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  Former President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) and governor-elect Senator Monday Okpebholo on their historic victory in the Edo state governorship election. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, Buhari described the win as ...

  Philip Shuaibu, Edo State’s Deputy Governor, expressed feelings of vindication following the All Progressives Congress (APC) victory in the recent governorship election. In an Arise Television interview, Shuaibu stated, that he feels vindicated and thanks God for it. He ...

  This is the shocking moment lightning struck a home and sparked an explosion – causing neighbours to evacuate the area. Firefighters and police were called to Bambury Street in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, on Saturday to move people away from the scene ...

  A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the sack of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje. Presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo in his ruling on Monday morning, held that the North Central ...

  Some commercial drivers operating in the Mowe-Ibafo-Arepo areas of Ogun State stormed the expressway on Monday to protest multiple levies imposed on them by transport union workers, commonly known as Agberos. Punch correspondent, who monitored the protest, gathered from ...

  A soldier identified as Abubakar has allegedly k!lled a Nigerian Civil and Security Defence Corps officer, Olapade Segun. Abubakar and Segun were said to have met at a nightclub in the Bodija area of Oyo State on Friday. Punch ...

  An aluminium worker based in Okinni, Osun State, Sunday Ejoh, was on Monday sentenced to a six-month jail term by an Osun State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for stealing three tubers of yam. Ejoh, who appeared before Magistrate ...

  A fuel-laden tanker exploded on Shehu Shagari Way in the upscale Maitama area of Abuja after colliding with a commercial bus on Monday evening. An X user, #Southsouthboy3, posted that motorists abandoned their vehicles and fled for safety, leading ...

  FirstBank Sponsors the Maiden Edition of The Nigerian Fintech Festival Event in Lagos Lagos, September 18, 2024- The inaugural edition of the Nigerian Fintech Festival, the biggest fintech festival in Nigeria, sponsored by FirstBank, West Africa premier financial institution ...

  The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Ignatius Kaigama, has called on political aspirants to prioritize service and humility as they pursue leadership roles, warning that Nigeria cannot flourish in a climate of hostility and self-interest. Kaigama made this appeal during ...

  The Edo Government has directed all public and private schools in the state to resume the 2024/25 academic session on September 30. This directive comes after an earlier postponement of the resumption date, initially set for September 9, 2024. ...

  The All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has emerged victorious at the just concluded Edo State governorship election. Okpebholo beat his main challengers, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo, and that of the Labour Party, ...

  Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Yakubu Salihu-Danladi, have congratulated the elected chairmen and councillors in the Saturday local government elections in the state. The governor in a statement signed by ...

  The Zamfara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has described the call by the factional All Progressives Congress in the state to declare a state of emergency as baseless and disrespectful to the people. Earlier on Sunday, the ...

  President Bola Tinubu on Sunday directed the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission the Nigeria Customs Service, the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Ports Authority and other security and law enforcement agencies to intensify efforts in cracking down on individuals ...

  The ruling All Progressives Congress has won all the 305 councilorship seats and 27 chairmanship positions in the Imo State local government election held on Saturday. Announcing the results at the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission’s office on Sunday, ...

  The Adamawa state government has received 200,000 doses of cholera vaccine from United Nations Children Funds following the outbreak of the disease in four Local Government areas of the state. The Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Felix Tangwani, ...

  A huge crowd of women in Kogi State took to the streets on Sunday to protest what they described as the persecution of a former governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. They ...

  Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man, Dauda Sa’idu who allegedly destroyed graves and extracted iron rods for sale. In a press release issued by the Command’s spokesman, Superintendent of Police, Ahmed Wakili on Sunday, said, “On ...

  The Nigerian Copyright Commission has raised concerns over the rise in the distribution of pirated books across the country. In a statement released on Sunday, the NCC Director-General, Dr John Asein, reported that recent inspections revealed that schools, online ...

  The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, says its operatives have neutralised two armed vandals involved in illegal oil bunkering during a gun duel and recovered two AK-47 rifles while 18 suspects were arrested across various states in the Niger Delta ...

  The Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies has threatened to shut down power supply in the entire Etche Local Government of Rivers State, over the brutal attack on its member, Gboro Benjamin, by some residents of the ...

  Election observer groups have raised concerns about the transparency of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the ongoing governorship election in Edo State. The election observer groups made their position known in a statement jointly signed by the Nigerian ...

  The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the results of the state governorship election, so far announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. In the results announced so far by the commission, the All Progressives ...

  A man was reportedly beaten in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, on Sunday during a protest against the results of Saturday’s local government elections by members of the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party. The man, identified as ...