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By Tony Ezimakor, Abuja Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given updates on the display of the register of voters ahead of the 2027 general elections, stating that the final display of those registered would be made on 15 December in accordance with the law. The Commission had on completion of continuous voter registration (CVR) nationwide displayed the register at registration areas nationwide between 9-15 October, 2026, thus providing registered voters the opportunity to inspect their particulars and submit claims and objections as prescribed by law. However, following stakeholders' concerns that the register be made available online, the elections umpire…

*Ruling 9 Nov By Gabriel Achadu, Kaduna A Kaduna-based hotelier, Dr. Victor Balogun, has asked the Upper Customary Court 4, sitting in Kaduna, to dismiss the criminal intimidation charge filed against him by a journalist, Idibia Ude Gabriel, insisting the prosecution failed to prove any threat. Balogun, owner of De-Jays Hotel, Angwan Boro, Sabon Tasha, is standing trial in suit No. UCC/132CR/2025 between the Commissioner of Police and Dr. Victor Balogun. He was charged for criminal intimidation contrary to Section 377 of the Penal Code, Cap 110, Laws of Kaduna State, 1991, over an alleged threatening phone call. He pleaded…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old male suspect, Michael Ayisa, for allegedly robbing a female Point-of-Sale (POS) operator of the sum of ₦200,000 at gunpoint. Police recovered a pistol and an expended 9mm ammunition shell from the suspect. On 18 October 2026, about 12:26 p.m., police operatives attached to Udenu Division, supported by members of the Neighbourhood Watch Group, arrested the suspect at Obollo-Afor, Udenu LGA, following a report that he allegedly robbed the victim at her shop along Old Orba Road, Uhulor, Obollo-Afor in Udenu LGA, on 17 October 2026, about 9:00 a.m,the…

*'Nobody Should Mistake Our Civility For Weakness, Our Restraint For Fear' By Tony Ezimakor, Abuja Presidential candidate of Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Peter Obi has asked President Bola Tinubu and the Department of State Services (DSS) to order the immediate release of his supporter, Rilwan Olawale. Obi took to his X account to condemn what he said as the sustained harassment and intimidation of his supporters by hired thugs and agents of the State across the country, warning that the resolve by his campaign to toe the part of peace must not be seen as weakness. He cautioned President…

*Amnesty International Says 52 Dead So Far, Blasts Govt For Allegedly Abandoning Vulnerable Communities To Their Fate *Some People Still Missing -Survivor *Police Speak *Taraba ADC 2027 Guber Candidate Tasks Govt On Safety Of Citizens By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo, and agency reports The death toll from Friday's attack on a village in Karim Lamido Local Government Area (LGA) of Taraba State has risen to at least 48, police told the BBC. The police had initially reported 10 deaths after unidentified gunmen on motorcycles raided the village of Binnari, looting shops and setting houses ablaze. More bodies were discovered on Sunday…

*Northern Political Leaders, Traditional Rulers, Islamic Clerics Solidly Behind You - Yari tells Tinubu *'Yari Fails To Recognize Millions Of Voters In The Region ... Interestingly, The Leaders He Mentioned Each Has Just One Vote Under Electoral Law 2026' *Makinde To Tinubu: Nigerians Hungry Under Your Govt, Yet You Talk Of Foreign Reserves Do not let anyone deceive you; fuel subsidy cannot be restored as it is gone for good. That was the message President Bola Tinubu sent to Nigerians when he kicked off his 2027 re-election campaign in Kaduna yesterday (Saturday). A mammoth crowd turned out to witness the…

*'It's A Bailable Offence' By Okerafor Athanasius, Jalingo Barely one month after his arrest and detention at the Jalingo correctional facility for allegedly defaming Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, and his 2027 election running mate, Hajia Zainab Abubakar Ibrahim, the Federal High Court (FHC) sitting in Jalingo has granted bail to Facebook (Fb) user, Fonya Sule, for the alleged action. The court held that the offence is bailable. Our correspondent gathered that Mr. Sule was arrested and detained on 12 August, 2026 for posting on his Fb page that "the All Progressives Congress (APC) 2027 running mate to Governor…

*Nothing Definitive Yet, But Health Officials Now Investigating Whether She May Have Crossed Paths With Kenyan Man Who Died From Ebola And Had Travelled Through Uganda's Main Airport Same Day *WHO Contradicts Nigeria On Woman's Health Condition, Says 'She's Improving' Fresh information has emerged on the woman diagnosed with the dreaded Ebola in Abuja as Switzerland's Foreign Ministry has confirmed that she is the wife of a Swiss diplomat. The development came as bickering broke out among Nigeria, World Health Organization (WHO), Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC), on one hand, and Uganda, the 42-year-old woman's country, on the other,…

*'Pay Your Bills Within 14 Days, Or We Remove, Seal, Impound Billboards' The Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage (DOAS) of Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has embarked on a comprehensive first party and third party compliance drive and enforcement exercise to clean up and sanitize outdoor advertising practice in the nation's capital. The exercise targets first party billboards - billboards not more than five meters from business premises owned by companies to advertise their products - whose owners have also failed to pay their statutory bills; and third party billboards - owned by outdoor advertisement practitioners that are wrongly…

*'We're Unshaken, Tinubu Must Be Re-elected' By Stephen Gbadamosi, Ibadan The secretariat of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu–Kehinde Olaosebikan Grassroots Movement (PBAT-KO Movement), situated at CICU Building, Olomi-Olojuoro road, Oluyole Local Government Area, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, was reportedly attacked on Monday by hoodlums suspected to be agents of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). The APM is the political platform of Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde, who is the party's presidential candidate for the 2027 election. A statement by the Publicity Secretary of the movement, Comrade Femi Omolola, on Thursday, noted that the secretariat, which is currently the only visible campaign…