Tag: Shrines
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BREAKING: INEC removes 749 polling units from shrines, churches, mosques
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it has removed 749 polling units from inappropriate places across the country. The nation’s electoral umpire also said nine of them were removed from shrines and several others from religious houses, royal palaces, and private properties. Speaking in Abuja at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners…
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Road projects: Residents tackle Fayose over demolition of shrines, houses
There was pandemonium on Friday in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital as residents resisted the demolition of some shrines and houses by officials of the state government. The ongoing demolition of structures in Ado-Ekiti is part of the urban renewal policy of Governor Ayo Fayose’s administration. During the pandemonium, adherents of the deities at the shrines…