Donald Trump claimed victory and pledged to “heal” the country Wednesday as results put him on the verge of beating Kamala Harris in a stunning White House comeback. His exuberant speech came despite the fact that only Fox News had declared him the winner, with no other US networks...
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By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has regret to announce the death of Lt.-Gen.Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of the Army Staff, at age 56. Special Adviser, Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Mr Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Wednesday that Lagbaja died on Tuesday night in...
World leaders raced to praise Donald Trump as he claimed a stunning US election victory over Kamala Harris, while financial markets also rose. Here are the first reactions, with the presidential election result still to be confirmed: – Israel – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a historic return...
The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has said that the vice president won’t address supporters on election night, as the path to the White House narrowed for her. “We still have votes to count. We still have states that have not been called yet,’’ Harris campaign co-chair...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has extended his heartfelt congratulations to President Donald Trump on his re-election as the 47th President of the United States of America. President Tinubu in a statement by his Special Adviser on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said he looks forward...
A Kano State High Court has restrained the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), Accountant-General of Federal (AGF), the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) from withholding the 44 Kano State Local Governments’ allocations. The court gave the order following a Motion Ex-Parte filed on Nov.1, by the Chairman of...
The polling stations in the United States (U.S.) have been declared now all closed. Since the U.S. spans several time zones, the closing of the polling stations took several hours. The winner of the presidential election had not yet been decided, although two major battleground states have been called...
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said he will dualise the Akure-Idanre road if elected in the Ondo State Governorship Election scheduled for Nov.16. Aiyedatiwa made the promise on Wednesday during his campaign to Idanre Local Government where he assured the people of comprehensive development across the council area....
The seventy six detained Kano minors on Tuesday night returned home via the Malam Aminu International Airport aboard a Max aircraft. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the plane, which also flew Gov. Abba Yusuf, touched down at around 9:57pm, Earlier in the evening, Yusuf, had...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf on Tuesday said that he was not aware of the minors’ arrest until they were arraigned in the Federal High Court in Abuja. Yusuf made this known at the Muhammadu Buhari Special Hospital, where a team of medical professionals were designated to assess the...
Donald Trump was on the verge of a decisive victory over Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election Wednesday, in what would be the most stunning comeback in US political history. Fox News declared Donald Trump the winner of the US presidential election early Wednesday — the only network...
U.S. Republican candidate Donald Trump has told a local radio station in Pennsylvania that if he wins the key state he will win “the whole deal.” “If we win Pennsylvania, we win the whole deal,” Trump told the Rich Zeoli Show on Philadelphia’s Talk Radio 1210 WPHT. “We’re going...
Republican Donald Trump won eight states in Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election while Democrat Kamala Harris captured three states and Washington, D.C., Edison Research projected, but the outcome of the race remained uncertain with critical battleground states unlikely to be called for hours or even days. The early results were...
Former president Donald Trump is projected to win the state of West Virginia, US networks CNN, NBC and CBS have projected. There have been no surprises so far in the early states to be called by the broadcasters. Most of the pivotal swing states, like Pennsylvania, are still voting,...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says its Group Chief Executive Officer, Malam Mele Kyari, is not responsible for the hike in prices of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as fuel. The Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPCL, Mr Olufemi Soneye, said this on Tuesday while reacting...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the claim by Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, that he did not lose the election but stolen, was most comical. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, said this, in a statement on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC) to immediately release of former Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta. The party’s Deputy National Deputy Youth Leader, Timothy Osadolor, made the call at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. Operatives of the anti-graft agency...
The Police Command in Imo has confirmed that two persons died on Tuesday, when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) exploded at the International Market, Orlu. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Henry Okoye, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Owerri. Okoye further disclosed that several...
The Federal Government, says the N75b Loan Scheme for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) will diversify the Nigerian economy, create jobs, promote value-addition, revitalize communities, and boost exports. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, made this known at the Town Hall meeting on the...
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji has appointed Justice Lekan Ogunmoye as Acting Chief Judge of the State. This is contained in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Strategy, Mr Yinka Oyebode, on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti. Oyebode said that the appointment was in...