The Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) has clinched 15 Chairmanship seats in Saturday’s Local Government Elections in Abia, while the Young Progressives Party (YPP) won two seats. The Chairman of the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission (ABSIEC), Prof George Chima, announced the result of the chairmanship poll at the commission’s...
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By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – The House of Representative member representing Ajaokuta Federal Constituency, Hon. Sanni Abdulraheem, has empowered hundreds of his constituents after going through rigorous training in various entrepreneurial skills. The empowerment programme covered a range of skills, including ICT/software applications, solar panel installations, and the use...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Three schools have emerged winners of the Nigerian Learning Passport Quiz Competition organized by UNICEF in collaboration with the Borno State Government (BOSG) and other partners in Maiduguri on Saturday held at Armani Event Center Maiduguri. El Kanemi College of Theology School won the...
Kemi Badenoch on Saturday won the election to replace Rishi Sunak as leader of the Conservative Party. She is the first person of African heritage to lead the Tories. The Conservative Party announced her win in a post on X on Saturday. ” ANNOUNCED: @KemiBadenoch has been elected Leader...
The acting national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr Iliya Damagum, on Saturday, in Ibadan, joined Gov. Seyi Makinde to inaugurate a newly built zonal secretariat of the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun state also joined his Oyo...
President Bola Tinubu has urged Nigerian universities to live up to expectations as vanguard of research, teaching and community service to make human life better and fast-track national development. Tinubu made the call at the 9th convocation ceremony of the Federal University Dutsin-ma, Katsina State, on Saturday. Represented by...
Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri has said people of the state have numerous reasons to be thankful to God, despite its challenges and that of the country. Diri spoke at the Ecumenical Centre, Igbogene, Yenagoa, during the 13th Thanksgiving celebration in the state. He said Nov. 2 was enshrined...
The Local Government Elections in Umuahia and Aba areas of Abia took place on Saturday, amidst late delivery of materials and other logistics hitches that delayed voting. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in places where materials came early, the voter turnout was impressive but low in...
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that suspects arrested during the #Endbadgovernance protest in August 2024 were not remanded in any of its adult custodial centres in Abuja. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Abubakar Umar confirmed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun Command, has arrested a Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) truck driver, Afeez Adegbola, for allegedly diverting 10,000 litres of petrol belonging to the company. The state Commandant of the Corps, Mr Igbalawole Sotiyo, disclosed this while parading the suspect...
Arsenal boss, Mikel Arteta was disheartened with how his team performed in a 1-0 loss to Newcastle on Saturday in a potential blow to their Premier League title chase. The gaffer decried the fact that they were sucked into playing Newcastle’s style of game. Alexander Isak headed home in...
The Ebira community in Ondo State on Saturday endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Nov. 16 governorship election in the state, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Speaking in Owo, Owo Local Government Area of the state, Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi, who led the gathering of Ebira indigenes,...
A Chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, says the state chapter of the party will find its bearing after the yet-to-be-fixed state congresses. Pearse, a former member, Atiku Abubakar 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried the absence of results sheets across the 54 wards that make up the five Local Government Areas of Cross River north in the ongoing council elections in the state. Chief Austin Edibe, the PDP Vice chairman for the northern senatorial district said...
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN has directed that the case file of the detained ‘Endbadgovernance protesters be transferred to his office. Fagbemi disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said that he noticed that the police have arraigned those...
The governor of Washington state in the north-western United States has activated some members of the National Guard to be on stand-by in case of election-related unrest. “This is a purely precautionary measure,” a statement from Governor Jay Inslee’s office said on Friday. A ballot drop box for early...
The U.S. Supreme Court has handed Republicans a loss in a case concerning the rules for postal voting in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, just days ahead of the presidential election. The justices rejected a request not to count provisional ballots used in the state when a voter’s mail-in...
Just days before the U.S. presidential election, intelligence agencies in Washington are warning of targeted disinformation from Russia. The agencies blamed Russia for a video that “falsely depicted individuals claiming to be from Haiti and voting illegally in multiple counties in Georgia.” Another fabricated video falsely accused “an individual...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the troops of Operation Delta Safe destroyed 98 illegal refining sites across the Niger Delta region in the last one week. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while giving updates on the operations of the armed forces in...
The Federal Government has released funds for payment of withheld salary of Non-Academic Staff Union of Federal Universities (NASU). The Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), Mr Bawa Mokwa, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Saturday. According to Mokwa,...