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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has dismissed reports of widespread acts of violence and voter suppression in the state governorship election held on Saturday, March 18.   In an interview with Channels TV, Owohunwa confirmed the attacks on voters and electoral officers recorded at some Lagos polling …

Muhammed Yakubu, the Kano State Commissioner of Police, has reacted after viral videos showed children voting during the election in Kano State.  An Arise TV host asked Yakubu about minors voting in Kano State.    Reacting, Yakubu said: “It is very difficult to determine by mere appearance who is a …

Kidnappers of the Cross River State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Prof Gertrude Njar, have demanded N150 million for her release.   LIB reported that told the commissioner was forcefully taken out of her official car by masked young men within the Mayne Avenue-Atamunu area of Calabar South on Wednesday, February …

Edo state commissioner for communication, Chris Nehikhare has made a clarification on the number of people abducted during an attack on a train station in the state.   Giving an update on the incident on Wednesday, January 11, Nehikhare said intelligence report has revealed that 20 persons and not 32 were kidnapped …

Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, has threatened to sack his Commissioner for Works, George-Kelly Alabo, if the contractors of a road project fail to mobilize to the site wirthin 24 hours.   The governor openly threatened the Commissioner with the termination of appointment while conducting the flag-off of construction of Ekagho-Ogboloma-Adada …

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has sacked the state Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Dr Muhammad Tahar Adam, popularly known as “Baba Impossible”.    The commissioner’s sack was conveyed in a statement released by the state Commissioner for information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba, on Saturday, December 31.    …

The Osun State government enjoined the newly-appointed monarch to work with other royal fathers to sustain peace in the state. The Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has approved the appointment of Dr. Adebayo Faforiji as the new Alamuye of Amuye Faforiji in the Atakunmosa East Local Government Area of …

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Unknown gunmen have abducted the Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Ekpe Ogbu, alongside Honourable Agbo Ode, one of his in-laws and the driver on Sunday night, December 4, at about 8.45pm.   According to reports, they were kidnapped along David Marks Farm, after Akpa Otobi while on their way …

Advertisement Fresh information has emerged that the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) office located in Iboko community, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State which was razed down by fire on Sunday wasn’t an attack by hoodlums as speculated. Naija News understands that the state Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Garba, …