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Senator sponsored hate speech bill cries out over receipts of threatening messages

Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, the lawmaker representing Niger North Senatorial District and the Deputy Chief Whip has disclosed that he’s been receiving threatening messages since the hate speech bill he sponsored passed its first reading. Recall that Senator Abdullahi proposed a National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speech Bill and death by hanging as punishment…

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Photos: Lagos Govt. evacuates lion from private residence to Lekki Zoo

The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force today succeeded in moving the lion found at a private home around Victoria Island to a zoo in Omu Resorts, Lekki. Chairman of the Agency, CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed that the exercise was carried out in conjunction with officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture and…

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BREAKING: Kogi West Senatorial Rerun: INEC Declares Election Inconclusive

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared inconclusive the Kogi West senatorial election on the ground that the lead margin between Mr Smart Adeyemi who polled 80,118 votes and Dino Melaye who got 59,548 is 20,570 which is lower than the 43,127 registered voters in 53 polling units of 20 registration areas in the…

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Pandemonium as lion discovered at residential building in Lagos

A lion has been found at a residential building in Victoria Island, Lagos, Channels TV reports. A two-year-old lion has been discovered in a residential building in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State. The lion said to be owned by a yet to be named Indian national, is caged at Number 229, Muri Okunola…

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Kogi elections: Situation room, an election observer calls for total cancellation

The Situation room has called for the total cancellation of Kogi election. According to the coalition of prominent civic groups, the Kogi election represents a major dent to Nigeria’s democracy. Going further, the group added that if the election is allowed to stand, 2023 and Ondo state election next year will be a bloodbath. Following…

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Just In: Ex Nigerian Attorney General, Adoke arrested in Dubai

Mohammed Bello Adoke, a former Nigerian attorney-general, has been held in Dubai by Interpol, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. People familiar with the development said Mr Adoke was arrested shortly after arriving in Dubai on November 11. He had travelled there for medical evaluation after a court warrant for his arrest was vacated in October. Justice…

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Kogi Decides: 3 confirmed dead as thugs snatch ballot boxes in Lokoja

Three persons have been confirmed dead while several others were left injured when suspected political parties thugs invaded Adankolo and Lokongoma primary schools in Lokoja. It was gathered that the thugs who were dressed in Police uniform shot at two voters in Adankolo and one in Lokongoma when they wanted to snatch the ballot box….

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Kogi: Bello arrested, beaten in polling unit, says SDP candidate, Natasha

The Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship candidate in Kogi State, Natasha Akpoti, has decried maltreatment against the party’s agent in Kogi Central. Akpoti alleged that SDP’s agent, Bello Muhammad Sadiq was arrested, beaten and chased away from a polling unit at Kuroko 2, Kogi Central. She made the disclosure in a tweet on her official…

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Kogi: Journalists attacked in Ayetoro, Splash FM’s car damaged

Some journalists who are covering the governorship election in Ayetoro area of Kogi State were attacked by some youths after thugs ran off with ballot boxes at Ward 01, Unit 004, where Dino Melaye had earlier voted. A Toyota Sienna SUV belonging to Splash FM, Ibadan, was damaged by the thugs. More updates to come…

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Just in: thugs attack Dino Melaye’s polling unit, cart away ballot box as election materials yet to arrive Jonathan unit in Bayelsa

Thugs have just attacked the polling unit where Dino Melaye voted. The hoodlums broke one of the ballot boxes and carted away the other, shooting into the air. They came in black hillux van. Meanwhile, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission and election materials are yet to arrive at the polling units of the…

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