February 2022

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Musa Agah of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency by-election. Dr Oyeyinka Oyeyinde, the INEC Returning Officer…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Mr Blyden Okanni of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the Ngor Okpala State Constituency by-election in Imo State. INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof.…
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The Niger Police Command has confirmed the killing of three people  by gunmen in Ebbo and Ndagbegi villages of Lavun Local Government Area of the state . The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Monday Kuryas, confirmed this in an interview…
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The Chairman, Presidential Think Tank on Defence and Security (PTTDS), retired Maj.-Gen. Abdulmalik Jibril, has described as fake a purported invitation to National Summit on protection of Nigeria’s critical infrastructure, monuments and…
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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he was ready for peace talks with Russia, but rejected Moscow’s push to stage them in Belarus as it was a launchpad for invading forces. “Warsaw, Bratislava, Budapest, Istanbul,…
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UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said an eight-year-long conflict in Eastern Ukraine had already made three million people to be in need of humanitarian assistance “on both sides of the contact line”. Griffiths, who also…
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A Kano State-bound train from Lagos has derailed within Jebba area in Niger state, North-central Nigeria this Saturday, with no record of casualty. The Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Fidet Okhiria confirmed the incident…
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The Nigerian Communications Commission’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) has discovered a newly-hatched malicious software that steals users’ banking app login credentials on Android devices. This was contained in a…
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Sunday for Arusha, Tanzania, to attend the formal opening of the 2022 Judicial Year of the African Court for Human and Peoples’ Rights. Osinbajo’s Spokesman Laolu Akande, in a statement,…
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Chelsea’s Russian owner Roman Abramovich is handing over the “stewardship and care” of the Premier League club to the trustees of its charitable foundation, a statement from the European champions said on Saturday. “During my nearly…
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