Four INEC workers, NYSC member, 3 year-old die in Kogi auto crash

Four staff members of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), an NYSC member and a three-year-old girl died in an accident on Ajaokuta–Lokoja Road on Saturday, an official has confirmed.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt in Lokoja on Sunday that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member was performing his primary assignment with INEC office in Lokoja and that the child belonged to one of the INEC staff members.

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You're usurping my powers, APC Legal Adviser tells Oshiomhole

ABUJA—THE internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, has taken a new dimension as the national legal adviser of the party, Babatunde Ogala, has accused Adams Oshiomhole of hijacking his office

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Ekiti Muslims protest illegal take-over of mosque site by Fayose

Muslims community in Ekiti State has called on the government to revoke the land allegedly acquired by former Governor Ayodele Fayose in Ado-Ekiti for his son, to avert crisis in the state.

The placard-carrying faithful under the aegis of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, Ekiti State Chapter, appealed to Governor Kayode Fayemi to revoke the ownership of the land from Fayose and return it to them in order to avert a crisis in the state.

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Evans: police hid me from Falana in toilet

Lagos High Court in Igbosere at the weekend heard that the police hid suspected billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, from rights activist Mr Femi Falana SAN, in a toilet.

Alleged billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has maintained his claim that he was tortured by the Police to make what they term his confessional statement.

He countered the claim by the Police that his statement was obtained under a fair atmosphere, and that the statement could have been taken in the presence of a lawyer, if Evans had hired one.

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2019 Presidency: PDP reacts as Buhari unveils 'Next Level'

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned ‘Next Level’ slogan launched by President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of the 2019 election.

In accordance with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s regulation, campaigns for the 2019 elections officially kicked off on Sunday.

The APC roadmap is geared towards seeking re-election across all thirty-six states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.

President Buhari said:

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We Won't Disappoint Nigerians In 2019

Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), says the commission will not fail Nigerians in the 2019 general election.Yakubu made this promise while speaking at the 6th Anniversary Lecture and Investiture into the Real News Hall of Fame held in Lagos on Thursday.

The  event was tagged: “Political Transitions and Africa’s Economic Development: Preparations for Nigeria’s 2019 General Elections”.

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