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Governor Matawalle Accepts Defeat, Calls For Peace In Zamfara

  Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has accepted his defeat in the March 18 governorship election. The incumbent governor was defeated by the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Dauda Lawal Dare. The governor in an audio message to the people ...

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Internet Fraud: EFCC Nabs Cleric, 27 Others In Kwara

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Thursday, arrested 28 persons including a cleric suspected to be “Yahoo-Yahoo boys” in Ilorin, the Kwara State Capital. The arrest, which was effected at Mandate Area, Ilorin, by operatives of the EFCC ...

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Nigeria Air To Fly Before May 29 – Sirika

  The Minister of Aviation Senator Hadi Sirika has said the proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air will fly before May 29th, 2023. The Minister also said the project was 98 percent completed. He stated this in Abuja on Thursday during ...

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PDP Suspends Fayose, Anyim, Two Others

  The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday suspended former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose; former president of the Senate, Pius Anyim; Prof Dennis Ityavyar and Aslam Aliyu. The suspension, which takes effect on Thursday, was arrived at after an ...

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UK Court Finds Ike Ekweremadu, Wife Guilty of Organ-Trafficking Plot

  Ike Ekweremadu, 60, a former deputy president of the Nigerian senate, his wife and a doctor have been convicted of organ trafficking, in the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. The Nigerian politician, his wife, Beatrice, ...

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Election Violence: Rhodes-Vivour To Pay Victims’ Hospital Bills

  The Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, says he is going to pay the hospital bills of his supporters who were injured during the violence recorded in last Saturday’s elections in the state. Rhodes-Vivour, who had ...

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APC Wins 38 Lagos Assembly Seats, LP Gets 2

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said the All Progressives Congress (APC) won 38 out of the 40 seats in the Lagos House of Assembly polls in the State.   Mrs Adenike Tadese, INEC’s Head of Department Voter Education ...

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Results of Governorship/States assembly election as released by INEC

  STATES WINNER PARTY VOTES Abuja Abia Adamawa Akwa Ibom Umo Eno Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 354,348 votes Anambra ———- ——– ——— Bauchi Bala Mohammed People’s Democratic Party (PDP) 525,280 votes Bayelsa Benue Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia All Progressives Congress (APC) ...

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The Weeknd Breaks Guinness World Record For Most Popular Artist

  The Weeknd is officially the world’s most popular artist. Guinness shared the news yesterday (March 20). The famed record-keeping publication chalks the results up to statistics, noting the “Earned It” hitmaker has the most monthly listeners on Spotify at ...

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Peter Obi Officially Files Petition To Tribunal

  The presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has formally filed his petition to the elections tribunal to protest the outcome of the February 25 poll. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Chief Spokesperson of the ...

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Nnamani Dumps PDP After Losing Senate Re-election To LP

The senator representing Enugu East Senatotial District, Chimaroke Nnamani, has announced his exit from the Peoples Democratic Party after he lost his senatorial bid to the Labour Party. Nnamani also expressed appreciation to his constituents for the unalloyed support over ...

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37-Year Old Man Sentenced To Death For Killing Father In Nigeria

  An Akwa Ibom State High court sitting in Etinan Local Government Area of the State has sentenced one Moses Abdon Edo, aged 37, to death by hanging for killing his father, Abdon Peter Edo. The Court held that the ...

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2023 Elections Not Perfect, APC Chairman Admits

  The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Adamu, has admitted that the presidential and National Assembly elections conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on 25 February were not perfect. Mr Adamu made this ...

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AEDC Announces Fresh Blackout In Parts Of Abuja

  The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has notified its customers residing along Apo-Gudu, Abuja, that there will be annual preventive maintenance at the Gudu Injection Substation. The management of AEDC, in a statement in Abuja on Monday, said the maintenance ...

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FAAN Closes Lagos Airport Runway For Eight-Week Maintenance

  The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has said a runway at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos State is being shut for eight weeks to carry out maintenance work. In a tweet on Monday, the ...

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I’ve Never stolen Govt Money — El-Rufai

  Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has challenged his predecessors in the State to come out and swear thart they have never pilfered the state treasury. He said in an interview in Hausa monitored on a local TV and ...

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CBN okays old N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes as legal tender

  THE Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, had restored the old N200, N500, and N1,000 banknotes as Legal tender in the country. The CBN said it took the action “In compliance with the established tradition of obedience to court orders ...

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Group raises alarm over plot to instigate anti Igbo crisis in Lagos

  THE Cultural Credibility Development Initiative, CCDI, a think tank, has raised alarm over the premeditated plan to cause a violent crisis against the Igbos in Lagos state through disinformation and misinformation. Goddy Uwazurike, President General of the group, who ...

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Tinubu did not win 2023 election, INEC declared wrong winner, Peter Obi insists

  PETER Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25 presidential election, has insisted that he won the election in which Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress was declared winner. Speaking on the Morning Show of ...

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Appeal Court reserves judgement on Osun governorship appeal

  THE Appeal Court on Monday, reserved judgement to decide on the case by Senator Ademola Adeleke challenging the decision of an election petition tribunal which nullified his victory in the Osun governorship election. A three-member panel led by Justice ...

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