Court strikes out all cases challenging Kogi poll

Supplementary election to go ahead

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has struck out all four cases instituted before it in respect of the November 21 governorship election in Kogi state.

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Ogun Police Arrest Three Daredevil Armed Robbers

Officers of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Agbado police division in Ogun state, have arrested three notorious armed robbers.

DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, the state command spokesman who made this known to Punch Metro said the armed robbers who are three in number have been terrorising communities in the Agbado area of the state.

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OPC Warns Against Staging Biafra Protest In South West

The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has warned Biafra protesters not to move their campaign to the south western part of the country as they would not stand by and watch the region turned into ‘a theatre of war’.

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Police Clamps Down On MASSOB, Arrest Members

As the agitation for the free and sovereign state of Biafra continues mostly in the Eastern states of Nigeria, officers of the Ebonyi state police command have arrested four members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), declaring the state a no-go-area for the secessionist group.

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Finally! Court Arrives At Decision On Kogi Election

Finally! Court Arrives At Decision On Kogi Election...

 

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, December 4, gave the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) permission to continue the supplementary election in Kogi state.

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NCC Slashes MTN’s Fine To N674bn, CEO Quits

The MTN Group on Thursday said that it had received a formal letter from the Nigerian Communications Commission confirming the reduction of the N1.04tn ($5.2bn) fine imposed on its Nigerian subsidiary to N674bn ($3.4bn).

The letter, dated December 2, 2015, was a response to MTN’s initial request to NCC for a reduction in the fine.

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