AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Kwara State Governor, has prevailed in his Idi-Igba Polling Unit 004 of Adewole Ward in Ilorin West LGA in the state. INEC’s official results showed that APC…
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INEC supplies inadequate electoral tools for disabled voters
All-rights Foundation Africa pointed out on Saturday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) provided inadequate assistive tools at polling units for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) for the Governorship and…
Makinde wins at ex-Gov Ladoja’s polling unit
Seyi Makinde, Oyo State Governor and member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has prevailed at the polling unit of former Governor Rashidi Ladoja. Reports gathered shows that there has…
Thugs attack Ebonyi APGA guber ward, destroy electoral materials, injure three
Political hoodlums have violently interrupted elections at Omege ward in Ezza North LGA, Ebonyi state. Omege ward is the polling unit of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) governorship candidate…
Osinbajo, Sowunmi applaud INEC in Ogun State
Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Segun Sowunmi, vice president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a former aide for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, respectively, have praised the Independent National…
INEC denies claims of ethnic corruption in Lagos governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied preventing ad-hoc staff from the south-east and south-south from participating in the Lagos state governorship election this weekend. Tadese Adenike, HOD of…
Police seizes 23 illegal weapons from rogues in Bauchi (photos)
A total of 23 illegal firearms and other dangerous weapons have been seized from outlaws by in Bauchi by the Bauchi State Police Command. Bauchi Police spokesperson, SP Ahmed Mohammed…
Six suspects arrested by vigilantes in Anambra for vandalizing EEDC facilities
A vigilante group in Anambra State has made an arrest on six persons at different locations concerning alleged destruction of facilities belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) in…
Peter Obi expresses confidence in the Judiciary
Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi has expressed confidence in the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to give the right verdict concerning the result of the just-concluded February 25 presidential…
Two suspects arrested, plan to incite violence in Kano
The Department of State Services (DSS) has nabbed two men suspected for allegedly inciting violence in certain areas in Kano State. Peter Afunanya, public Relations Officer of DSS announced their…
These past presidential and Assembly elections were little about performance, Femi Gbajabiamila claims
Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives has claimed that the just concluded presidential and National Assembly elections were little about performance and more about ethnicity and religion. Gbajabiamila…
Goodluck Jonathan recounts his experience as vice president
Goodluck Jonathan, an ex-president of Nigeria, has revealed that he never wanted to be vice president when he was appointed to contest alongside the late Umar Musa Yar’Adua in 2007.…
NCC approves harmonized shortcodes for telcos
The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has released harmonized shortcodes which would allow users of any mobile network in Nigeria to recharge their accounts, subscribe to mobile data bundles, check account…
FG, states yet to harmonize before June deadline
The Federal Government has said that states are yet to comply with to set up palliative measures ahead of the June 2023 deadline for the discontinuation of petroleum subsidy. However,…
FG postpones population census to May.
The population and housing head count for Nigeria has been rescheduled for May 2023 by the Federal Government. This information was disclosed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai…
N.L.C suspends strike in Imo State
The Nigeria Labour Congress (N.L.C) has halted its ongoing industrial action in Imo State. N.L.C National President, Joe Ajaero confirmed this, saying the suspension of the strike was due to…
Nigerian man denied entry to a gym in the UK, expresses disappointment (video)
A Nigerian man was covered in a video expressing displeasure before a white manager at Lidl that he was banned from a certain Pure Gym in the UK.The Nigerian man…
Angry crowd lynches two female thieves with fake money (photo)
Two suspected notorious female thieves reportedly defrauding local residents using fake money were mobbed and beaten mercilessly in Kahawa Wendani in Nairobi, Kenya. Information gathered showed that the suspects, identified as…
PDP suspends two ex-ministers, five others in Kebbi
The State Executive Committee (SEC) of the PDP has given approval to suspend two ex-ministers, Barrister Kabiru Tanimu Turaki and Alhaji Buhari Bala, alongside five others in Kebbi State. Kebbi…
Sad! Newborn infant found in canal waste (photo)
A newborn baby has discovered among refuse in a canal in the Mokola area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. An eyewitness named Akinola Olajire, the deceased child was wrapped…