Ahead of Saturday, March 11 governorship and State Assembly elections, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has intensified campaigns ahead of the polls, deploying hundreds of mini bags of rice, wrappers and cash to woo the electorates.The disbursement of what Chief Akpan' Etuk, a community leader in Uyo Ward 2,
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Connected Development (CODE) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to address the challenges experienced in the presidential and the National Assembly elections.According to CODE, if INEC can get it right in the next elections which will be conducted across the country, Nigerians will have confidence in the
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Katsina State police command said its men succeeded in repelling attack at Yasore village of Batsari local government area of the state, killing two terrorists and recovering two AK47 rifles.In a statement signed by the command spokesman, Gambo Isah and obtained by UNITY TIMES yesterday it explained that the command
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Akwa Ibom State Division of the High Court sitting at Okoita community, headquarters of Ibiono local government area has sentenced a cleric, Anwana Peter Essien, to 21 years imprisonment for defiling his stepdaughter, age 10.The convict, age 37, a native of Afaha Ise in Ibiono Ibom LGA, is said to
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The Supreme Court has shifted judgment delivery on the cashless policy suit against the Federal Government by an hour.The judgment initially slated for 9 am would now be delivered by 10 am.No reason was advanced for the sudden change in time but one of the Registrars of the Court announced
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Former military president General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) has returned to Nigeria after about two-month stay in Germany and France.LEADERSHIP Newspaper had reported that the former Nigerian leader travelled in January to avoid the controversy that would come with the presidential race even as he tagged it, "routine medical check."Babangida
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President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said yesterday that he would hit the ground running from the very first day he assumes office, with a view to deliver on his campaign promises.He restated his pledge to run a fair and inclusive administration that would unite all Nigerians.Tinubu stated this when he received
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United States of America (USA) Africa Command has said military action alone was not enough to end terrorism and called on the authorities to adopt a whole government approach to combat terrorism and other extremist violence.The commander, Gen. Michael Langley, speaking at a virtual briefing for select journalists yesterday said
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All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council and the Tinubu-Shettima Independent Campaign Council has expressed appreciation to Rivers State governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike for helping the party's presidential candidate, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, to win the February 25, 2023 election in the state.Addressing journalists in Port Harcourt yesterday, the PCC
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A former governor of old Anambra State, Chief Jim Nwobodo has advised politicians to embrace peace and not to allow their interest in the 2023 governorship election to derail the existing peace in Enugu State.Reacting to a viral video on social media where a senator-elect in the state had called
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