Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed on Friday while receiving the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Sylvester Nwakuche, at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja, that the commission is working on securing voting rights for prison inmates.Yakubu affirmed the judgement of
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has temporarily suspended the release of the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results for school candidates due to technical difficulties identified during the result dissemination process.In a statement released on Thursday, August 7, 2025, by Moyosola Adesina, the Acting
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Protesters have gathered at the Force Headquarters in Abuja to demand the release of human rights activist Omoyele Sowore.Dressed mostly in black, the demonstrators waved the national flag and chanted anti-government songs, urging the police to free Sowore.They also accused an unnamed Assistant Commissioner of Police of intimidation, while denying
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a public health advisory over the outbreak of the Chikungunya virus in some countries.Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral disease transmitted primarily by the Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes—the same vectors responsible for Dengue and yellow fever.Unlike
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Anietie Udobit, AbujaThe Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended two ValueJet pilots, Captain Oluranti Ogoyi and First Officer Ivan Oloba, for what it called a serious safety breach at Abuja’s Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.NCAA’s director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu, said the suspended pilots allegedly bypassed
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