Fire guts INEC office

With less than two weeks to the March 28 presidential and national assembly elections, an overnight fire on Saturday gutted the warehouse of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located at its Electoral Institute on Abuja Airport road.

Meanwhile, INEC has reassured that the fire incident will not affect the forthcoming 2015 general elections, even as it insisted that only the electoral materials used in the 2011 elections were destroyed by the inferno.

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90 killed, many injured as suspected Fulani herdsmen sack Benue village

It was a bloody Sunday in Benue State after suspected Fulani herdsmen allegedly slaughtered over 90 persons, including women and children, at Egba village in Agatu Local Government Area of the state.

Chat212 gathered from a resident of the community that the number might well exceed the current figure since many were still missing and unaccounted for.

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Lekki bank robbery: We know the robbers — Police

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti, weekend, said that the command had clue of who the robbers that stormed a second generation bank last Thursday, killing three policemen and a teenager, were, assuring that it would soon round them up.

This is just as the Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abbah, has given matching orders to the Police in Lagos to re-strategise, in order to ensure that armed robbers do not unleash terror again in the state.

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Interim Govt: We’ve evidence against Jonathan says Fayemi

Former Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, yesterday, stoked the controversy over the alleged interim government arrangement when he declared that he had evidence that national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC,

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Jobs Vacancies... International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Recruiting

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) looking for suitable candidates to fill the vacancy below:

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Since its creation in 1863, the ICRC's sole objective has been to ensure protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and strife. It does so through its direct action around the world, as well as by encouraging the development of

international humanitarian law (IHL) and promoting respect for it by governments and all weapon bearers. Its story is about the development of humanitarian action, the Geneva Conventions and the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

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Witnesses said Sunday - Boko Haram burns Borno town as troops advance

Witnesses said Sunday - Boko Haram burns Borno town as troops advance

Boko Haram Islamists have set fire to homes in Nigeria’s northeast town of Bama that are under their control, forcing residents to flee as troops advance to recapture it, witnesses said Sunday.

The Islamists on Saturday told residents of Bama, 70 kilometres (37.5 miles) southeast of Maiduguri, to evacuate before setting fire to many homes as Nigerian troops inched closer in a bid to retake the town, residents told AFP.

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