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The Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC) has revealed that 805 candidates from 10 political parties will contest in the upcoming local government elections scheduled for November 1, 2025. NSIEC Chairman, Engr. Mohammed Jibrin Imam, made the disclosure in Minna during the official flag-off of election campaigns. He confirmed that political parties have been cleared to begin public campaigns, which will run until October 31, 2025. Giving a detailed breakdown, Imam said 69 candidates are vying for Chairmanship positions, 66 for Vice-Chairmanship, and 670 for Councillorship seats across the 25 local government areas of the state. The 10 political parties…

More than 20 farmers were killed and over 50 villagers abducted during a brutal bandit attack on Mani community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State over the weekend. The tragic development was disclosed on Monday by security analyst Bakatsine via a post on X (formerly Twitter). According to him, a military aircraft deployed to counter the attack mistakenly struck local vigilante members instead. “Yesterday, bandits attacked Mani community of Maru LGA in Zamfara and killed over 20 farmers. More than 50 persons are still in captivity. A military aircraft that came for protection mistakenly fired on vigilantes,” Bakatsine…

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of an armed robbery gang and recovered two vehicles believed to have been stolen during their criminal operations. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement released on Monday in Awka. According to Ikenga, the arrests were carried out by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu, following actionable intelligence. The suspects—identified as Monday Onoja, Sanusi Muhammed, and Kenneth Nwokpu, aged between 27 and 32—were apprehended on May 30 in Agukwu-Nri, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. Their arrest was based on information obtained…

Saudi Arabia has temporarily suspended the issuance of blockwork visa quotas to Nigeria and 13 other countries, including several African and Asian nations. According to the Kingdom’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development, the affected African countries are Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Ethiopia, Tunisia, and Morocco. The suspension also applies to Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Yemen, India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. The blockwork visa allows Saudi employers to recruit a predetermined number of foreign workers. Once approved, employers can apply for work visas for specific candidates under the allocated quota. This policy shift will impact both new and pending applications for…

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, has launched a comprehensive initiative aimed at reducing the alarming rates of maternal and child mortality in Kebbi State. The plan was introduced at a five-day workshop held in Birnin Kebbi under the Maternal and Neonatal Mortality Reduction Innovation Initiative (MAMII). Speaking at the event, Hajiya Amina Abubakar, who represented the ministry, disclosed that Kebbi currently records the highest maternal mortality rate in Nigeria. She listed 11 local government areas—including Fakai, Suru, Argungu, Augie, Sakaba, Shanga, Koko/Besse, Bagudo, Arewa, Dandi, and Danko Wasagu—as high-priority zones in urgent need of…

Introduction The introduction of a bill in the House of Representatives seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting compulsory for eligible Nigerian citizens represents a significant development in Nigeria’s electoral jurisprudence. The bill proposes, inter alia, to criminalize failure to vote in national and state elections, prescribing penalties of a fine not exceeding ₦100,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both. This legal memorandum appraises the proposed legislation through the lens of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), relevant statutes, judicial pronouncements, and international legal standards to which…

01 June 2025 ➖➖ AN OPEN LETTER OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY To: (1). The President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, National Assembly Complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria. (2). The Speaker, House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, National Assembly Complex, Three Arms Zone, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria. Cc: His Excellency, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Federal Republic of Nigeria Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja *RE: THE FARMERS-HERDSMEN CRISIS IN NIGERIA: A CALL FOR URGENT CREATION OF TWO SPECIAL STATES EXCLUSIVELY FOR FULANI HERDSMEN AND SETTLERS WHO DO…

Leadership is hard… great leadership is very unique! Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown especially in our very peculiar country where both the leaders and the led seem to be working at cross-purposes. This is understandable. Sadly, in Nigeria, responsible and responsive leadership is in very short supply. Leaders prove to be insensitive, neither obligated to the people nor the national constitution and other laws of the land. Beyond textbook definition, two recent developments in the polity need to be cited as practical examples of responsible and or responsive leadership. First is the withdrawal of the compulsory voting…

1. Any Man/Woman of God or Preacher of the world of God that goes with an a.k.a ( also known as), which name is taken to boost his ego and personality, and lushes whenever such name is mentioned, is fake. Run from such person for your dear life. 2. Any Traditional Medicine Practitioner that calls himsef by his own name, and includes his a.k.a, which a.k.a “name” is not linked to his ancestral history, but rather to assert his exceptional spiritual powess and powers is fake. Run. Real gods don’t take pleasure in self edification. 3. Anybody, men and women…

Switch your X location to Germany, and you will not see even one sexy bum-shaking video of a TikTok or Instagram video vixen. Not one. Try it. Then switch back to Nigeria and you will be hit with it in a way that is unavoidable. It is so in your face. Our youths in Nigeria and sub-Saharan Africa are overexposed to online soft porn. And it is desensitising them.  Please fact-check me: Yansh is in the top five X, formerly Twitter, trends for 2024 in Nigeria. In Germany, nothing sexual or sensual made the list. But science trends did.  We…