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Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of November 11, 2023 gubernatorial election in the state. Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, announced Diri as the winner of the election at […]
Continue ReadingGovernorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Usman Ododo, has been declared the winner of the November 11, 2023 election with 446,237 votes. Announcing the result late Sunday night, the state Returning Officer, Prof Johnson Urama, said Ododo was closely followed by the Social Democratic Party candidate, Muri Ajaka, who scored […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian-Hausa drama actor, Usman Baba Pategi, popularly known as Samanja, has passed away. He died at the age of 84. A statement released by one of his sons, Mohammad Usman, says the actor died in the early hours of Sunday, November 12, at a private hospital in Kaduna State after a prolonged illness. The […]
Continue ReadingA politician in Enugu State has been accused of sending thugs to brutalise a woman and her family because they refused to sell their only family land to him. A video shared online shows the victim and male members of her family lying facedown on the floor as thugs flog them mercilessly. Afterwards, the eldest […]
Continue ReadingImo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the November 11 governorship election in the State. Uzodinma was returned as the winner of the election by the state retuning officer, Prof Abayomi Fasina, the Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State. The governor won in all […]
Continue ReadingA man said to be a supporter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party in Kogi State, Umoru Agabidu, has been shot and killed by military officers. Reports say that the suspect had gone to a polling unit in Agala Ogane, Anyigba, Dekina Local Government area of the state, to snatch a ballot box […]
Continue ReadingA mother-of-three, whose son’s video went viral in ‘Mummy calm down’ three years ago, has died by suicide. Toluige Olokoobi Babalola reportedly took her life in Benin City, Edo state, Nigeria, leaving behind her husband and three children. An X (Twitter) user shared the sad news and revealed that he was at the scene on […]
Continue ReadingThe pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, in a communiqué released by the group’s General Secretary, Chief Sola Ebiseni, has faulted the Supreme Court judgment upholding President Bola Tinubu’s election. The communique reads in part: “Nigeria is a federation of entrenched ethnic nationalities which has failed to evolve into a nation because of the deviation from the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government said the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has inaugurated additional enhanced e-passport facilities at selected Nigerian Embassies in Italy, Spain, Greece, Austria and Switzerland. This was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NIS, Dr. Adedotun Aridegbe on Tuesday in Abuja, noting that the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi […]
Continue ReadingDecomposing body of a Nigerian woman was reportedly discovered after she had been dead for over one week in her apartment in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was learnt that the woman died without anyone knowing for weeks until neighbours raised alarm about a foul smell coming from her apartment in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. This […]
Continue ReadingNigerian politician and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), comrade Timi Frank; American-based Nigerian journalist, Jackson Ude; and others stated that they have formed a movement called Coalition of Nigerians in Diaspora to reclaim Nigeria from those they dubbed criminal cartel. They made this known in a video address […]
Continue ReadingAt a time of existential economic crisis, headlined by widespread poverty, insecurity and galloping inflation, the Bola Tinubu administration’s commitment of billions of naira to luxury items in the 2023 supplementary budget is insensitive, imprudent, and an insult to long-suffering Nigerians. He should change course. Votes committed to the ‘presidential yacht,’ more SUVs and renovation […]
Continue ReadingOrganised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday, ordered a shutdown of electricity and fuel supplies in Imo State following the brutalisation of the National President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero, last week, by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. Based on one of the decisions taken at […]
Continue ReadingPresident Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s supplementary budget request worth N2.17 trillion to the National Assembly to, in part, fund the luxurious lifestyles of the first two families spread shock waves from the north to the south of Nigeria. At a time when the quality of life among the people has plunged beyond explanation and the cost […]
Continue ReadingPress Conference by the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Gregory Obi, CON, Held in Abuja, FCT, on Monday 6th November, 2023 on The Supreme Court Judgment of 26th October, 2023 on the 2023 Nigeria Presidential Election. Protocols, 1. Fellow countrymen and women. Gentlemen of the Media, Good day and welcome to […]
Continue ReadingPresidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 Nigerian election, Peter Obi, on Monday, said the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed Bola Tinubu’s victory in the election as the nation’s president is a breach of Nigerians’ trust in the judiciary arm. The former Anambra State governor said this in a world press conference […]
Continue ReadingThe family of Nigerian comedy star actor, John Okafor, aka Mr Ibu, has in a new statement, disclosed that one of his legs has been amputated to keep him alive. In the statement shared on the actor’s Instagram page on Monday, it was revealed that the actor had undergone seven successful surgeries, including the amputation […]
Continue ReadingThree male students of an unnamed private secondary school in Okpuno, Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria, have died while playing football on the school field. Reports say the incident happened late Saturday during rainfall which was accompanied by breeze and thunderstorms. An eyewitness said that the students were practising on the […]
Continue ReadingA female worshipper identified as Bisi Adewumi of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) reportedly slumped during a prayer session at the church auditorium in the Ibafo area of Ogun State. The Worshipper, who was described as a 75-year-old woman by the Ogun State Police Command, was said to have later lost her […]
Continue ReadingVeteran juju musician, Peter Akanni Akorede popularly known as Emperor Pick Peters, has passed away. Sources say Pick Peters died yesterday after a brief Illness. He was aged 74. The musician’s death was confirmed by Prince Tayo Adeolokun, chairman, TASMAN Equipment, a top musical equipment hiring company in Nigeria. Emperor Pick Peters’ name would ring […]
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