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Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu explains why he will get highest number of votes from Igbo traders in Lagos State in the governorship election.

2023 Elections, Politics

Sanwo-Olu to Igbo traders: I expect highest number of votes from your community

Sanwo-Olu spoke during his campaign tour of major markets populated by people from the South-East in Lagos ahead of the…
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta tackles APC governorship candidate over claims that his (Okowa) administration borrowed N850 billion.

News

Lies can’t make you governor: Okowa tackles Omo-Agege

By Ifeanyi Olannye Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, has condemned claim by an opposition candidate for the March 11 Governorship…
Works Minister says President Bola Tinubu is ‘God Sent’ to Nigeria, southeast region, deserves support of the region for reelection in 2027

2023 Elections, News

I prayed for Tinubu’s victory in presidential election – Umahi

Umahi said that he did not hide his supplications to God that Tinubu and all the APC candidates should win…
Police say 24-year-old Joshua Kosoro hangs himself after telling his relatives that he was hearing strange voices in Ohaukwu LGA of Ebonyi

Headlines, News

Kano: 18 death row inmates escape hangman’s noose

Twelve of the inmates who were completely pardoned have been awaiting for the hangman for the past 25 years.
I-G Usman Baba deploys 21 Assistant Inspectors-General of Police (AIGs) to various Departments, Commands, and Formations of the Force.

Politics

Police warning: Dogs not allowed at polling units

“Dogs could be classed as offensive weapons as their owners or handlers can use them to intimidate, harass and cause…
Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Hussein Ejibunu, second right showcasing the seized items.

Business

Customs bust syndicate behind forgery of vehicle clearance documents

The syndicate was busted following arrest of one of the members suspects with a 2007 Mercedes Benz model along Ajilete-Idiroko…
Labour Party

News

Rivers: Labour Party in crisis after endorsement of PDP’s Fubara

Pepple had hinged the support of his executive for Fubara on the fact that the Senatorial District of the governorship…
Bid by Sen. Ita Enang, to nullify nomination of Akan Udofia as the Akwa Ibom governorship candidate of APC fails at Supreme Court

2023 Elections, Headlines

Akwa-Ibom APC gov. ticket: Udofia floors Enang at Supreme Court

The five-member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, held that Udofia was a bona fide member…
Stakeholders call for e-voting, automated voter's card, BVAS

2023 Elections, Politics

BVAS: Court to deliver ruling in INEC’s suit against Atiku, Obi

Specifically, INEC is seeking the permission of the court to configure the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the governorship…
Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

Metro

Herders abduct, rape pregnant woman

He said that the convicts took the victim to a bush were both of them raped her not minding that…
Senate adopts the House of Representatives report on the establishment of the Nigeria Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, 2023.

2023 Elections, Headlines

INEC unveils names of Senators-Elect (Full List)

Some old members of the upper chamber of the National Assembly were reelected in the election held alongside the presidential…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Tuesday has released the full list of members who were elected across into the House of Representatives in the National Assembly election conducted on Saturday, February 25.

Headlines, News

Names, Constituencies of 358 Reps-Elect members (FULL LIST)

For the first time, Labour Party will be having as much as 34 members in the House of Representatives.
Gov. Sanwo-Olu seeks support for ”Greater Lagos Rising”

Opinion

Sanwo-Olu: Ethnic politics and calls for an en core

By Petra Akinti Onyegbule I have watched with dismay, the attempt to predicate a gubernatorial campaign for Lagos State on…
NBA, DSS

News

DSS unveils social media handles

The social media handles are for Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts newly created by the DSS, according to Afunaya.
Nigerian Army

Headlines, News

Army Corporal goes berserk, shoots Commander, 2 others dead in Sokoto

The rampaging soldier committed suicide by shooting himself dead after after the triple murder.
Court tells Labour Party it cannot compel the INEC to adopt electronic means of transmission for the results of 2023 election.

2023 Elections

Delta 2023: Labour Party says no deal with Gov. Okowa

The party said this while dismissing claims that it is negotiating with Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa to support Peoples Democratic Party,…
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike vows to halt what he described as gradual descent of Abuja, into a beggars' city with the attendant security risks.

Politics

Court fixes date for judgment in Wike’s suit against PDP

Wike is praying for an order directing all parties to maintain status quo and staying all actions in the matter…
Odegbami, Sanwo-Olu and Henry Nwosu

Opinion

Henry Nwosu, his health and the kindness of Sanwo-Olu

The story of Henry Nwosu’s health situation is well documented in the Nigerian media.
Kwara APC chairman Sunday Fagbemi explains why the party won all chairmanship and councillorship seats Saturday's LG election in the state

Politics

APC chieftain to Benue voters: Replicate our Feb. 25 victory on March 11

By Nicholas Dechi A former presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Moses Ayom, has…
Rivers Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi clashes with Chidi Lloyd boss of Emohua LG over kidnapping incidents in his council area.

News

Companies, security agencies aiding oil theft in Rivers – LG Chair

He spoke in reaction to last week's crude oil pipeline explosion that resulted death of at least 12 people in…
Nigerian writer and filmmaker Onyeka Nwelue has said he never claimed he was a professor at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Entertainment, Headlines

I was misunderstood, my plans after Oxford, Cambridge – Onyeka Nwelue

Nwelue said this as part of his response to the report by Cherwell about his sack by both prestigious universities…
Ogun PDP governorship aspirant, Otunba Jimi Lawal refutes claims that he has endorsed Governor Dapo Abiodun for second term.

Politics

PDP’s Jimi Lawal denies endorsing Gov. Abiodun for second term

Jimi Lawal said he will not drop his aspiration to govern Ogun State to form alliance with Governor Abiodun who…
Bola Tinubu’s first step as president-elect in his acceptance speech gave away his bent and predisposition to bringing Nigerians together.

Opinion

In search of a Nigeria that works for all

Tinubu has shown that he is of the nationalist phylum but with a surfeit of understanding of the imperativeness of…
Tinubu

News

Tinubu will transform Nigeria – RTEAN

RTEAN noted that the election of Tinubu as Nigeria's president would usher in progress and development in the country.
Kelvin Chibuzor Chukwu emerges the candidate of Labour Party for Enugu East senatorial district election scheduled for March 11

2023 Elections, Headlines, Politics

Enugu East: Chukwu replaces murdered brother as LP candidate

INEC had postponed the election into the Enugu East senatorial district following the murder of Oyibo Chukwu
Senator Aliyu Wamakko refutes report that he is interested in being the running mate of the presidential candidate of APC in 2027 election.

Headlines, News

DSS, Police react to controversial viral audio on Sokoto peace accord

It was also alleged in the audio that the state commissioner of police and the Director DSS working worked together…
Members of opposition parties in Ogun declare support for reelection of Gov. Dapo Abiodun ahead of governorship and Assembly elections

2023 Elections, Politics

Amosun loyalists, others endorse Gov. Abiodun for second term

The endorsements, which took place in different locations in Abeokuta, the State capital, on Sunday, saw members from the 20…
Tiwa Savage

Entertainment, Headlines

The secret power of Tiwa Savage: Why people can’t stop talking about her

Indeed, there is something magnetic about Savage, that mass appeal, that charisma, that ability to draw not just people's attention,…
Gunmen kill Divisional Police Officer in charge of Maru LG of Zamfara SP Kazeem Kareem, and Inspector Rabiu Umar early Sunday morning.

Metro

‘How gunmen killed DPO, Inspector in Zamfara’

On March 5, 2023, around 2am, gunmen in large numbers, armed with sophisticated weapons attacked Maru Division with intent to…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Tuesday has released the full list of members who were elected across into the House of Representatives in the National Assembly election conducted on Saturday, February 25.

2023 Elections, Politics

National Assembly seats: APC in massive lead over PDP, LP

According to INEC Chairman, APC had so far won 57 seats of the seats in the senate Senate and 162…
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