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  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 ...

  Big Brother Naija housemate and one-half of the Shatoria duo, Shaun, has become the latest housemate to be evicted from the Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ season. The outcome came after a tense face-to-face nomination process, where housemates ...

  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 ...

  Victor Boniface struck a stoppage-time winner to give Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen a thrilling 4-3 win over Wolfsburg on Sunday, while Borussia Dortmund were outclassed in a 5-1 hammering at Stuttgart. Leverkusen and Wolfsburg were locked at 3-3 from ...

  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 ...

  Robert Lewandowski and Raphinha struck twice each as Barcelona romped to a 5-1 win at Villarreal on Sunday in a wild match to maintain their perfect start to La Liga. The leaders’ sixth straight league triumph was marred by ...

  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 ...

  Manchester City and Arsenal shared the spoils at the Etihad on Sunday in a thrilling 2-2 match that had 28 shots for Manchester City. Manchester City led nine minutes into the game courtesy of their prolific striker and the ...

  Galatasaray triumphed over Fenerbahce 3-1, ending Fenerbahce’s impressive 32-match unbeaten streak in the Turkish Super Lig, on Saturday night. This match marked José Mourinho’s debut as Fenerbahce’s coach in the Istanbul derby, which resulted in a bitter defeat for ...

  Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has lost his local government, Oredo Local Government Area, to the All Progressives Congress in the governorship election results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. According to the result declared by the ...

  Following the announcements of results of the 2024 Edo State governorship elections at the collation centre in Benin City, the state capital on Sunday, PUNCH Online has aggregated the results of the top three candidates so far. These results, ...

  Members of the All Progressives Congress led by Monday Okpebholo’s running mate, Dennis Idahosa, led protesters to demand the exit of Governor Godwin Obaseki from the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission at about 3.30am on Sunday. Idahosa, ...

Brit Daniel Dubois has retained the IBF heavyweight title by knocking out former two-time world champion Anthony Joshua in the fifth round in a dominant first defence of his belt. Joshua had already been floored in the first and third ...

  Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has been forced out of the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Benin by the DIG Frank Mba. Obaseki was on the premises early on Sunday morning at some minutes past ...