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Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly, on Wednesday lost in the race to win the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket for Kaduna State. In a tweet on his verified Twitter handle, ...

  Oriyomi Hamzat, the owner of Agidigbo FM, has been arrested by men of the Federal Intelligence Bureau, a unit of the Nigerian Police Force. The radio station confirmed the development via a statement released on Thursday morning. The statement ...

Days after being declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a former Rivers State Accountant-General, Siminialayi Fubara, on Wednesday clinched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket. Mr Fubara, who is wanted by the anti-graft agency over ...

An author based in Obosi community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Mr Odibe Emeka, allegedly duped about $140,000 by a Facebook girlfriend, based in Canada where she claims she runs a media outfit, escaped death by ...

    Following allegations of bribe-for-votes between aspirants of the All Progressives Congress and party delegates in different states, APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on Wednesday has said there was no evidence to substantiate the claim. Adamu, who debunked ...

  The Anambra State government has confirmed the death of 14 children from measles outbreak in nine local government areas of the state.   Commissioner for Health Dr Afam Obidike announced the figure at a news conference in Awka yesterday. ...

The Spanish government has donated 4.4 million Johnson & Johnson vaccines to Nigeria. The donation, it said, was in line with its unconditional defence of fair, equitable, and universal access to vaccines against COVID-19. A statement on Wednesday from the ...

Former member of the House of Representatives and the Kaduna governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP) in 2019, Rt.Hon.Isa Ashiru Kudan has again, clinched the ticket of the PDP to contest the governorship election in Kaduna State ...

Suspected kidnappers have killed a Soldier, driver and abducted a foreign contractor in the ancient town of Owo, in Ondo State. Reports had it that the bandits stormed a construction site located at Ogbonmo Ijebu-Owo, Owo council area, at about ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the current democracy in Nigeria is being threatened by the predominance of money politics. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a one-day colloquim on Emerging Issues that will Shape the ...

Olusegun Sylvester Ojo, a Professor of Consultant Pathologist at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex, (OAUTHC),Ile-Ife, Osun State has told an Osun State High Court that the cause of the death of Timothy Adegoke may be natural. Ojo made ...

  The people of Idi-Arere community in Ibadan, Oyo State, were in shock on Saturday when they discovered the corpse of a resident, Alhaji Kolawole Waheed, with vital organs of his body missing. Punch Metro gathered that Waheed died last ...

The Convener of Lagos4Lagos Movement, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, popularly called ‘Jandor’, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election to emerge as the party’s candidate for the 2023 elections in Lagos State. Jandor defeated Dakova Kolawole after having ...

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2023 governorship election in the state. Makinde defeated Hazeem Gbolarumi, who was his only opponent in the primaries held at the ...

IPOB Cancels Thursday’s Sit-At-Home BECAUSE Kanu’s Court Case Won’t Hold Tomorrow Again The Indigenous People of Biafra says it has cancelled the May 26 sit-at-home it earlier announced. The group said the move follows the postponement of the court case ...

The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has dragged an Anambra State – based human rights activist, Osita Obi to the Federal High Court, Awka, claiming N100m damage for protesting alleged poor power supply, estimated billing and failure to supply prepaid ...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said Senator Stella Oduah (Anambra North) absconded and did not complete the mandatory one-year NYSC programme. The NYSC stated this in a May 24, 2022 letter by its Director-General, marked NYSC/DHQ/PPRU/783/Vol III. The ...

Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has declared curfew in seven Local Government Areas of the State to checkmate the excesses of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). They are Aguata, Ihiala, Ekwusigo, Nnewi North, Nnewi South, Orumba North ...

The former Governor of Anambra State and the Presidential aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Gregory Obi on Tuesday announced he has resigned his membership due to recent developments that made it impossible to continue to participate and ...

North Korea fired three ballistic missiles early on Wednesday morning, South Korea’s military has said. Authorities in Seoul said the missiles were fired in the space of less than an hour from the Sunan area in Pyongyang. It comes just ...

  The Next person to succeed Enugu state Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has been revealed. An Elder statesman, and former Governor of old Anambra State, Senator Jim Nwobodo, on Tuesday, declared that after due consultations, Mr. Peter Mba has been identified ...

PDP governorship aspirant Wilfred Bonse is demanding a refund of his N21 million paid to pick a governorship nomination form in Cross River. He said he was no longer interested in contesting the PDP governorship primary election. Mr Bonse linked ...

  So on Tuesday this man flawed Dino to win the Kogi West Senatorial primaries. They first had a draw, and then a re-run on Tuesday where he flawed the popular politician. This morning, Dino on Twitter said, his victory ...

Tedros Ghebreyesus has been re-elected to serve a second term as the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO). He was first elected as the director-general in 2017. According to a statement by the organisation, his re-election was confirmed on ...

A Nigerian priest Father Richard Kilima has been elected as the head St Patrick’s Missionary Society in Ireland. It was the first time in the church’s 90 year history that an African was elected as leader. Filima was appointed 20 ...