Year: 2016
American oil firm accused of violating local content act
..Company deliberately plotting against indigenes, workers lament Some Nigerians working with an American oil and gas service firm, Weatherford International…
Wild jubilations in Akure over Akeredolu’s victory
Broom-waving supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) took to the streets of Akure this afternoon to celebrate the victory…
Breaking: INEC formally declares Akeredolu Ondo-governor elect
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has formally declared Mr Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of…
Victorious Akeredolu thanks Ondo people
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Ondo Governorship election who is expected to be declared governor-elect…
Breaking: Akeredolu is governor-elect of Ondo State
With the final result in, there is an ongoing jubilations in the camp of the APC as Rotimi Akeredolu, the…
Breaking: Akeredolu is Ondo new governor
Having won 14 local governments so far in the official results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on…
Ondo Decides: Jubilations in APC as Akeredolu leads
There is an ongoing jubilations in the camp of the APC as Rotimi Akeredolu, the party’s candidate leads in 14…
Update on results of Ondo governorship poll
Here is the update on the results of the just concluded governorship election in Ondo State. Akure South ward 3,…
Ondo Decides: INEC promises prompt release of election results
The Ondo State Electoral Commissioner, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, has promised a prompt release of the results of the just concluded…
11 dead in Somalia car bomb blast
A car bomb has killed at least 11 people and injured 16 others in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. The blast hit…
Ronaldo hits brace as Madrid go seven point clear
Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice but Real Madrid rode their luck to beat Sporting Gijon and go seven points clear at…
Leicester came from behind to draw at home
Islam Slimani’s injury-time penalty rescued a point for Leicester as they came from behind twice against Middlesbrough. Alvaro Negredo ended…
Swansea beat Palace in epic nine-goal thriller
Substitute Fernando Llorente scored twice in stoppage time as Swansea recorded their first win since the opening day of the…
Liverpool beat Sunderland 2-0 to go top
Liverpool moved back to the top of the Premier League with a win against Sunderland but could face a run…
Breaking: Human Rights lawyer, Fred Agbaje is dead
Human rights lawyer, Mr. Fred Agbaje, is dead. He died on Saturday after an undisclosed ailment in London. His friend…
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Breaking: Trump calls Castro “brutal dictator”
Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro was a “brutal dictator”, US President-elect Donald Trump has said, hours after the 90-year-old’s death…
History will judge Fidel Castro impact – Obama
“History will judge the enormous impact” of Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro on the world, US President Barack Obama has…
Aguero double sends City top
Sergio Aguero scored twice as Manchester City came back from a goal down to earn a hard-fought win at Burnley…
Ondo poll: Akeredolu laments malfunctioning card readers, raps INEC
Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, the APC governorship candidate in Saturday’s poll, on Saturday lamented the malfunctioning of some smart card readers…
Ondo Decides: Results trickle in as Mimiko, Jegede win polling units
Some results have started coming in from the governorship election in Ondo state. These are on the spots results yet…
Poll: Card reader rejects Gov. Mimiko’s thumbprint
There was mild drama on Saturday in Ondo town as the card reader deployed for the governorship election rejected Gov.…
Ondo Decides: Counting of votes begins
Voting has been concluded in most polling booths in Akure and counting has started. All agents of political parties participating…
Ondo poll: INEC has enough card readers–REC
Mr Segun Agbaje, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ondo State, says the commission has more than 250 spare…
Accreditation, voting commence in Ondo poll
The simultaneous accreditation and voting innovation adopted by INEC commenced on Saturday as voters gathered at polling units across Ondo…
Ondo Decides: Impressive turnout as voters cast their votes
The ongoing Ondo governorship election is witnessing a large turnout of voters as residents trooped out to cast their votes.…
Ondo election: Gov Mimiko spits fire, vows to resist INEC’s team
Here is excerpts from Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s address to journalists on today’s governorship election which he claimed is being predetermined…
Abducted ex-minister of state regains freedom – Family
Mr Bagudu Hirse, former Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), who was abducted by gunmen in Kaduna on Sunday, Nov. 20,…
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Breaking: Former Cuban President Fidel Castro dies at 90
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro is dead at the age of 90, his brother, Cuban President Raul Castro announced. Fidel…
Poll predicts Akeredolu to win Ondo governorship election
An opinion poll conducted by the Punch newspaper has predicted victory for the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship candidate, Rotimi…
Ondo 2016: APC chieftain killed in Owo
Mr Afolabi Olaposi, a chieftain of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Owo, Ondo State, was killed by unknown gunmen on…