The Presidency has restated that the victory of Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the recently concluded presidential election stands and cannot be annulled.According to the presidency, regardless of alleged irregularities and harsh criticism of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the results of the
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The camp of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, raised the alarm over an alleged imminent campaign of calumny directed at their principal by a United States-based Nigerian named Lloyd Ukwu, who they claimed was an ally of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi.But Obi’s campaign team denied
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A Mexican drug cartel accused of kidnapping four Americans and murdering two of them has said the killers acted alone and will be handed over to authorities, local media reported on Thursday.Several Mexican news outlets published a letter allegedly issued by the Gulf Cartel, in which the organization said it
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Thursday night said it would appeal the court judgment, which ordered that two Nigerians with Temporary Voters Cards should be allowed to vote during the March 18, 2023 governorship and Houses of Assembly elections.According to The PUNCH, the spokesperson for INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi
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The immediate past minority leader of the 9th Senate and the winner of the Senatorial election in Abia South, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has expressed his profound gratitude to the people following his reelection despite what he described as “OBIDATTI wave in the South-East”.Recall the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last
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National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has alerted Nigerians and specifically residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on the unwholesome activities of some human trafficking gangs who specialise in trafficking children and hiring out such children for sundry exploitative purposes including begging for alms.NAPTIP said
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Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has granted bail to a 22-year-old woman awaiting trial, who was delivered of a baby girl in Uyo Medium Custodial Centre.The nursing mother and her younger brother were awaiting trial for allegedly receiving a stolen phone worth N20,000.The siblings were granted bail
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Amid growing tension over the now shifted governorship and House of Assembly elections in Akwa Ibom State, a civil society organisation (CSO), Centre for Human Rights and Accountability Network (CRARN), has accused desperate politicians of importing mercenaries and thugs to rig the election.At a press conference in Uyo, the state
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Orji Kalu, the senator-elect for Abia North, has announced that he lost his mobile phone during the collection of certificates of return in Abuja.On Tuesday, 98 senators-elect in the February 25 elections were presented with their certificates of return by Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the use of Temporary Voter Cards in the March 18 governorship and state assembly elections.Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order while delivering Judgement in a suit filed by two concerned Nigerians seeking the use
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