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A gas truck has fell into a ditch and burst into flames on Benin Sapele road. The incident occurred while the truck was manoeuvring potholes on the bad portion of the road at Ugbenu axis, in the Ethiope West Local Government Area of Delta State, a national newspaper reported. The gravity of the accident has not yet been established by authorities. Firefighters from the Delta Fire Service have been drafted to the scene of the incident.
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A 35-year-old Abubakar Mutari was killed by abductors of the son of Jigawa State House of Assembly member after they received N2.5m ransom. Report indicates that gunmen had kidnapped the son of Jigawa State House of Assembly member representing Auyo Local Government Area, Hon. Isiyaku Sani. Source close to the deceased confirmed that the kidnappers demanded N2.5m as ransom for the release of the victim. He explained that the kidnappers killed one of the victim’s relatives and injured one who took the money to the abductors along Gujunju to Gagarawa…
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…Visits, condoles with Yar’adua family President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday admitted that Nigeria was passing through a time of great need for cohesion, peace and unity. He made the statement at the Combined Passing Out Parade of the Cadets of 67 Regular Course and Short Service Course 46 (Army) at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna State. While commending “the resilience and steadfastness of personnel in the Armed Forces for their professionalism and bravery in tackling the menace of terrorism, insurgency and armed banditry in the North East and North…
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There are concerns anarchy may return to Apapa as the Lagos Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) is yet to take control of the axis three days after the Federal Government handed over the restoration of law and order as well as the control of traffic management to the Lagos State Government. It was learnt the decision to hand over the continued enforcement of law and order to Lagos was taken at a meeting with the representatives of the Vice President, Nigeria Port Authority, the Federal Road Safety Corps, and other federal…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Saturday confirmed the capsizing of boat conveying its ad-hoc staff and electoral materials to riverine areas of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State but said there was no casualty. INEC Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Nick Dazang, confirmed the incident in a message sent to journalists in Abuja. He said, “INEC can confirm that there was an incident last night during the movement of personnel and materials to the riverine Registration Areas of Ilaje LGA of Ondo State for today’s governorship election.…
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Two Civil Society Organisations, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) and YIAGA Africa, have said the Ondo State governorship election was marred with vote-buying and inadequate compliance with COVID-19 protocol. In its preliminary statement on the conduct of the election, the CDD noted that there was a consistent pattern of vote-buying, where those engaged in the act adopted tactics to induce voters, while evading the watch of security officials and election observers. “CDD observers documented attempts by political actors to outspend one another by making available large sums disbursed to…
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It’s a worthy cause that must be supported by all – Gov Yahaya Bello Yahoo Yahoo boys, thugs, robbers behind protest – Yerima Shettima President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Zahra, and Vice President Osinbajo’s daughter, Kiki have joined the ongoing #EndSARS protest against police brutality in the country. Kiki Osinbajo had on Saturday shared a post on her Instagram page saying “Police brutality must end now” using the hashtags #endpolicebrutality and #endsars While Zahra Buhari shared an image on her insta-story that says “#EndPoliceBrutality Daughters of the President and the Vice-President…
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Ahead of the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMC) which is a coalition of over 400 civil society organisations has condemned the ‘invasion’ of the state by some governors. The Chairman, Transition Monitoring Group, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, said at a pre-election press briefing on Friday that the refusal of these governors to leave the state constituted a threat to the peaceful and credible conduct of the election. She, however, did not mention the governors present in Ondo state. She said they could use their immunity…
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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, says it has deployed no fewer than 7,079 personnel and 60 sniffer dogs to provide adequate security for the Oct. 10 Ondo State governorship election. Hillary Madu, Deputy Commander-General, DCG, in charge of Operations disclosed this known while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Akure. Mr Madu, who explained that the personnel were drawn from seven commands in the country said that four Assistant Commander-Generals, ACG, and seven Commandants were also deployed. He explained that the deployment was part of the plans…
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The Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria has berated the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre over a report that Nigeria loses N8.5 billion every time the National Agency for the Control of AIDS procures HIV/AIDS drugs through private contractors. The National Coordinator of NEPWHAN, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, said this in a statement on Friday while berating CISLAC for what it described as a false report. CISLAC Executive Director, Auwal Musa aka Rafsanjani, had called on the authorities to investigate faceless contractors and their relationship with the leadership of NEPWHAN…
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