A mother of four was beaten to death and set ablaze by a mob Sunday in Maraban Jos, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, after being falsely accused of attempting to abduct children. Her family and witnesses allege that a Divisional Police Officer handed her over to the crowd despite police initially taking her into custody for her safety.
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United States Republican lawmaker Riley Moore has applauded the Nigerian Senate for passing the highly anticipated state police bill.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has concluded plans to arraign the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, Bello Bodejo, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged terrorism financing and money laundering offences involving about $2.53 million.
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A High Court in Sokoto state has sentenced three men, including a Nigerien national, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of terrorism-related offences and illegal arms trafficking.
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Ossai Ovie, a media aide to Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, has dispelled the death rumour of a former governor of the state, Emmanuel Uduaghan.
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Irate youths who took to the streets to protest the death of a man allegedly killed by a policeman have set the Isan-Ekiti police station ablaze, causing tension across the state.
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Accord Party governorship candidate in the ongoing Ekiti State gubernatorial election, Opeyemi Falegan, has decried incidents of vote-buying after casting his ballot, warning it could mar the outcome of the poll.
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The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), has suspended two students over their alleged involvement in the cyberbullying of the institution’s suspended Students’ Union Government (SUG) President, James Iyanuoluwa Adio.
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Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has described his re-election as a re-affirmation of the people’s desire for continuity, peace, stability, and sustained development.
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Veteran journalist and lawyer Richard Akinnola has faulted claims by former Head of State General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd) that Chief MKO Abiola died of natural causes while in detention, citing testimony from the Oputa Panel.
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Kaduna State-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has stated that the corridor for negotiating with bandits has closed, warning that they will no longer listen to him or other Islamic clerics.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced his resignation on Monday after less than two years in office in a term characterised by policy U-turns and deep public unpopularity.
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Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has told Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, that he would be taught a “political lesson” during the 2027 general elections.
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Presidential Candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, for the 2027 election, Peter Obi, has advised President Bola Tinubu to consider resigning his position, having, according to him, failed woefully in discharging most of his campaign promises and improving the standard of living of the citizens.
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Activist and lawyer Deji Adeyanju, Monday testified as the second prosecution witness in the alleged phone tapping case filed by the State Security Service (SSS) against former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
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Terrorists have gone steps further in audacity and daredevilry with the abduction of emissaries dispatched to deliver ransom to secure release of hostages in Kwara. In the latest confusion, the hoodlums abducted a chieftain of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Comrade Bayo Fabiyi, alongside two other persons that had gone to negotiate freedom for captives in Oko-Irese, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
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