By Ivie Emmanuel A constitutional lawyer, and Convener of the Civil Society Situation Room which monitors elections in Nigeria, Clement Nwankwo, has suggested the dissolution of the country’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the creation of a new one in line with the recommendations of the Justice Mohammed Lawal Uwais Committee...
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2 Edo LG workers die in crash, 72 hours after food poisoning kill staff
Two workers in Oredo Local government Council have been feared killed in a road crash, 72 hours after two other staff exit. It was learnt that a hit-and-run vehicle rammed over the workers during a field work in the Council area on Monday afternoon. An official in the Council, identified gave victim’s name as Tina,...
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Illicit drug dealer in wheelchair, ex- convict arrested for trafficking
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a notorious drug dealer who uses his wheelchair as decoy to deal in illicit substances. Femi Babafemi, spokesman for the anti-narcotic Agency said in a statement on Sunday that 45-year-old Godwin Emuneyin physically challenged man deals in methamphetamine and skunk in Afuze, Owan East...
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Oba of Benin urges Cardoso to fight corruption in CBN
Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, Oba of Benin has urged the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso to fight corruption in the nation’s apex Bank and lay out a path for economic growth. Oba Ewuare II gave the advice when the Benin Branch Controller of CBN, Mr...
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Off-cycle polls: EFCC arrests 14 vote buyers, recovers N11.4m cash
14 suspected vote merchandise were arrested during Saturday November 11, 2023 off-cycle governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States. The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in Otueke, Adawari playgrounds in Bayelsa State and at some polling units in two other State where elections also held. The...
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First Lady kicks as amputee shot by her husband plans reunion
The First Lady of Edo State, Mrs Betsy Obaseki says the State government will pursue justice for Mrs Tina Okhiria whose left arm was amputated due to a gunshot allegedly inflicted by her abusive husband, sparking global outrage. The survivor had initially deposed to an affidavit before a court, stating that her husband’s actions were...
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Off season polls: ”You can’t kill, govern graves’ — Jonathan
Former President of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Jonathan has advised political actors to shun act of misconduct that could lead to crisis in Saturday November 11 across Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo States. Jonathan who gave the advice when he featured on Arise television interview reiterated that “no political ambition worth the blood of any Nigerian”. He...
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Police arrest, free ‘mad man’ who damaged N450,000 car windscreen
The Nigeria Police Command in Ogun State has arrested a mentally deranged man, Waheed Quadri for causing malicious damage of Spot Utility Vehicle windscreen estimated at N450,00 (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira). Spokesperson for the Police Command in State SP. Omolola Odutola said in a statement that Quadri was arrested by the Police on...
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Obaseki predicts ‘major landslide, flooding’ in Edo
The governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki has sued for environmental sustainability towards mitigating the impact of global climate change. But, he stated that unless residents of the State take active and drastic measures to restore the depleted forests, Edo could suffer a major landslide and flooding in future. The Governor raised the concern...