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  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 ...

  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 ...

  Britain will give France nearly half a billion pounds over the next three years to step up efforts to prevent small boats from crossing the Channel. Rishi Sunak has committed to sending Paris £478 million – 541m euros – ...

  Scores of residents of the Olomo community in Apete, Ibadan, Oyo State capital, are currently in panic over the invasion by some armed robbers. Apete is one of the communities in the Ido Local Government Area in Oyo State. ...

  South African musician and dancer, Costa Titch is dead. Titch, whose name is Costa Tsobanoglou, reportedly collapsed while performing at the Ultra music festival on Saturday. The news of Titch’s death was confirmed by entertainment commentator Phil Mphela on ...

  The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed an attack on Grow Homes Estate along Kuchibiyi in the Kubwa area of the nation’s capital by gunmen yet to be identified. According to reports, the gunmen numbering about 20, had ...

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party for the March 18 election Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has alleged death threats and assassination attempts on his life. Rhodes-Vivour, better known as GRV, stated this on Sunday when he appeared on Arise Television. The ...

  Two chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bauchi State, Aminu Umar Gadiya and Saleh Hussaini Gamawa have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Bauchi and sentenced to two years imprisonment for offences that bordered on conspiracy ...

  Fulham forward Willian has admitted that he regrets leaving Chelsea for Premier League rivals Arsenal back in 2020. The Brazilian spent seven years at Stamford Bridge, winning two Premier League titles, the FA Cup, League Cup and Europa League, ...

A Nigerian on-air personality, Kayode Ojuolape Oladotun, popularly known as Do2dtun has reacted to the recent donation of transformers by the Lagos lawmaker representing the Surulere I constituency at the State legislature, Desmond Elliot a few days before the election. ...

  Doctors are still not certain when Brazilian striker Neymar will be able to return to play despite a successful ankle operation in a Qatari hospital, a Paris Saint-Germain medical chief said on Saturday. The French club said before Friday’s ...

  A bomb blast in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Saturday killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists, as well as several children, police and a witness said. The blast came two days after a ...

  A popular presenter with Ibadan-based private radio station, Fresh FM Nigeria, popularly known as Baba Bintin, has been reported dead after he slumped on his way to the radio station for his programme on Saturday morning. As gathered by ...

  The Labour Party has appointed Nollywood actress, Hilda Dokubo, as the new acting chairman of the River State chapter of the party days to the governorship and state assembly elections rescheduled for March 18.   A statement signed by ...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed Saheed Aderinto, the US-based Nigerian professor, who won the Dan David history prize of $300,000. Aderinto, a professor of History and African Diaspora Studies at Florida International University, is the first Nigerian to win ...

  Sharon Stone, the ace American actress, has opened up on how she lost custody of her four-year-old child in 2004 for taking up a s*x role in a movie. The film star, during a chat with Bruce Bozzi on ...

  The Chief Executive Officer of Seplat Energy Plc, Roger Brown has stepped down following the order of a Federal High Court in Lagos. Brown is to stop parading himself as the CEO, pending the determination of a suit filed ...

  Oluwaseun Osinbajo, the driver of the Lagos State Government staff bus that was involved in the incident that led to a train colliding with the bus at the PWD/ Shogunle railway line, on the Agege motor road in Lagos, ...

  Tragedy struck in Owo, Ondo state, weekend, as a five-month-old baby and mother were reportedly killed by generator smoke they inhaled overnight. Reports had it that the family purchased the generator on Monday and it caused their death on ...

  Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has described the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, as the hero of the just-concluded election. He said his active participation stopped the North from retaining power after President Muhammadu Buhari. Wike spoke during ...

  The Chief Imam of Nurul Yaqeen Jumma’at Mosque Life Camp, Abuja, Sheikh Yahya Al-Yolawi, on Friday called on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to release more redesigned naira notes as the months of Ramadan is fast approaching. Al-Yolawi ...

  The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction and sentencing of 37 Internet fraudsters to various terms of imprisonment, fines, and community service. The convicts were prosecuted before Justices Mohammed Owolabi, Ladiran ...

  At least 35 people, who went on a fishing expedition, have been shot dead by Boko Haram fighters in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State. Residents and families of the deceased said they were devastated by the attack ...

  A mother died from severe malnutrition after carrying an unborn fetus for around nine years inside her body. The woman, originally from the Congo, visited doctors in New York complaining of stomach cramps, indigestion and a gurgling sound after ...

  The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is making an arrangement to confer on President Muhammadu Buhari an award in recognition of his achievements in the defence and promotion of democracy as a system of government throughout the ...