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November 24, 2024

Investigation: How Kwara Electoral Body Suppressed Voters, Manipulated LG Election Results To Favour Ruling APC

104 By Salihu Ayatullahi, Toheeb Omotayo & Salihu Shola Taofeek In a two-month-long investigation, The Informant247 assembled evidence of several ‘electoral manipulations’ done by the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) during the September 21 local government elections. The report documents discrepancies in the election results, voter suppression and widespread disenfranchisement caused by shortages of electoral materials, […]

Bayelsa , Breaking News , Investigation
June 27, 2024

From Teacher To Principal: How Pedro Dennis Transformed A Technical College Into A Model Despite Opposition

702 Henry Ogbodo’s two children are attending the technical college—one of his sons, Richmond graduated in 2023 from the Welding and Fabrication Department. By Arinze Chijioke Pedro Dennis’s emergence as the pioneer principal of Government Science and Technological College Swali, Yenagoa in Bayelsa State was not mere happenstance. It was a result of his leadership […]

Bayelsa , Breaking News
April 6, 2024

Boyfriend Arrested After 14-Year-Old Girl Dies In Hotel

452 The incident occurred on Wednesday when the minor and her boyfriend checked into a hotel room, but she collapsed and died in the bathroom of the hotel. By Archibong Jeremiah A 14-year-old girl named Shallon Ebitare reportedly passed away while in a hotel room in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State with her 17-year-old boyfriend, Lucky Okubo.  […]

Bayelsa , Breaking News
December 29, 2023

Quinquagenarian Marries Four-Year-Old Girl, Rights Group Kicks

408 “The little ‘bride’ said if she were not allowed to marry her husband, she would have no other business in the Akeddei community,” said a source. By News Agency of Nigeria, NAN A child rights advocacy group, DO Foundation, on Thursday, kicked against the December 26 marriage between a four-year-old and a 54-year-old man […]