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15, 000 security operatives to monitor polls in Edo
Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu, has disclosed that no fewer than 15,000 security operatives would be deployed to monitor Saturday’s national election in the State.
Election: NPS beefs up security in prisons in Enugu
The Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) says it has beefed up security in prison yards across Enugu State ahead of the forthcoming general elections.
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China rejects Turkey criticism on Uighurs, denies poet’s death
China has hit back at claims by Turkey over its treatment of Uighur people, and denied reports a prominent poet and musician from the ethnic Muslim minority was tortured to death in prison.
Embassy: 102 Nigerians in Chad’s prisons
The Embassy of Nigeria in Chad on Friday said no fewer than 102 Nigerians were in the country’s prisons, serving varying jail terms.
Gunmen kill retired Prisons chief, aide in Kogi
Unidentified assailants have murdered a retired Deputy Controller-General of Prisons, Dr. Adewale Oloyede, and his orderly, SIP Dauda Michael, near Osara town in Kogi State.
Governor El-Rufai: Past election theft induced widespread violence
Kaduna state governor, Malam Nasiru El-Rufai, has said electoral theft in the past induced widespread electoral violence in the state.
Court remands barber in Kirikiri Prisons over alleged armed robbery
A 26-year-old barber, Muhammed Omele, who allegedly robbed a man of N800,000, while armed with gun, was on Friday remanded in Kirikiri Prisons by an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State.
Nigeria Prisons donate to motherless babies’ home
The Nigeria Prisons Service, Cross River State Command, has donated items for the upkeep of the Uwanse Motherless Babies’ Home in Calabar.
Egypt in race against time to host 2019 AFCON
Chosen to host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, Egypt faces a race against time to get ready for the event in five months, but experts say it will meet the challenge.
Cleric remanded in Lagos over alleged sodomy
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that a 44-year-old cleric, Taiwo Opaleke, charged with defiling a male teenager, should be kept at the Kirikiri Prisons.
Nasarawa chief judge faults condition of prison inmates
Irked over non-arraignment of many prison inmates four years after their arrest, Justice Suleiman Dikko, Chief Judge (CJ) of Nasarawa State, has threatened to stop signing arrest warrants for the police.
Governor Lalong secures release of 37 prison inmates
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has secured the release of 37 prisoners serving various jail terms at the Shendam Prisons.
Lawyers back calls for prisoners’ right to vote
Some legal practitioners in the Federal Capital Territory have supported the calls for prisoners to exercise their civic rights during elections.
Boxing Day: Godwin Obaseki urges love, support, unity among Nigerians
Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged residents of Edo State and Nigerians in general, to spread love and support for one another to deepen unity in the country, noting that only the feeling of oneness will help Nigeria survive hard times.
FRSC decorates 42 newly promoted officers in Kwara
The Kwara Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday in Ilorin decorated 42 officers promoted to different ranks.
Fred Ajudua’s counsel challenges Ishaya Bamaiyi to tell the court how he earned $8.4...
Mr. Olalekan Ojo (SAN), the defence counsel for Fred Ajudua, a former Lagos socialite, challenged a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi (rtd), to provide proof of the source of the $8.4 million his client allegedly defrauded him of in 2004.
68 inmates gain freedom in Ogun
The Ogun Chief Judge (CJ), Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, has granted pardon to 68 inmates from the five prisons in the state.
Controller: Nigeria’s prisons not punitive but correctional centres
Lagos State Controller of Prison, Mr Tunde Ladipo, on Tuesday said that Nigeria prisons were no longer a punishment institution rather a reformative and correctional centre
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Police officer, 8 others killed in Rivers
At least nine persons including a police officer, have been reportedly killed by gunmen at different locations in three local government areas of Rivers State.
Election postponement: APC manipulating INEC to rig polls – Senator Jang
Former Governor of Plateau State and Senator representing Plateau North, Dr Jonah David Jang, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of manipulating the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to enable them rig the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
Labour Party candidate receives postponement news with mix feeling
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Kwara state, Issa Aremu, has said the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was accompanied with mixed feelings.
INEC rules out political influence in election postponement
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has ruled out political influence in the postponement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections earlier scheduled to hold on February 16 and March 2, 2019.
Adams Oshiomhole: Nobody had clue elections won’t go on
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has condemned the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
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Former Governor Fayose kicks as Ekiti government seals off radio station
A new private radio station, ‘Our People’s FM’, allegedly owned by former Governor Ayo Fayose has been sealed off by the Ekiti State government.
Election: Police, civil defence deploy 17,000 personnel in Kano
Police authorities in Kano said over 15,000 policemen have been deployed for Saturday’s presidential election.
UK, Russia hold first talks in over a year
Junior foreign ministers from Britain and Russia met in Germany on Saturday in the highest-level contact between the two countries since an alleged nerve agent attack in Britain last March froze diplomatic relations.
President Buhari vows to probe $16 billion power project
President Muhammadu Buhari says he will probe the spending of the $16 billion Independent Power Project executed by the administration of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Former NFF scribe Taiwo Ogunjobi passes on
Former Secretary General of the Nigeria Football Federation, Chief Taiwo Ogunjobi, has passed on.