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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said a candidate does not need to secure 25% of votes in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to win a presidential election in the country. This is even as it said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar did...

AT least 13 people have been reportedly killed nad many others abducted in a fresh attack by bandits on Atak’Njei community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. News Point Nigeria reports that, the latest attack is coming some weeks after a similar incident claimed ten lives at Langson...

Ahead of the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, National movement for good governance and Coalition of the APC Support Groups have insisted that the position of the 10th Sen President should be placed in the hands of a competent and experienced leader as the group settled for Senator Osita...

Journalists seeking to visit the site of the collapsed seven-storey building in Banana Island, Lagos State on Thursday, have been denied access to the estate. The reporters were asked to wait outside the estate gate. The seven-storey building under construction collapsed on Wednesday. Credit: Femi Dawodu —Follow us for more...

By Bamidele Oyekale Intelligence reports reaching CAPITAL POST on Sunday indicated that some fully armed Fulani terrorists were sighted at Omara after crossing River Benue from Nasarawa State on their way to attack communities in Omala, Dekina and Bassa in Kogi East Senatorial District. The source said, their mission is...

Top officials of the Federal Government failed to appear before the House of Representatives in the ongoing investigation of the alleged illegal sale of 48 million barrels of crude oil valued at $2.4bn. The House’ Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate Alleged Loss of Over $2.4 Billion in Revenue from Illegal...

A Zuba Magistrate Court in Abuja on Tuesday refused to grant bail to one Obiajulu Uja, who protested against the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while onboard an Ibom Air Abuja-Lagos bound flight. Uja, who was debarked from the plane and handed over to the police, had filed an application...

Some aggrieved senior police officers in the Nigeria Police Force, have pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to institute a probe into the alleged collection of $10,000 bribe for police promotion by the Police Service Commission, PSC. The officers said that there’s an urgent need for President Buhari to look into...

Personnel of Plateau State Police Command have continued to occupy the State Assembly entrance, stopping lawmakers from gaining access to the hallow chambers in order to prevent security breeches leading to breakdown of law and order. The commissioner of police in the state, Bartholomey Onyeka during a press conference at...

Doctors working in England’s public health service on Tuesday launched what has been billed as the most disruptive strike in its history, in a dispute over pay and working conditions. The four-day walkout, which began at 7:00 am (0600 GMT), follows months of strikes by other public and private sector...