A former deputy governor and governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi, Mr Yomi Awoniyi has rejected the delegates list for the party’s primary election scheduled for Sunday. Some other aspirants joined Awoniyi in rejecting the delegates list. The aspirants made their position known at a...
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Chief Timipre Sylva has been declared winner of the Bayelsa All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary, held on Friday. The result of the primary was announced at the APC state Secretariat in Yenagoa by the Chairman of the election committee, retired Maj. Gen. A T. Jibrin rtd. Jibrin said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Ibadan Zonal Command has arrested 44 suspected internet fraudsters (popularly know as Yahoo boys) in Oyo State. The EFCC in a statement via its Twitter handle, said the suspected fraudsters were arrested in Apete and Bodija...
Saturday’s supplementary election being conducted by INEC, recorded high voter turnout as election began early in the affected areas in Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that voters, especially women, came out in large numbers at the polling units while combined teams of security agencies enforced...
An 18-year-old Nigerian, Eniola Glory, has emerged the best student in Nursing for the freshman category at the Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA. Eniola, who is a twin and hails from Ijebu-Jesha in Osun State, in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) from the USA,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday declared Sen. Ibrahim Bomai of All Progressives Congress (APC) as the senator-elect for Yobe South. INEC Returning Officer, Dr Abatcha Melemi of the Federal University Gashua, made the declaration in Potiskum. Melemi stated that Bomai scored 69,596 votes to defeat Mr...
No fewer than 4 suspects have been arrested by the police in connection with the alleged attempt to kidnap Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage. The spokesman of The Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, Oluniyi Ogundeyi, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. NAN...
The Saturday’s supplementary National Assembly election in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers commenced smoothly and peacefully despite low turnout of voters. The electoral officers arrived early with the materials early at Rumuwoji Ward 12 Unit 6 Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2, but up till noon, very...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has approved the creation of Ministry of Aviation and Technology in the state. The Secretary to the State Government and Coordinating Commissioner, Dr. Kenneth IGWE, announced this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abakaliki. The statement said: “In...
Saturday’s House of Representatives supplementary election in Port Harcourt Federal Constituency in Rivers has been characterised by low turnout of voters, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. In Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Ward 5 (Port Harcourt Township, election commenced at 8:30 a.m....
The University of Calabar has warned the public to be wary of some fraudsters impersonating the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, on various social media platforms. Mr Effiong Eyo, Public Relations Officer of the institution, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Polling booths opened early on Saturday morning for the supplementary elections in Imo amid large turn out and tension. The candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Akarachi Amadi; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Osmond Ukanacho and the Labour Party (LP), Mr Uche Ogbuagu, are the three major...
An international Field Officer for Baseball/Softball, Lanre Bolarinwa, on Saturday called on stakeholders in sports to initiate deliberate plans to realise Nigeria’s potential in sports. Bolarinwa made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the ongoing West Africa Little League tournament in Lagos....
A security expert, Mr Dickson Osajie, on Friday called on the government and law enforcement agencies to urgently check the growing trend of mob killings in the country. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, Osajie, owner of DBreeze Protection and Security Service Ltd,...
Alhaji Ahmed Ododo has emerged as the governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kogi. According to Patrick Obahiagha, Secretary of the Kogi APC Primary Election Committee, Ododo scored 78, 704 votes to beat six other contestants. Obahiagha who announced the result of the governorship primary on Friday...
Chief Olusegun Runsewe, Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), has called for calm over the uproar created by the production of a new film, “Gang Of Lagos”. Runsewe, in a statement on Friday, said there was need for strategic rethinking on cultural related narratives by filmmakers in...
Voter apathy trailed Saturday’s supplementary election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was low turnout of voters in some of the polling units visited in Ikwo Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The supplementary elections...
SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The out-going Force Commander (FC) Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Major General Abdul Khalifah Ibrahim has charged all Sector Commands of the MNJTF to redouble their efforts to finish or end the war at the Lake Chad Basin by clearing the remnants of Boko...
The Niger Delta Development Commission Public-Private Partnership Committee Chairman, Engr. Emmanuel Audu-Ohwavborua, has urged all stakeholders to hurry up and register for the NDDC PPP Summit 2023, as time is running out. Making this disclosure amidst the countdown to Audu-Ohwavborua advised those interested in participating to register for the...
Our attention has once again been drawn to a letter written to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Abdullahi Adamu and his National Working Committee (NWC) by a group known as the Coalition of APC Support Groups (CASG) in their attempt to sway the ruling...