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Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have apprehended four persons with two AK-47 riffles and two magazines. DAILY POST reports that the Command disclosed that the magazines were loaded with 33 rounds of live ammunition. The spokesperson of the Command, ASP Eno Ikoedem, made this known on Monday, March 2, 2026, in a statement […]

The United States said Sunday it had destroyed the headquarters of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard force but also announced the first US fatalities in the war to overturn the Iranian government. US Central Command, or CENTCOM, announced the Guard headquarters destruction in a statement on X accompanied by video of missiles blasting from a US

The Civil Society Network on Election Integrity and the Electoral Act has called on the Nigerian government to, without delay, make copies of the signed Electoral Act available to the public, noting that citizens deserve full access to the law that will govern their votes. The Network also tasked the National Assembly to immediately review

A Professor of Political Science and former electoral commissioner, Okechukwu Ibeanu, has warned that Nigeria’s amended electoral legal framework still contains gaps that could undermine the country’s democratic process. Ibeanu made the remarks while delivering a keynote address at a Citizens’ Townhall, a policy dialogue on electoral reforms in Abuja, where he urged citizens to

The Abia State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has condemned the statement attributed to the former Senate President, David Mark, and other leaders of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, during the launch of Abia ADC’s membership mobilisation, registration, and revalidation exercise in Umuahia. The ADC National Chairman, who was represented at the registration

The Head of ICT at the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), Oluwadara Oluwalana, sees no issue with the manual backup for the transmission of results in the Electoral Act 2026. Oluwalana said this on Sunday at the Citizens’ Townhall on the 2026 Electoral Act, citing other countries that adopted a similar measure. READ ALSO: Electoral

Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has expressed deep concern over the reported abduction of His Royal Highness, Ezeogo Francis Igwe, the traditional ruler of Ndufu-Alike in Ikwo Local Government Area and father of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Dr Eric Kelechi Igwe, by suspected hoodlums on Sunday morning. The unfortunate incident