The intra-community clash, which broke out on Sunday, resulted in the destruction of property. Police in Lagos State say normalcy has returned to the Abule-Ado area of the state after an intra-community clash. The intra-community clash, which broke out on Sunday, resulted in the destruction of property. “Owing to the timely arrival of the police, […]
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The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) in the FCT, Christopher Zakka Mai Kalangu, yesterday, inspected a collapsed bridge in Tungan-Madaki community along the Airport Road and assured residents of immediate reconstruction. Maikalangu, who was accompanied by the Supervisory Councilor for Works, Land and Survey, Dantani Zadna; MD of AMAC Broadcasting Service, Mr Ibrahim […]
Mr Sanwo-Olu won with over 450,000 votes Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been re-elected as the governor of Lagos State. Mr Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the early hours of Monday. He secured a total of 762,134 votes against […]
Two female candidates of APC, Mrs Comfort Nwuchola and Mrs Omotayo Adeleye-Ishaya, have won Ibaji and Ijumu seats respectively in the Kogi State House of Assembly. The returning officer in Ijumu, Mrs Grace Abalaka Haruna, said Adeleye-Ishaya scored 8,568 votes to defeat other contestants. In Ibaji, Mrs Comfort Nwuchola of APC polled 7,718 votes to […]
The speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly was reelected to represent his Igabi state constituency in the assembly. The Kaduna State House of Assembly Speaker, Yusuf Zailani, has won his re-election to represent the Igabi state constituency in the assembly. The governorship and House of Assembly elections were held in Kaduna State and […]
The PDP candidate of Onicha West, Charles Onu scored 4,506 votes to defeat his closest opponent and candidate of the APC, Chima Ude-Umanta who scored 3,596 votes. The Peoples Democracy Party (PDP), All Progressives Congress (APC), Labour Party (LP) and the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) shared the State House of Assembly seats in Ebonyi. […]
Nine Chinese nationals died when gunmen stormed a mine in the Central African Republic. Rebels suspected of the attack have denied their involvement and blamed Russia’s Wagner group, without evidence. Gunmen stormed a Chinese-operated gold mine in the Central African Republic on Sunday, killing nine Chinese nationals, authorities said. “We have counted nine bodies and […]
The Gombe State governor, Yahaya, won the governorship election for a second term on Sunday. Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State won Saturday’s governorship election for a second term in office. Mr Yahaya of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 342,821 votes to beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Muhammad Jibiri Barde, who scored […]
A picture of a crocodile swimming through the mud at the Mana Pools National Park in Zimbabwe has been selected as the grand prize winner of the 2022 World Nature Photography Awards (WNPA), which honoured the most evocative shots from thousands of entries in a variety of categories. Titled ‘Danger in the Mud’, the picture, […]
Mr Usaini-Gumel said that the suspects would be arraigned in law courts as soon as the investigation was completed. The police command in Kano State has arrested 161 persons including a member of the state’s House of Assembly, Isyaku Ali-Danja, for alleged electoral offences during Saturday’s Governorship and States Houses of Assembly elections. Mohammed Usaini-Gumel, […]
He came far ahead of his two main challengers Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won the Saturday gubernatorial election in his Lagos Island Local Government Area. Mr Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress polled 37,760 votes far ahead of his closest rival, Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran (Jandor) of the Peoples Democratic Party, who scored 1,783. […]
A South African accountant who was investigating high-level corruption cases Cloete Murray (50), and his son Thomas (28), were shot by unknown gunmen on Saturday while they were driving in Johannesburg. Tragically, Thomas passed away on the scene, while Cloete was rushed to the hospital for urgent medical care. Despite the efforts of medical professionals, […]
The six missing persons include two serving National Youth Service Corps members and four former corps members. Six persons are feared missing after unknown gunmen attacked six Hummer Buses carrying INEC officials in Kogi in the early hours of Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident, which occurred around 2 a.m. […]
Mr Sanwo-Olu defeated his two main challengers in 18 out of the 19 local government areas where results have been declared. The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has won the governorship election in 18 local government areas of Lagos State. Although the final results are still being collated at the INEC state headquarters in Yaba, […]
Abuja — The United Kingdom has earmarked a £10 million grant for innovators in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa and South East Asia to address the energy situation in the benefitting countries. Speaking at an Energy Catalyst meeting yesterday in Abuja, Knowledge Transfer Manager for the Innovate UK Nigeria, Mr. Joshua Adedeji, said the programme was […]
“Regrettably, the voter turnout for the election was low, it is obvious that voter apathy has set in given what happened during the last election.” ActionAid Nigeria has commended INEC for the improvements recorded in the area of logistics and functionality of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) during Saturday’s elections. It said the BVAS […]
Nairobi — Nairobi police chief Adamson Bungei has termed planned Azimio protests in the capital illegal citing failure by opposition leaders to adhere to provisions of the Public Order Act. Addressing the media on Sunday, Bungei insisted the protests slated for Monday contravene the Public Order Act, 2021 and pose a threat to peace. Bungei […]
Mr Makinde was declared the winner by the electoral commission, INEC, on Sunday in Ibadan, the state capital. Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the governorship election in Oyo State. Mr Makinde was declared the winner by the electoral commission, INEC, on Sunday in Ibadan, the state capital. Mr Makinde won […]