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    Day: September 14, 2025

    Kidnapping Attacks: Brigade Commander, 22 Brigade visits Kwara, Reassures Residents of Peace, troops deployment

    September 14, 2025 (updated September 14, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    The Army has said that the Commander, 22 Armoured Brigade, Brigadier General Ezra Barkins, in company of the Kwara State Commissioner of Police, CP Adekimi Ojo, and the Director, Department of State Services (DSS), Kwara State Command, Mr Michael Oganwu, have paid operational visits to Omu-Aran in Ifelodun and Isin Local Government Areas of Kwara State to reassure residents of... Read more

    Category: Crime Alert

    Deputy Speaker, meets Nigerians at Harvard, canvases support for Presidential economic reforms

    September 14, 2025 (updated September 14, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep Benjamin Kalu, has called on Nigerians to fully support the various economic reforms being implemented under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He equally urged the people to give their backing to the reserved seats bill that is currently before the national assembly. Kalu made the appeals when he met... Read more

    Category: Foreign

    INEC Fixes Election Dates Till 2063, Moves to End Years of Logistical Chaos

    September 14, 2025 (updated September 14, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

    By James Daniel  In a landmark decision aimed at strengthening Nigeria’s democracy, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced fixed dates for the country’s general elections for the next 40 years. Under the new schedule, Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold every third Saturday in February, while Governorship and State Assembly elections will follow two weeks later. The... Read more

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