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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had recorded 41 deliberate attacks on its facilities across the country within the last two years. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the commission’s emergency meeting with security agencies under the auspices of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES). Mr Yakubu said the attacks on the commission’s facilities should now be …

Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State has said President Muhammadu Buhari was overreaching himself on the Executive Order 10 that gave directive on the implementation of judicial and legislative autonomies for states. Mr Tambuwal, who is the Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, said in Ado-Ekiti, Wednesday, that the President failed to consult widely before issuing the order. The …

There was tension on Friday in Umutu community as gunmen killed three policemen in an attempt to burn down the police station in the community. The PUNCH gathered that the incident occurred around 02:am at the Umutu Police Divisional Headquarters in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. Although the police station was not burnt down, the gunmen killed two police …

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has urged the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya, to build on the legacy of his predecessor, the late Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru. Yahaya was appointed COAS following the death of Attahiru and 10 other military officers in a plane crash in Abuja on May 21. He was today …

The Peoples Democratic Party has while wishing Nigerian Children a happy Children’s Day celebration berated the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the All Progressives Congress, for allegedly mortgaging the future of Nigerian children. The PDP expressed regrets that on a day that Nigerian children should join their contemporaries across the world to celebrate, the last six years has …

The Federal Fire Service FFS has explained its role in the May 26 decontamination of the School of Health Science and Technology, Ijero Ekiti in Ekiti state, dispelling insinuations that it invaded the school without due approval. Service spokeswoman, SF Ugo Huan in a statement on Friday in Abuja said the exercise which is reported to have affected the health …

The House of Representatives has expressed displeasure with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the delay in disposing of the N46 billion assets seized from the former Petroleum Minister, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke. The Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee on Assessment and Status of All Recovered Loots Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by Agencies of …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said the pieces of jewellery seized from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, have been valued at about N14.460 bn. Chairman of the EFCC, AbdulRasheed Bawa, told the House of Representatives on Friday. Bawa disclosed the “estimated value” of the forfeited pieces of jewellery to an ad hoc committee of the …

The Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) has condemned the military takeover in Mali. Speaking at the Opening of the ECOWAS Parliament 1st 2021 Ordinary Session in Abuja, both President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), and Speaker of …

• Nigeria could ‘lose’ over 30 generals in four months• You’re fuelling tension, ethnic distrust, YCE, Southeast groups blast President• Buhari appoints Mohammed as NAPTIP DG, Abari NOA DG Six days after the tragic death of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, in a plane crash in Kaduna State, the Nigerian Army got a new chief, Major-General Farouk …