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An Ile-Ife Magistrates’Court on Wednesday, remanded Adewoyin Wole, 33 and Godwin Sunday, 25, over alleged assault in the Nigeria Correction Centre, Ile-Ife. The Prosecutor, ASP James Obaletan, told the court that the defendants committed the offence on March 17, around 10:00 am at Ifetedo in Ife South Local Government. Obaletan said that the defendants conspired…
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Ahead of the 2027 elections, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Nile University of Nigeria, Dr. Iroro S. Izu, has called for the unbundling of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Speaking on Tuesday in Abuja at a political dialogue on election credibility thresholds in Nigeria, organised by the…
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The Ijaw National Council (INC) National Burial Committee paid a courtesy visit to the family of the late Pa Edwin Clark on March 17, 2025. The visit, led by Dumo Lulu-Briggs, marked an important step toward preparations for the upcoming funeral of the revered Ijaw leader. The committee, comprising prominent members of the INC, was…
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A former President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Lanre Ogundipe, on Wednesday, faulted the state of emergency declared by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Rivers State. In a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan, Ogundipe said the step was not the best solution to the crisis in the state. Tinubu had declared…
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Ahead of the 2027 poll, pro-democracy activists have cautioned against the repeat of a situation whereby nine million voters played the decisive role in the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 presidential poll. Dr. Otive Igbuzor, who spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at a political dialogue on election credibility thresholds in Nigeria,…
