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  Popular Nigerian OAP, Toke Makinwa, while reacting to the election violence that is being reported in some states of the nation, has said she hopes Nigerians can appreciate Goodluck Jonathan, the former president. According to her, she is even ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC office in Imo on fire. The office located at Isiala Mbano area of the State was razed down by unknown persons in the early hours of Monday while the presidential elections results were yet ...

  The National Coalition Center opened by 11:00am on Monday in Abuja and the presidential election results form Saturday’s election across the 36 states and Abuja are expected to trickle in. The battle of who leads Nigeria in the next four ...

US lawmaker, Chris Smith (R-NJ), a ranking member of the House Subcommittee on Africa, issued the following statement on the elections in Nigeria. The statement was issued on Sunday, February 24th (yesterday). Read below. “Yesterday, Nigeria voted. Today, votes are ...

  Security operatives have arrived Twon Brass local government area of the Bayelsa after a Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Kola Okunola, was taken hostage by thugs. The police boss was accused by ...

  A young man has caused quite a stir with his rather unusual name. His first name is “Sex” and to make matters worse, his last name is “Machine”. According to the mechanic who hails from Marondera, Zimbabwe, he was ...

  A suspected kidnapper was severely dealt with after he was caught by security men following a failed mission.   According to reports, the suspect was apprehended yesterday at Tsafe local government area in Zamfara state when he came to ...

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, has stated that collated results show that he is leading and on his way to victory.   Making a statement on Sunday through his spokesman, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku added that the ...

Ike Ekweremadu has been declared winner of the Enugu West Senatorial district. The current deputy senate president would be returning for the 5th time to the National Assembly. Ike Ekweremadu, the Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the National Assembly elections, polled ...

The Okota OPC leader, Demola, who was said to have survived the lynching of a mob, is currently recuperating at a hospital after being rescued by an Igbo family. Demola was reported to have stormed a polling unit with his boys ...

  Angry youths descended upon a Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Federal SARS in Bayelsa State, Mr. Kola Okunlola, after being accused of collaborating with some politicians to allegedly snatch electoral materials in Brass local government area of ...

  Hon. Sunday Olaifa, the Chairman of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Oshodi/Isolo Local Government, has condemned violence recorded in Saturday’s elections in the area. This was contained in a petition he addressed to Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ...

  Three females students of one of the universities in Ile-Ife, Osun State, have been apprehended while performing some rituals in the middle of the night. The trio were nabbed in the early hours of today, with calabashes on their ...

  Senate President Bukola Saraki might just be on his way out of the upper legislative chamber, having lost three of the four local government areas in Kwara central senatorial district. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the ...

  A young lady who decided to get high on drugs – was tied up in public for constituting public nuisance.   According to Facebook user James Adesina who shared the report, the lady who acted under the influence of ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari earlier today, spent some good time at this farm in his hometown, Daura, Katsina State. Buhari is closely monitoring the elections result and is hoping to emerge victorious in the presidential polls. Meanwhile, reports have it ...

A fake domestic election observer, was yesterday arrested by the police in Jigawa state. The suspect was arrested with ballot papers and cash. The suspect identified as, Mansur Ahmed, was arrested along Birnin Kudu to Chiyeku Road, in Jigawa State, with ...

An Ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was yesterday killed in Rivers state during the general elections. Mrs Ibisika Amachree who served as an adhoc staff during the elections in Rivers state, was killed by a stray bullet while ...

A Nigerian soldier identified as, Lieutenant Luka Ishaya Kurmi, was killed yesterday in Rivers state, two months to his wedding. The Headquarters Nigerian Army (NA) said troops of 6 Division killed six alleged political thugs and lost the officer, in ...

One Mrs. Mary Efeturi, an official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has accused the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi of using the Military to hold her hostage, ThisDay Newspaper reports. According to a desperate message she allegedly sent out via ...

  The army has reacted after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike claimed he survived an assassination attempt on his life on Thursday night after soldiers sent by the General Officer Commanding 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General ...

  A Christian preacher was arrested yesterday afternoon by the police at Southgate station London N14 for preaching about Jesus Christ. The man who is believed to be a Nigerian – was told by the police that the public had ...

  A woman charged has been charged with statutory rape after she admitted to having sex with her teenage daughter’s boyfriend. Mother-of-six Jamie Tice, 38, from Tennessee, was charged in November 2017 with five counts of statutory rape by an authority ...

  Report has it that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate and Speaker of Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Barr. Onofiok Luke, has been declared winner of Etinan Federal Constituency seat in yesterday’s National Assembly election. It was gathered ...

  Detectives investigating a murder at a youth club have named the victim as 23-year-old Glendon Spence. Police were called at approximately on Thursday, 21 February to reports of a stabbing in Brixton, London . Officers, London Ambulance Service [LAS] ...