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Kogi ADC Rep member Leke Abejide inaugurates campaign council, office for presidential candidate of the APC, Bola Tinubu, in the state.

News

Kogi ADC Rep boosts Tinubu’s campaign

Abejide, a member of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, also promised to mobilize at least 200,000 votes for Tinubu, while…
Okun Development Association (ODA) extends condolences to Sen. Smart Adeyemi, over the passing of his mother, Princess Victoria Adeyemi.

Politics

Sylva, Adeyemi join Bayelsa, Kogi governorship contests

The Bayelsa and Kogi governorship election had been slated for Nov. 11, 2023, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike vows to halt what he described as gradual descent of Abuja, into a beggars' city with the attendant security risks.

2023 Elections, Headlines, Politics

Wike reveals presidential candidate he will vote for next Saturday

Wike the revelation at the 114th quarterly general meeting of the Rivers State Council of Traditional Rulers in Port Harcourt,…
Aminu Tambuwal would be representing Sokoto South Senatorial District in the Senate, should he emerge successful at the polls next weekend,

Opinion

Senatorial election: Tambuwal’s politics of calming candour

With the obvious challenges ahead, the Nigerian Senate could do with a generous dose of Tambuwal's sublime leadership skills and…
Ekpa

Opinion

Simon Ekpa: Terrorism from Finland

On the part of Nigeria, the government should expedite action on the diplomatic front for the extradition of Simon Ekpa…
LASUTH-delivered conjoined twins die

Health

Health workers, patients groan as naira scarcity worsens in Lagos

many hospital owners had been challenged with operating with few staff, increasing overhead cost worsened by prolonged fuel scarcity and…
Police confirm death of four workers in a fire accident that occurred at a lounge and bar in Baale Road, Olodi Apapa area of Lagos

Metro

80-year-old woman suffocated in Kwara fire disaster

He said the delay in making a distress call to the fire service enabled the fire to cause severe damage…
Police kill three suspected kidnappers, rescue victim in Oyo

News

7 dead in gun duel between security forces, IPOB/ESN gunmen in Anambra

By Monday Ajogun A total of seven lives were lost in a gun duel between suspected members of IPOB/ESN, police…
BMO says President Muhammadu Buhari has taken series of historic efforts in the oil industry to expand Nigeria's revenue base.

Business

‘Buhari expanding Nigeria’s revenue base with new oil discoveries’

BMO, in a statement noted that President Buhari will go down in history as the Nigerian leader who successfully expanded…
U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukraine President Zelensky during the unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital on Monday.

World News

Biden pledges $500m in military aid during Kyiv visit

The United States has been by far the largest supplier of military assistance to help Ukraine repel better-equipped Russian invaders.
Amadi Hemenachi, GoodLuck Nnochiri Nweke arrested for creating Facebook account with name, photo of Rivers Police CP Okon Effiong for fraud.

Metro

Rivers: Two fraudsters impersonating CP Effiong on Facebook busted

According to the police, the two suspects impersonated the CP and used the fake Facebook account to obtain money from…
Court stops INEC from engaging chairman of Lagos Parks Mgt. Committee Musiliu Akinsanya, 'MC Oluomo' for distribution of election materials

2023 Elections, Top Stories

JUST IN: Court stops INEC from engaging MC Oluomo for elections

The order issued by the presiding Judge Chukwujekwu ANEKE was as a result of suit filed before the court by…
U.S. President Joe Biden apologises to Ukrainian President Zelensky for Washington’s delay in approving military aid package for his country.

World News

US President Joe Biden in surprise visit to Ukraine

The US president itinerary indicated that he would be visiting Poland, therefore, his visit to Ukraine’s capital has come as…
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko says the presidential candidate of APC, Sen. Bola Tinubu, will win Saturday’s presidential election at first ballot.

2023 Elections, Politics

Presidential poll: Wamakko predicts landslide victory for Tinubu

Wamakko also affirmed that he will also be re-elected while APC will also win other elections in the state.
The Chairman of Senate Committee on Finance and APC Senatorial Candidate for Ogun West, Solomon Adeola has stated that effective representation involves meeting the people to know their needs and challenges and providing solutions to those needs.

Politics

Ogun West: Sen. Adeola concludes ward to ward campaign

The Chairman of Senate Committee on Finance and APC Senatorial Candidate for Ogun West, Solomon Adeola has stated that effective…
Police nab 2 suspected arms suppliers in Akwa Ibom

News

Naira crisis: 15 arrested over destruction of 3 banks in Akwa Ibom

Police called on residents of Akwa Ibom to be law abiding as anyone caught vandalising public property would be dealt…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai signs order proscribing a social-cultural organisation in Kaduna state, the Atyap Community Development Association.

News

Naira crisis: Kaduna govt raises alarm over plot to instigate violence

Kaduna government also advised people of the state to avoid all actions remotely capable of inciting a breakdown of law…
A faction of the PDP led by one Shehu Sagagi rejoins the New Nigerian People's Party, NNPP about one year after they left the party in Kano

Politics

PDP loses big to NNPP in Kano

Sagagi claimed that he defected to NNPP alongside 36 state executive members, over 700 local government executives, 8,000 ward executives,…
Atiku gives reason not to contest 2027 presidency

News

Atiku will end fuel scarcity in Nigeria – Farah Dagogo

Dagogo gave this assurance while canvassing for vote for Atiku and his running mate, Ifeanyi Okowa in Port Harcourt, the…
Court awards N55m damages to ex-Unical students for unaccredited engineering courses

Metro

Unical student suspended for recklessly driving on campus

Meanwhile, Miss Oluwafoyin is also to stay away from campus except on invitation by the Students’ Disciplinary Committee.
Northern Elders Forum, NEF, denies endorsing PDP flagbearer Atiku Abubakar as the Northern candidate for Feb. 25 presidential election.

News

Why we can’t adopt Atiku as our candidate – Northern Elders

Baba said the NEF has rebuffed all the scheming by Atiku to be endorsed as the sole candidate of the…
EFCC recovers N900 million belonging to the NHIS from some banks that have refused to remit the funds to the Scheme.

News

EFCC recovers N900m withheld in banks since 2015 for NHIS

EFCC said it had also on February 10, 20220 released the sum of N1.5billion similarly recovered from some the banks…
Omay Lay stirred the hornet's nest when on Friday 17 February he sent bouquets of rose to Tiwa Savage, thus leading to different insinuations

Entertainment, Headlines

How Omah Lay tried to ‘toast’ Tiwa Savage in public

Still, Omah Lay fueled the rumours more when he tweeted "I love Tiwa Savage Too." This also drew the reactions…
Ekpa

News

‘You’re anti-Igbo’ – Ohaneze Ndigbo tackles Simon Ekpa

The apex Igbo Socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has described as worrisome the sit-at-home and total lockdown order proclaimed over…
Former Bayelsa governor elect, David Lyon, purchases APC forms at the cost of N50 million to re-contest the governorship election.

Politics

Again, David Lyon picks APC governorship form for Bayelsa

The 2023 Bayelsa governorship election will take place on Nov. 11, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)D
Ebonyi PDP Campaign Council explains how gunmen invaded the home of its chieftain, Mr Boniface Ofoke, at Edukwu Achi in Izzi LG of the State.

News

‘How gunmen invaded home of Ebonyi PDP chieftain Boniface Ofoke’

He added that the gunmen invasion forced the party to put on hold its campaign rally already fixed to hold…
ADC

Politics

Why I rejected plea by Obasanjo to join forces with Obi – Kachikwu

Kachikwu made the revelation while refusing claim that he had endorsed Obi ahead of the next Saturday's presidential election at…
Gang of hoodlums kill 3 workers of Abia Environmental Protection Agency using machetes, near the popular Ariaria International Market, Aba,

Metro

‘How 3 Abia govt workers were macheted death in Aba’

By Ijendu Iheaka A gang of hoodlums dressed in black attire on Friday killed three workers of Abia State Environmental…
Rather than preparing his handover notes 20 days to the end of his tenure, Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi appoints four new Commissioners

News

Umahi replaces Ebubeagu with 2 new vigilance groups

A high court had recently disbanded the Ebubeagu security outfit, ruling that its operations in Ebonyi were illegal
2023 election presidential candidates

Opinion

The right man for the job

Without equivocation, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu appears to be the most electable of all the major contestants.
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