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INEC chairman Prof Mahmood Yakubu INEC Commissioner SDP

The Osun Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has relocated to Abuja for security reasons after consent from both the APC and PDP. The notice of the relocation signed by the Secretary to the tribunal, Adamu Aliyu, was pasted on the information board of the tribunal in Osogbo on Saturday. Reason for the relocation of the sittings of the three-man panel to Abuja was not stated in the notice dated November 9. The one-paragraph notice read: “This is to inform the general public that the sitting of the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has been relocated from High Court of Justice…

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Nigeria deploys fighter jets to Benin Republic amid coup tensions

The Nigerian Air Force said the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has killed several Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in air strikes it conducted at Talala in Borno. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, the NAF Director of Public Relations and Information who disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja, said the operation was carried out on Friday. Daramola said the operation was carried out following credible intelligence reports that BHTs appeared to have relocated some of their fighters from the fringes of Lake Chad in Northern Borno to establish new camps along the Talala-Ajigin-Buk axis of the state. Daramola said…

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