Dumping waste on road raises outrage as Bayelsa communities protest
The Ijaw Youth Council (lYC) and the Movement for the Survival of the Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta (MOSIEND) have expressed their displeasure over the dumping of waste on the road that connects Gbarain towns to Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State.
Rivers PDP Chairman denies it supporters attacked EFCC officials
The PDP in Rivers State has refuted claims that its supporters fought EFCC officials to avoid the arrest of its governorship candidate Siminilaye Fubara at Omagwa International Airport in Port Harcourt.
Man sentenced to 19 years in prison for child trafficking in Rivers
One Decene Akinmetonibi, a resident of Abua/Odual local government area in Rivers State, was sentenced to 19 years in prison by a Chief Magistrate Court in Port Harcourt for acquiring and selling a three-year-old infant.
EFCC condemns attack on its personnel on mission to arrest PDP Guber candidate, Fubara
The EFCC claims that its officials were attacked and hindered from arresting Rivers PDP Governorship candidate Siminialaye Fubara, who is on the commission’s watch list.
2023: Police IG approves establishment of electoral offences desk
The creation of the Electoral Offences Desk at the Force Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters in Abuja has been approved by Inspector General of Police – Usman Baba.
Police nab businessman over alleged N816 million fraud
One Moses Odeleye, a businessman, has been arrested and detained by the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) in Ikoyi, Lagos, for a suspected N816 million fraud.
Muslim-Muslim ticket: How Tinubu reacted to viral text message sent to delegates
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential hopeful, has dissociated himself from a viral text message to delegates stating that if he wins the party’s 2023 presidential bid, he intends to choose a fellow Muslim as his running mate.
Police confiscate 130 motorcycles, arrest 5 persons in Lagos
On Tuesday, the Lagos State Police Command said it apprehended five people and confiscated 130 motorcycles in Mushin’s Idi-Araba area.
Only 3,000 out of 34,000 newly printed PVCs collected in Lagos says INEC
In Lagos State, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC states that after a month of distribution of nearly 34,000 newly printed Permanent Voter Cards, PVC for new registrants, barely 3,000 people had shown up for pickup.
How APC delegate slumped and died in Abuja
According to The Guardian, Alhaji Isah Baba-Buji, a Jigawa State delegate to the All Progressive Congress, APC presidential primary has died in Abuja.
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