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Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has commended state chapter of the All Progressives Congress for adopting a consensus arrangement in its congress held on Saturday.

The Police and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence said 2,500 officers had been deployed to provide security at the All Progressives Congress state congress in Borno.

Security has been beefed up at strategic locations in Benin, ahead of the Edo State congress of the All Progressives Congress on Saturday.

It was gathered that the late Kofoworola who wrote her last WAEC papers three days before her death, had earlier complained of headache at about 12noon on the fateful Saturday.

The federal government has introduced the use of biometric registration to monitor the movement of people, goods and livestock into the country.

The National Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has disclosed that two people from Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State have been sentenced to nine months imprisonment each for vandalising electricity equipment.

Contrary to repeated the allegation being raised by Governor Ayodele Fayose that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was plotting to rig the July 14 governorship election in the state, the commission has said nothing would make it compromise the integrity of the poll in favour of any candidate.

A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on Monday has fixed May 16, for the arraignment of Senator David Jang who is being detained by the EFCC for misappropriation of funds.

National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN), has entered into partnership with Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to tackle foreigners’ encroachment at farm gates across the country.

The Oyo state chapter of Socialist Party of Nigeria, SPN, on Sunday described the May 12 council poll in Oyo State as a huge show of shame and stage-managed fraud.

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence (NSCDC) says it has deployed about 2,000 personnel ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s two-day visit to Jigawa, beginning on Monday.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) congress in Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State on Saturday ended abruptly as delegates rowdily disagreed on the election of some candidates.

A teenager simply identified as Kofo was killed by a stray bullet when some hoodlums clashed with personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) during Saturday’s local government election in Oyo state.

To check a repeat of the May 5 botched governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti, a security cordon was on Saturday thrown on Damlek Event Centre in Ado-Ekiti, the venue of the rescheduled exercise.

Dr Benito Eze, the Commandant, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Abia, said on Friday that the command made 56 arrests an secured 24 convictions in 2017.

In a bid to ensure that the rescheduled governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State is successful, the Governor of Nasarawa State, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura, is currently holding a meeting with security chiefs in the state.

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has observed that as the country marches toward the 2019 general elections, the current wave of insecurity will increase, hence the need to beef up security.

The 16 Brigade of Nigerian Army, Yenagoa, and the Bayelsa State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have clashed over the seizure of two tankers conveying suspected diverted petrol.