Lagos State All Progressive Congress Governorship (APC) Candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won the polling unit of his Alliance for Democracy (AD) counterpart, Owolabi Salis, in Aturanse Estate, Phase 11, Gbadada, Lagos. The result was announced by th…
National Youths Service Corp (NYSC) members used as ad hoc staff in Bwari Area Council on Saturday decried the non-payment of election allowance by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Some of the Corp members, who spoke with the News A…
The Senior Pastor of Latter Rain Assembly, Tunde Bakare, on Saturday expressed his willingness to contest for the presidency after the expiration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term in 2023. Mr Bakare made the announcement about his ambition…
Governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement in Ogun State, Mr. Abdulkabir Akinlade won in the polling unit 22, Ward 11 where ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo cast his vote. The result is as follows: APM 72 APC 54 ADC 36 …
Suspected hoodlums on Saturday shot sporadically as they attacked the vehicle of Desmond Elliot, a Lagos House of Assembly candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The incident happened at about 3:00 p.m. at Akerele junction in the Surulere…
An election observer was allegedly killed in Enugu during Saturday’s governorship poll, a witness has said. Police said a “local election observer” was shot, but said they were yet to confirm the man’s name and whether he was dead. But a witness tol…
Senate President Bukola Saraki has won his polling unit (006), Ajikobi Ward, Ilorin West Local Government Area, for the Peoples Democratic Party. For the governorship election, the PDP polled 253 votes while the All Progressives Congress polled 125 …
The All Progressives Congress has won the governorship election in President Muhammadu Buhari's unit in Katsina State. Buhari's Unit 003 is in Sarkin Yara A Ward in Daura Local Government Area of the State. The APC, whose candidate is Governor Aminu…
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Some armed thugs in police and army uniforms invaded polling units in Adankolo community in Lokoja, shooting sporadically to scare away voters on the queue. The armed hoodlums arrived in a van and immediately started shooting. Voters and electoral o…
INEC ad hoc staff in Lagos protest non-payment of allowance Gubernatorial and House of Assembly Election is presently not going on at any polling unit at Ogudu/ojota, Kosofe, Lagos due to the refusal of ad hoc staff to work. Present at the RAC cente…
These are happy times for food vendors in Iperu, in the Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, as they claimed to be making good sales because of the elections. As of 12 noon, some of those who spoke to our source said they were almost through …
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State, Emmanuel Jime, has been caught with a bag full of cash on election day. Mr Jime was intercepted by operatives of the anti-graft agency, EFCC, for alleged vote-buying. …
6: 00 AM - Good morning Nigeria, Just like 2 weeks ago during the presidential elections, millions of Nigerians will again today march to the polls to elect their governors and state house of assembly members for the next four years. As always, Nig…
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy, sunny and hazy weather conditions with chances of thunderstorms and rainfall over parts of the country on Saturday. NiMet’s Weather Outlook released on Friday in Abuja, predicted partl…
Suspected hoodlums on Thursday night set fire to an Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Akwa Ibom State ahead of today’s governorship and state assembly elections. Burnt was the INEC office in Ibesikpo Asuntan local government…
At least two persons were feared dead on Thursday while many others were injured as hoodlums clashed in Oto Awori, Ijanikin, Lagos. It was gathered that the violent clash, which started around 1 pm in the Lagos community and continued until about 5 …
The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed an order of interim forfeiture made by the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court in respect of the sum of $8.4m linked to the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Mrs Patience Jonathan. The five-man ben…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the acting Accountant General of Imo State, Mr Uzoho Casmir, for allegedly laundering N1.050bn through a new generation bank on behalf of Governor Rochas Okorocha. This came as the anti-graft…
There was tension and unease among residents in some key states of the country on Friday as the Nigerian Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance jets began air patrols over perceived flashpoints in the North-East, Kwara, Adamawa and …
Getting the highest number of votes in a state is not enough to declare a governorship candidate winner, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said. To be declared winner, a governorship candidate must not only get the highest number of …
The Lagos State High Court on Friday found Lekan Shonde guilty of the murder of his wife, Ronke, and sentenced him to death by hanging. It can be recalled that 51-year-old Shonde, a depot worker in the Apapa area of Lagos State, beat his wife to dea…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (lNEC) said it has replaced and reconfigured the 198 Smart Card Readers that were on Friday burnt in its office in lbesikpo Asutan Local Government, Area of Akwa lbom State. Mr Festus Okoye, INEC Nationa…
The Nigerian Army says it has begun a forensic investigation of a CCTV footage showing soldiers invading the home of the Rivers State Commissioner of Education, Dr Tamunosisi Gogo-Jaja. The army said in a statement by its Acting Director, Public Rel…
The Financial Times of London says President Muhammadu Buhari has been running a government that lacks a clear direction in the last four years. The respected newspaper therefore called on the President to see his re-election as an opportunity to do…
The Media Adviser to the Kwara State Governor, Muyideen Akorede, has denied allegations that the N1bn withdrawn by government officials before the last elections was meant for vote-buying. Akorede was reacting to allegations by the Economic and Fina…
Ekiti State Governor , Dr Kayode Fayemi , has terminated the appointment of the State Chief of Protocol , Mr Ayo Adegbite. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Yinka Oyebode , in Ado Ekiti on Friday evening said the sack was wit…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the House of Assembly election for the Nasarawa / Binyeri State Constituency of Adamawa State. Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state , Mr Kashim Gaidam, disclosed this to the newsmen…
The Lagos State High Court on Friday sentenced a man named Lekan Shonde to death by hanging for killing his wife, Ronke. Lekan Shonde , a depot worker in the Apapa area of Lagos State , was found guilty of the murder of his wife. It was reported tha…
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Friday dismissed the suit filed by one Elvis Chinda seeking to disqualify Rivers governor, Mr Nyesom Wike from contesting the March 9 governorship election. Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit while delivering jud…
The founding Bishop of the Royal Church of God, His Eminence, Archbishop Dr. Polycarp Sunday, has released his prophecies ahead of Saturday’s governorship and State Assembly elections. In the list of prophecies he tagged “Political revelations that …
The Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, have ruled out the option of appealing against unfavourable portions of the Wednesday’s ruling of the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja. A three-man …
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