Nigerian woman extradited to Italy for running prostitution ring

Nigerian woman who has been declared wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome, Italian police said in a statement on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. One of the few women on Italy’s most-wanted list and a prominent figure in the Nigerian mafia, Joy Jeff, 48, was tried in absentia in 2010 […]

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INEC postpones governorship and state assembly elections

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reached a decision to postpone the governorship and state assembly elections. The elections, initially scheduled to hold on March 11, has now been postponed to March 18, 2023. The postponement is due to the inability of the commission to promptly commence reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System […]

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Afenifere rejects Tinubu’s victory, says Peter Obi won the election

The Pan Yoruba Socio-Political Group, Afenifere,  has rejected the emergence of APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, as the president-elect, insisting that Labour party’s Peter Obi won the election. The group stated this in a statement signed and released by its National leader and Secretary General, Pa Ayo Adebanjo and Chief Sola Ebiseni,  after its Special […]

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Family of kidnapped Cross River State Commissioner appeals to IGP to help free her

The family of the Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross River State, Professor Gertrude Nnanjar Njar, who was kidnapped over one month ago has appealed to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to help rescue her. Prof Gertrude was kidnapped by armed men dressed in military fatigue in the early hours of February 1, 2023, on […]

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Court allows INEC to reconfigure BVAS

Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting at the Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the request of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reconfigure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) it used for the presidential election. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, the court held that preventing the electoral […]

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There are plans to assassinate Gbadebo, the Lagos Labour Party candidate ―Chief Bode George

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Chief Olabode George, has raised the alarm that there is a grand design to secretly eliminate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State. While speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Monday, George said if anything happens to Rhodes-Vivour, Nigerians “should know who […]

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Atiku leads other PDP chieftains, members in protest to INEC headquarters (Photos)

Chieftains and members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) wearing black clothes staged a protest in Abuja over the outcome of the February 25, 2023 presidential election. The protesting PDP members were led by the party’s presidential candidate in the last election, Atiku Abubakar, the party’s chairman Iyiocha Ayu, Sokoto state governor Aminu Tambuwal and […]

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We have sufficient evidence, empirical records showing that Obi-Datti won the presidential election ―Ohanaeze Ndigbo

In a statement, the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has disassociated itself from the report claiming that Peter Obi’s presidency is not “destined” adding that the Labour Party presidential candidate actually won the February 25 presidential poll. One Ambassador Tony Obizoba, who in a report, claimed to be the Director-General, Implementation and Strategic Planning, […]

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Police recover 18 firearms, 203 arrests, record 185 incidents from election violence of Feb. 25

Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba, has disclosed that police recorded and responded to 185 major incidents after it arrested 203 electoral offenders during the presidential and National Assembly elections held on Saturday, February 25, 2023. Baba also noted that the cases are currently at various stages of investigation at the Nigeria Police Electoral […]

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INEC approaches election Tribunal to vary inspection order granted Atiku, Obi

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the Presidential Election Petition Court to vary the orders that were granted to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi respectively, to inspect materials used for the last presidential election. INEC, in a motion on notice filed on March […]

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Presidential poll failed to meet Nigerians’ expectations ―US ambassador

United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms. Mary Beth Leonard, has said that the presidential polls of February 25 failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. The ambassador acknowledged that many are angry and frustrated with the results, while some others are celebrating victories they believe were hard-fought and well-earned. She, however, commended Nigerians for demonstrating […]

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Ex-AGF, Aondoakaa, says Tinubu must score 25% in FCT to win election

A former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Aondoakaa SAN, has maintained that before a candidate can be declared winner in a presidential election, that candidate must score 25 per cent of the votes cast in the election in 2/3 of the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory […]

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Former accountant at Pensions office gets 21 years in prison for stealing N26.1m

A former Accountant, Pensions department, Office of the Head of Service of the Federation of Nigeria, Garba Abdullahi Tahir, was on Friday, March 3, convicted and sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for stealing N26.1 million meant for pensioners. Tahir was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at a Federal High Court, Abuja […]

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Driver kidnaps, kills his boss in Ondo (Graphic photos)

Idowu Adekanye, a middle-aged driver, has been arraigned by the police for the kidnap and murder of his boss, Omololu Olowosoyo, in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. Olowosoyo, was alleged to have been kidnapped and killed by the suspect in collaboration with some other accomplices. The victim was also said to have been […]

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INEC admits hitches, insists on using BVAS for gov, assembly poll

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has admitted that there were hitches in the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted on February 25 across the country. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, disclosed this on Saturday, at the meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) in Abuja, Nigeria. He told the RECs that it was […]

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We are with evidence to prove Obi won Akwa Ibom state ―PCC

Director-General Obi/Datti Presidential Campaign Council, Akwa Ibom State chapter, Capt. Augustine Okon, on Friday expressed confidence that the mandate given to Peter Obi during the just concluded presidential elections would be recovered through legal means. Addressing a conference on Thursday, the former governor of Anambra state indicated his readiness to challenge the result of the […]

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