s Not a few residents of Bayelsa state have expressed concern over the alleged unprofessional conduct of the men of the Nigerian Army in the ongoing Bayelsa state governorship election. Beside Governor Seriake Dickson who had earlier raised the alarm over the impunity and brigandage visited on Bayelsans by the Nigerian Army and other security […]
…Accuse Army, Police of sabotaging democracy Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa state has called for the cancellation of the Bayelsa state governorship election alleging that there were rampant incidents of thuggery, diversion and hijacking of electoral materials. Dickson who voted earlier at Oruware, Polling Unit 005, Toru Orua in Sagbama local government area called for […]
Rampant acts of electoral fraud may be taking place in the ongoing Kogi governorship election as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted the public and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that agents of Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are threatening and forcing INEC presiding officers, including […]
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says its operatives will be on ground to monitor the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States today. The commission says it will be looking out for incidents of vote-buying and selling, as well as other corruption-related acts. A statement on the commissions website read: “These […]
A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Edmond Nwagbara has been burnt to death in a blaze that consumed his living quarters in the early hours of Saturday, the 16th of November, 2019. Before his death, Nwagbara was the Parish priest of St. Peter Claver Catholic Parish Nnewi-ichi in Nnewi North council area of Anambra State. Crimefacts.news […]
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has directed the deployment of new Commissioners of Police (CPs) to Edo, Lagos, Ogun, and Cross River states. Also affected in the new postings are Bauchi, Kano and Akwa Ibom states. A statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, Thursday night, listed the new […]
A group, YIAGA Africa has listed arms stockpiling, influx of thugs as some of the early warning signs of trouble ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State. These, it said, may extensively mar the election. New Telegraph reports that the group which made their fears known Thursday in Yenagoa, the state capital, during a […]
Ogbaku area of the Owerri-Onitsha express way has become an axis of evil occasioned by the alleged questionable activities of Nigerian policemen stationed there. Beyond the brazen extortion that goes on at literally every police roadblock in Imo state, the policemen at Ogbaku has introduced a dangerous twist to their operation. They allegedly harass parents […]
Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, says the Department of State Services (DSS) is increasingly becoming a fascist organization and an embarrassment to Nigeria. The DSS has refused to comply with a court order for Sowore’s release. The agency said it received the court order for his release, but that no one had come to receive […]
