Yoruba Nation agitators try to seize Oyo Gov’s Office, state Assembly

At least 18 suspected agitators of the Yoruba Nation who attempted to seize Oyo House of Assembly located a few metres away from Oyo State Government Secretariat, yesterday, were arrested by the police. Reports say, masked men dressed in Army camouflage and armed with rifles, occupied strategic points in the Secretariat. While some of them manned […]

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17 feared killed in Lagos, Rivers, Delta, A’Ibom, others in gov and state assembly elections

At least 17 people were killed in various acts of electoral violence in Lagos, Rivers, Delta, Cross River, Niger, Akwa Ibom, Osun, and Benue states as violence, apathy, and disenfranchisement of voters marred Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections. Explaining the low turnout of the voters, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party […]

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INEC postpones governorship and state assembly elections

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reached a decision to postpone the governorship and state assembly elections. The elections, initially scheduled to hold on March 11, has now been postponed to March 18, 2023. The postponement is due to the inability of the commission to promptly commence reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System […]

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