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in Big Story, NewsPolice to Promote 36, 599 Officers
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has promised to motivate junior police officers of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, with immediate promotion. The exercise will take place immediately after May 29 inauguration of the new government. The IGP who spoke through Hillary […] More
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in Election 2015Elections: Low Turnout in Nassarawa
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow There is low turnout in other parts of Nasarawa state, especially in PDP dominated areas. In Doma LG where Ali Akwei Doma, former governor comes from the situation is worse. Some of the voters said, they are apathetic because president Goodluck Jonathan lost […] More
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Tension In Nassarawa
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow There is tension in Nassarawa state as the governorship and House of assembly elections are underway in the state. In some polling units at Angwan Yansanda PU, Giyam Ward, polling officers were having problems using the card reader. The consequence is that accreditation […] More
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in Election 2015, NewsEl-Rufai Happy With Performance of Card Readers
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Nasir El-Rufai, the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Kaduna State, said he is satisfied with the performance of card readers. He has, however, called on INEC to investigate the late arrival of electoral materials at many polling units in Kaduna. More
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in Election 2015Sambo Through With Accreditation
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Namadi Sambo, vice president, has just been successfully accredited at the Swimming Pool polling unit, Police College, Kaduna. The process which lasted for less than one minute. He said he is satisfied with d process and called on Nigerians to turn out en […] More
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in Election 2015Card Reader Palava in Kaduna
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Card Readers at Swimming Pool Police College polling unit may likely delay the voting process. It is taking card readers at least four minutes to accredit voters. Some voters have accused electoral officers of lacking competence. More
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in Election 2015Sambo’s Dilemma
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow It is not certain where Namadi Sambo, vice president, will vote. There are speculations that he is changing polling units to avoid defeat at his ward as was the case in 2011. A source said he is likely to vote at the polling […] More
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in Election 2015Heavy Security Presence in Kaduna
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Security operatives took over the streets of Kaduna on Friday night few hours to today’s presidential and National Assembly polls. Detachments of combined military personnel, the police and other security agents were seen patrolling the streets, while members of the quick intervention team […] More
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in Big StoryJail break: Niger Prison Controller Suspended
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Abba Moro, the Minister of Interior, has approved the recommendations of Peter Ekpendu, Controller General of Prisons,for the immediate removal and suspension of Musa Maiyaki, the Controller of Prisons, Niger State Command; Mohammed Ibana, the officer-in-Charge, Medium Security Prison, Minna and all other […] More
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in Forum
Making Way for Women
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow At the Abuja launch of a book by Amina Salihu, a farmer, newspaper columnist and feminist, the need for deliberate policies to promote women’s participation in politics was brought to the front burner In Nigeria where, more often than not, events such as […] More
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in Big StoryAPC Concludes Rally, Demands Immediate Action on Insecurity
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The opposition, All Progressives Congress, APC, has just concluded its emergency rally tagged, “Salvation Rally,” held at the Eagles Square, Abuja on Wednesday. At the rally, the party demanded that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led Federal government, acts immediately to tame insecurity, dwindling […] More
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in NewsAPC Holds Rally in Abuja
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow The All Progressives Congress, APC is currently holding a rally in Abuja. Tagged, Salvation Rally, the APC described it as a warning rally. John Oyegun, national chairman of the APC said the party is disturbed by the level of insecurity in Nigeria; manipulation […] More