Information reaching WakeUpAfrica360 has it that some men of the Nigerian Customs situated along Benin Ore expressway just killed an diasporain returnee. According to eyewitness on the scene, the young man just returned from outside the country and was headed for Benin, when he was accosted by the Custom officials, who were on a stop and search mission on the
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The presidential elections which was supposed to hold today 16th February in Nigeria, has caused the palpable tensions across parties and candidates and ordinary Nigerians. However, Nigerians woke to news of the election postponement. The big question however is, WHO WILL FINALLY EMERGE AS NIGERIA’S PRESIDENT? This very pregnant question seems to lack answers until the elections finally hold and
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Very late on Friday 15th February news filtered into the grapevine that the elections scheduled for Saturday 16th February has been postponed. While speculations were still ongoing as for the reason for it. It was revealed that INEC chairman was still in a meeting with stakeholders. However, much later, the INEC Chairman announced the postponement, revealing the new date as
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The convoy of the Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, was attacked on Tuesday by Boko Haram gunmen, on his way to campaign in a remote border village, along Maiduguri-Gambu Road, which leads to Chad Republic. The governor’s spokesman, Isa Gusau, confirmed the incident but failed to provide details. However, eye witnesses reported that at least five persons including a soldier
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The Presidential rally of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the Moshood Abiola Stadium, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, ended abruptly as quite a number of hoodlums who support a rival political party and its governorship candidate, arrived the stadium venue, chanting the praises of their own candidate, and at same time threw stones at all the dignitaries, including President
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The Federal Government has made train commuters in Lagos and Ogun States very happy as it offered a three-month free train ride to passengers on the completed section of the Lagos-Abeokuta rail project. The Minister of Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, who represented the FG said this much while on a test ride from Iju in Lagos, to Agbado in
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