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Anambra election cancelled in 65 polling units

Simon Ateba and Folarin Ademosu/Awka The Anambra governorship election has been cancelled in 65 polling units, the Independent National Electoral…

PDP supporter beaten to a pulp waiting for Arthur Eze

Simon Ateba/Dunukofia There was fracas in the house of Chief Arthur Eze, one of the financiers of the People’s Democratic…

Ngige, Ubah condemn INEC over irregularities

Seun Bisuga/ Awka All Progressives Congress gubernatorial candidate, Chris Ngige, has condemned INEC’s inconsistencies in the ongoing election in the…

APC decries shortage of materials, harassment of officials

Party’s Deputy Nat. Sec. el-Rufai harassed The All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the late or non…

Anambra: Voting centres short of materials

Seun Bisuga/ Anambra Inadequate INEC materials have stalled accreditation in some parts of Anambra particularly at Abobu Nnewichi, Nnewi. Over…

Anambra:Large voter turn-out in Nnewi

FOLARIN ADEMOSU\Nnewi Many voters turned out for accreditation in polling stations across Nnewi North Local Government Area, LGA, in the…

Traffic Gridlock In Onitsha Ahead Gov Polls

A traffic gridlock on Friday crippled commercial activities in Onitsha, the commercial hub of Anambra, barely hours to the governorship…

Manslaughter Saga: My Story —Pasuma

Fuji music star, Wasiu Alabi Pasuma has disassociated himself from the recent killing of a fan at one of his…

Nigeria In Litmus Test Vote For 2015 Polls

Nigeria’s Anambra state goes to the polls this weekend to elect a new governor in a vote seen as a…

INEC Deploys 362 Generators

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has began deploying over 362 electricity generating sets to the 362 wards across Anambra State…

ThisDay Bomber Jailed For Life

Mustapha Umar, a self confessed Boko Haram member arrested and tried before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja in…

Jonathan v Amaechi: Suspended peace-making bishops to sue CAN

Jethro Ibileke/Benin “Blessed are the peace makers”, so the Holy Book says. In Nigeria, the efforts by some clerics in…

Another American insults Nigerians over Obamacare

It seems President Barack Obama haters in the US love picking Nigerians as soft targets in their campaign against Obama’s…

Festus Iyayi for burial in December

Jethro Ibileke/Benin The burial ceremony of Prof. Festus Iyayi, the former President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has…

Ajimobi: I was under pressure in selecting aides

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Abiola Ajimobi of the western Nigerian state of Oyo today reflected on happenings after the dissolution of…

Tunde Sanni, ThisDay reporter dies

The Oyo State Correspondent of ThisDay newspaper, Mr Tunde Sanni, is dead. The 49 year-old journalist died today at Ijebu…

Pension scam accused remanded in prison

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Justice Bolaji Yusuf of the Nigerian High Court, in Ibadan, Oyo state today ordered that the former Head…

Anambra election: Heavy security presence at INEC

FOLARIN ADEMOSU/Awka Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State, eastern Nigeria, a large detachment of anti-riot policemen and men…

Fashola vows to sack commissioners using siren

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, western Nigeria, has vowed to sack any of his commissioners who will dare to…

Deji Falae Buried

The  the late Ondo State Commissioner for Tourism, Barrister Ayodeji  Olaniran Falae, who died in the Associated Airline  plane that…

Landlord Defiles Tenant’s 10- Yr Old Daughter

Police detectives from Igando Police Station in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a 42-year old landlord for allegedly defiling a…

More Tributes For Festus Iyayi

More tributes have continued to pour in for former President of the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, Festus Iyayi,…

Land Speculator Shot Dead

Policemen at the Agbado Police Division in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, western Nigeria, have recovered the corpse…

8 Hours Of Work: Why Danfo Drivers Are Restricted

The Lagos State Government has further explained why it decided to restrict commuter bus drivers, popularly called Danfo drivers in…

Anambra Poll: APC Tasks Jonathan To Keep Pledge On Fair Election

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to live up to his promise of a free and…

Festus Iyayi’s body moved to Benin

The remains of former ASUU president, Prof. Festus Iyayi, who died in an auto crash on Lokoja-Abuja road, were on…

Iyayi Was Murdered —Aturu

Human rights lawyer, Bamidele Aturu has declared that former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Festus…

3 Remanded In Kirikiri For Armed Robbery

Three suspects were on Wednesday remanded in Kirikiri Prison custody by an Ikeja Magistrate Court, in Lagos, western Nigeria, over…

Outrage Over Killing Of Festus Iyayi

Outrage has greeted the killing, yesterday, of former President of the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, Professor Festus Iyayi,…

Obi gives laptops, printers to Anambra schools

Governor Peter Obi of the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra on Tuesday distributed 22,500 laptops and 1,400 printers worth N2.65…