THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN URGES NEW RECS TO PREPARE FOR ELECTONEERING CHALLENGES

THE INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN URGES NEW RECS TO PREPARE FOR ELECTONEERING CHALLENGES

The Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC) has charged the new Resident Electoral Commissioners (Recs) to prepare for the challenges of electioneering in Nigeria as the nation lacks reliable election calendar. Speaking at the induction retreat for the new RECs in Lagos the Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmud Yakubu stated that the reality of the work in INEC is that there is no election season in Nigeria. According to him, elections are […]

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Sport

SPAIN TO FACE GERMANY IN EURO 2024 QUATER-FINAL

Spain have set up a thrilling quarter-final clash with Euro 2024 hosts, Germany, after overcoming an early scare to comfortably defeat debutants, Georgia. In their first major tournament appearance, Georgia withstood heavy pressure from Spain early on but shocked the crowd at Cologne Stadium by taking a surprise lead after 18 minutes. Spain defender, Robin le Normand, inadvertently turned Otar Kakabadze’s curling cross into his net, capping off a devastating […]

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General

GUN MEN ATTACK TRAVELLERS ALONG SAGAMU-IJEBU-ODE ON SUNDAY ABDUCTING 20

About twenty travellers have been abducted by gunmen along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway. The travellers were ambushed on Sunday June 30, around 9:00 PM along Sagamu area command of the Nigeria Police Force and Ilishan Township. The Ogun State Police Command is yet to comment on the incident as at the time of filing this report. Meanwhile, according to a resident and chairman of the Ilishan Development Council, Wemmy Osude, a victim […]

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Politics

MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION COMMENDS NIPR FOR ITS ROLE IN PUBLIC RELATIONS

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has commended the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) for its role in the designation of Public Relations as a cadre in the civil service. Idris gave the commendation when the President of NIPR, Dr Ike Neliaku and the President of Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management, Justin Green, visited him in Abuja. The visit was to show […]

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Health

Hon. FALEKE URGE NIGERIANS TO TAKE CHOLERA OUTBREAK SERIOUSLY

A member representing (Ikeja Federal Constituency) Honorable James Faleke, has advised Nigerians to treat the outbreak of cholera in some parts of the country with same level of seriousness accorded in handling COVID-19 pandemic. Faleke, while speaking with journalists in an interview in Lagos on Monday, said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recently reported 53 deaths due to cholera outbreak in the country. He urged citizens to be […]

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Featured

FCT POLICE COMMAND RESCUE TWO GIRLS FROM KIDNAPPERS

The FCT Police Command’s anti-kidnapping unit says it has rescued two female victims, fifteen year old Mart Ojadi and twelve year old Evelyn Chinaza, who were kidnapped by gunmen in Guto village in the Bwari Area Council of the FCT on June 30, 2024. This was made known in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the territory, SP Josephine Adeh, on Sunday. Adeh disclosed that the police, […]

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General

FEDERAL HIGH COURT DISMISSES FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS SUIT FILED BY DETAINED LEADER OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA IPOB, NNAMDI KANU AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

Justice James Omotosho, of a Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the Fundamental Human rights suit filed by the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu against the Federal Government. Kanu is seeking N1 billion in damages from the Attorney-General of the Federation and the Department of State Services, for alleged rights violation. The IPOB Leader in the suit claimed that the DSS and its […]

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