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Finnish police on Thursday arrested a popular pro-Biafra agitator, Simon Ekpa. Ekpa, a self-acclaimed disciple of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, had repeatedly ordered South-East residents to observe a sit-at-home and asked them to boycott Saturday’s polls. Simon Ekpa His repeated sit-at-home orders had been marked by bloodshed and destruction of lives and property in …

…‘PDP candidate will fast track Benin port, fix Benin-Auchi Road, others’ …Urges youths to shun violence in Saturday’s poll Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged Edo people to come out en masse to vote for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in Saturday’s presidential election and reject the Moslem-Moslem ticket of All Progressives …

…Over 11, 200 personnel deployed to Edo, says Edo CP …Restates movement restriction from midnight to 6pm on Election Day Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Thursday, met with security chiefs in the state, assuring that the security agencies are fully prepared to ensure peaceful conduct of the Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. Briefing journalists after …

Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has warned against riot and violence after election results are announced in the 2023 general polls. The polls will begin on Saturday, February 25 with the presidential and National Assembly elections in all Nigerian states and the capital, Abuja while the governorship and state house of assemblies election are scheduled for Saturday, 11 March. Buhari in …

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, on Thursday, said that President Muhammadu Buhari has not acted in breach on the case instituted at the Supreme Court by some state governors over the naira swap deadline. The Malami said as far as the rule of law is concerned, there are many options available. This is just …

With over 90 million registered voters, Nigeria has more registered voters than its West African neighbours put together. Nigerians will go to the polls on Saturday and the head of the electoral commission, Mahmood Yakubu, a professor, has said he is determined to make the 2023 general elections ‘the best’ Nigeria has ever had. With over 90 million registered voters …

*As NCoS elevates 70 officers The federal government has ordered the immediate decongestion of correctional facilities across the federation in line with the Nigerian Correctional Service Act 2019, to reduce overcrowding. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, gave the order at the decoration of 13 newly promoted Assistant Controller Generals, (ACGs), and 57 Controllers of the service and the commissioning of …

The Presidential Election Petition Court’s registry statutorily opens for business one week to the poll. Ahead of Nigeria’s presidential election this Saturday, 25 February, the Presidential Election Petition Court registry has opened in Abuja, the country’s capital. There are 18 presidential candidates jostling for Nigeria’s presidency at the poll. It is a statutory responsibility of the Court of Appeal, which …

Finland authorities on Thursday arrested a popular pro-Biafra separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa. According to a Finland news outlet, HS, the police escorted the separatist out of his apartment in Lahti. The platform claimed that they had gone to Ekpa’s residence for an interview but to their surprise, the Finland police, KRP, answered when the HS team rang the separatist bell. …

President Joe Biden said the United States does not have preference for any particular candidate or party in the coming 2023 general elections.  Biden stated this in a statement issued by the Office of the U.S. Consulate General in Nigeria on Thursday.  The US President noted that the US strongly support a peaceful and transparent process that reflects the will …