeji introduced her to some people when she …
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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said there would be no extension of today’s (Friday) deadline for political parties to submit names of their presidential candidates and running mates. Speaking with PUNCH, the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, on Thursday insisted that the commission had …
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The National Pension Commission (PenCom) has disclosed that verification and enrolment exercise for retirees and prospective retirees of federal government treasury-funded ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) will commence on June 20. The announcement was made by commission via a statement issued on Thursday. According to PenCom, the exercise would end August …
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Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, says the military is not charged with prosecuting terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements arrested in the fight against insurgency and insecurity across the country. General Irobor made this known during a bi-weekly briefing of Defence Correspondents in Abuja during the bi-weekly …
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The first batch of 510 pilgrims from Borno will leave Madinah for Makkah on Friday to begin the main Hajj rituals. In accordance with COVID-19 protocols, the pilgrims would be transported in luxury buses. According to an official at the Madinah control center, pilgrims will begin the Makkah ritual at …
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Deputy Governor of Yobe State, Engr. Idi Barde Gubana, has lost his 16-year-old daughter, Khadija, to the cold hands of death as a result of injuries sustained in an accident that killed her younger brother. Sources recalls that the deputy governor’s children were involved an accident along Maiduguri-Kano highway on …
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Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams has called on United Nations (UN) to intervene in Nigeria’s security challenges. The call was contained in a letter titled, ‘Avoiding a Replica of the Bosnian War in Nigeria’, which was forwarded to Antonio Guterres, UN secretary-general. Adams said insecurity in Nigeria could have a …
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The Government of Lagos State has disclosed that it will demolish the remaining buildings on the site where a 21-storey building collapsed on Gerrad road in Ikoyi. This was made known on Thursday by Idris Salako, Lagos commissioner for physical planning and urban development at a media briefing in the …
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Osita Chidoka, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain and former Aviation Minister, has stated that the South-East should continue to collaborate with other parts of the country in order to improve the region’s chances of winning the presidential election. The former Minister made the remarks on Channels Television’s Politics Today …
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