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Results from the various units and wards of the 16 local governments are currently being collated after voters trooped out on Saturday to cast their votes in the 2026 governorship election in Ekiti state. Already, some of the polling units have returned their results while others are still on their ways. The Independent National Electoral Commission’s iREV the portal that displays outcomes of the election results has so far released about 87% of the total results as at 7:55pm on Saturday. Majority of the results declared by INEC already have shown that that the candidate of the All Progressive Congress,…

All eyes are on Ekiti, the approximately 4.4million populated South-West state of Nigeria as voters go to the poll today to elect a new governor. Incumbent Biodun Oyebamiji, who is standing election on the platform of the All Progressive Congress is confronted by at least two other major contenders from the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). These are Oluwole Oluyede (PDP) and Dare Abejide (ADC). Other contestants for the seat include Opeyemi Falegan of the Accord Party; Oyebanji Olajuyin of the Labour Party; Blessing Abegunde of the New Nigerian Peoples Party; Ayodeji of the Action…

We Don’t Want Police Again in Isan-Ekiti; They Say Some youths in Isan Ekiti late Friday night attacked a police station in the town vandalising the station and setting it ablaze. NPO Reports could not immediately confirm the reason for the attacks, a video of the incident which was posted online by social media influencer Isaac Fayose showed the irate youths approaching the police station with various objects which they used to vandalize the police station. ”We don’t want police station again in Isan Ekiti,” the youths kept saying to in the video. NPO Reports that the incident happened on…

Accuses Authorities of Suppressing Truth Families of officers of the Nigerian Army arrested over alleged coup attempt on Friday said their husbands and fathers were being subjected to various forms of violations. The families who addressed a press conference in Abuja said the authorities are suppressing the truth surrounding the whole coup saga adding that those under court martial were being subjected to inhumane treatment. Yusufu, spokesperson for the wives of the detained military officers, said they were compelled to address Nigerians over the matter. Yesufu said during the press conference, “We are family members, wives and children of detained…

Say Suspect Acted Based on Illicit Drugs The Police on Friday said its investigations into alleged assassination attempt on prominent ruler Ataoja of Osogbo, Oba Jimoh Olanipekun have shown that the allegation was misplaced. The state command said report from an investigative panel set up to investigate the allegations found that the incursions into the palace of the monarch on June 3, 2026 was not really an assassination attack but that of a suspect Semilola Odunayo Monday, scaling the fence into the palace under the influence of drugs. Spokesman of the command, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, said that after the intruder…

The Katsina State government has said the death of former Army Director of Information General Rabe Abubakar was a natural one. The government, in what seemed an attempt to explain the circumstances leading to the death of the former military top commander said Rabe’s death was caused by diabetes and was not killed by his abductors. This clarification was part of the statement issued by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Nasiru Muazu. “It is with profound sadness that we confirm the General’s death while in bandits captivity. “Despite the relentless and concerted efforts of the State Government…

● Visits Victims at Hospitals Governor Ademola Adeleke has accused Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Gboyega Oyetola and the candidate of the All Progressive Congress in Osun, Bola Oyebanji in the gun attacks against members of the Accord Party in the Owode area of Ede on Tuesday. Miffed by the series of attacks on residents which landed many in the hospitals, the Governor described the attacks as “coordinated” on residents of Ile Ife, Ede and Osogbo today by thugs loyal to Oyetola and Oyebamiji. While speaking during an emergency press briefing at the Government House, the Governor said…

There are reports that the men of the Nigerian Police the Oyo State command have rescued the younger sister of the immediate former Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu, Mrs Adegoke John-Paul and her children. NPO Reports gathered that Mrs John -Paul and her twin sons were rescue in an operation led by the police leading to release of the woman her children and recovery of some arms. Recall that Adelabu’s sister and her children were abducted on Friday at the Elewura area of Ring Road when she was on her way to drop her children in school. Meanwhile, a late-night…

A United States based Nigerian writer and columnist Professor Okey Ndibe was briefly arrested and detained on arrival in Nigeria on Monday. NPO Reports gathered that the writer who is known for his acerbic criticism of government policies and actions was detained on arrival at the Muritala Mohamed International AirPort Lagos . Though his detention was described as brief, Socio-Economic Rights Project SERAP, one of the organizations that first got wind of his ordeal said the detention should not have happened in the first instance. Condemning the reported “arbitrary detention” SERAP said Ndibe “should never have been detained in the…

Advises Residents Against Jungle Justice The chairman of the Ibeju Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos, Engr. Abdullahi Sesan Olowa, has raised alarm over the presence of those he called “certain group of persons” in the area. The Chairman’s statement released on Monday was sequel to what residents have expressed as possible invasion by some persons who have raised fears over possible terrorists attacks in the area. In what Olowa called “recent arrival of certain groups of persons into parts of our communities,” the chairman said residents have expressed concerns which cannot be ignored. “As an administration that places the…