A total of 36,204 personnel drawn from all the security and emergency response agencies in Lagos State have been deployed to man the March 28 and April 11 general elections in the state. The state’s security agencies have embarked on “show of force on land, sea and air to demonstrate our readiness to confront and…
Pandemonium At INEC Office Owerri
There was pandemonium at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Thursday. Security operatives ordered everyone out of the premises of the Commission as election materials were being distributed. Trouble started at about 5pm when heavily armed policemen numbering about 50 arrived the office and ordered…
Fire Guts Ascon Petrol Station
The Ascon Petrol Station at Lekki Phase 1, Lagos is currently on fire. Men of the fire service are on the scene trying to stop the fire, which has spread to the Round-about and the Lekki-Ikoyi bridge. The cause of the fire is not known yet as at the time of filing this report.
Ondo Deputy Governor Offers Reasons for Defection from PDP to APC
Alli Olanusi, Ondo State deputy governor, who defected from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC has given reasons why he took the decision. The deputy governor who announced his defection in Akure, capital, early this morning, stated in a statement that he defected to chart a new course for majority…
Elections: Nigeria Shuts Land, Sea Borders
Comrade Abba Moro, Nigeria’s Minister of Internal Affairs has ordered that all land and sea borders be shut ahead of the Presidential and National Assembly polls coming up on March 28. A statement issued by the ministry said the Minister has ordered that the borders be shut from midnight of Wednesday, March 25 to reopen…
Deputy Governor of Ondo State Has Resigned From Office
Alhaji Ali Olanusi, the deputy governor of Ondo State has resigned from office. He has also decamped to All Progressive Congress, APC.
House of Representatives Member Detained in Ondo
Barely 48 hours to the March 28, Presidential and National Assembly elections, Eniola Omosule, an All Progressives Congress, APC member of the House of Representatives representing Owo/Ose Federal Constituency in Ondo State has been arrested by the Police in Ondo State. Omosule who is vying for another term in the House of Representatives was detained…
We Will Empower More Nigerian Women – US Consulate General
The Public Affairs Section of the United States Consulate General, Lagos, has reiterated its commitment to continuously empower more Nigerian women and make them self-reliant. Rhonda Watson, Public Diplomacy officer of the section stated this on Tuesday during an information and communications technology, ICT, workshop organised for Nigerian small and medium scale businesswomen. Titled, Entrepreneurship…
Election: Ballot Papers Arrive States On Wednesday
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said ballot papers to be used for Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections are to be moved from Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN vaults from tomorrow, Wednesday, March 25. Kayode Idowu, chief press secretary to the INEC chairman, said all non-sensitive materials have already been sent to locations…
China Executes Three Over Kunming Knife Attack
Three men convicted of involvement in the Kunming knife attack have been executed, a China court says. The men, Iskandar Ehet, Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad were found guilty in September 2014 of murder and terrorism acts. The Kunming knife station attack in March 2014, left 31 people dead and more than 140 injured. Authorities…
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