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Former Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) retired Brigadier General Maharazu Tsiga has said that bandit groups operating across the northern part of Nigeria may be receiving support from individuals occupying positions in government. Tsiga, who was once a kidnapping victim, also questioned the effectiveness of negotiations in ending the country’s worsening insecurity. Tsiga was part of …

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Here are the top stories from across the country 1. HURIWA warns against politicizing the insecurity situation in Nigeria The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has warned against what they describe as the politicization of insecurity in the country, and warned that the lives of citizens should not be treated as instruments of political communication or propaganda.Read more …

Fawaz Adebisi Eyewitnesses, dispatched by the Center for Journalism Innovation and Development, CJID for the Ekiti State governorship elections, say they saw party operatives handing cash directly to voters on Saturday, as new reports on the ground add weight to earlier suspicions of an organized vote-buying scheme. In Emure LGA, a monitor at St Andrew’s Primary School reported around 9.50am …

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s gubernatorial election, Wole Oluyede, on Friday visited the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. Oluyede arrived at the INEC headquarters accompanied by party officials and supporters to lodge complaints that certain individuals not nominated by him had been given agent tags by …

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A video has emerged showing a campaign truck associated with the All Progressives Congress (APC) with people inside throwing bread at Ekiti residents on Friday, a day before the gubernatorial election in the state. The video drew widespread reaction on social media, especially because the truck was being escorted by a black SUV believed to be carrying security officers. A …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an American citizen of Nigerian descent over an alleged cross-border vehicle import fraud involving over $320,000 (approx. ₦434.9 million). The agency said this in a statement on its website by its Media and Publicity unit on Friday. It was said that the suspect was arrested by agents of the EFCC Ilorin …

Twelve years after the terrorist bombing at Nyanya Motor Park, Abuja in 2014, justice has been served against one of the perpetrators of the crime. This comes as the Federal High Court in Abuja found a 37-year-old man, Zakaria Garba, guilty of taking part in a bombing that left at least 70 people dead, and several others with varying degrees …

The hashtag #SayNoToXenophobia is trending again, a scary dance that has made some waves in recent years, but on the streets of South Africa’s cities, the masses aren’t typing – they’re hunting. From the broken windows of migrant-owned shops in Soweto to the burnt remains of 55 shacks in Mossel Bay, a wave of brutal anti-foreign violence has swept the …