Gone are the days, particularly in African setting, when dancing as a job was considered to be for lazy people who were considered as “unserious elements” in the society. Today, the situation has changed as there are now professional dancers, especially the youth who earn their living from dancing....
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A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Yakubu Chonoko Maikyau, has emerged the 36th President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Maikyau emerged during NBA elections held from 12.00.a.m. on Saturday to 11.59 p.m. of same day. He polled a total of 22,342 votes to defeat two other contenders, Messrs...
Minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola has reacted to the results of the Osun State governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Ademola Adeleke candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the Osun State governorship election. Adeleke defeated Gboyega Oyetola the incumbent governor and...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has wished Vice President ‘Yemi Osinbajo speedy and full recovery, after the latter went through a surgical procedure on Saturday to treat recurrent pain caused by a fracture in his leg. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Mr Femi...
By PATRICK ABANG, calabar – Governor Ben Ayade and the Speaker, Cross River State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Eteng Jonah Williams have congratulated Comrade Nsa Gill on his emergence as the Chairman of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) after a successful election. Governor...
A video of singer Davido and his uncle, Ademola Adeleke, hugging and celebrating as results from the portal of the Independent National Electoral Commission show that the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Adeleke is leading in the ongoing Osun governorship election. The results showed that PDP is leading with...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Medical doctors, who performed surgical operation on Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, to treat a recurrent pain caused by a fracture in his leg have concluded the procedure, describing it as successful. Osinbajo’s Spokesman, Mr Laolu Akande, posted a statement from the hospital confirming that the...
A cross section of Nigerians has hailed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s openness about his health status and his choice of medical care in a local hospital. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, had on Saturday evening tweeted that...
The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (BASEMA) says no fewer than 100 houses and several farmlands have been destroyed by devastating floods in the Darazo Local Government Area of the state. The Acting Director-General of the agency, Alhaji Bala Lame, told the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in...
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, is on admission at a hospital, his spokesman Laolu Akande has said. Akande disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, saying Professor Osinbajo was scheduled to undergo a surgical procedure. This, according to him, is a result of recurrent pain in the Vice...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday said its operatives have arrested no fewer than 3 suspects over alleged vote buying in the ongoing Osun Governorship election. The suspects were arrested around Ward 2 unit 2 Ifelodun Street Isale Osun in Osogbo, the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – A correspondent with The Nation Newspaper, Comrade Gill Nsa on Saturday emerged as the Council Chairman of The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Cross River State. Comrade Nsa, who scored 76 votes defeated his closet rival, Comrade Okar Ibor of Nigerian Chronicle, who...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has mourn the death of veteran broadcaster, Alhaji Yusuf Katsina, describing him as a gentleman and a dedicated journalist. The president made his feelings known in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba Shehu, on Saturday in Abuja. Buhari recalled...
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) says data from its Election Analysis Centre (EAC) shows that 97 per cent of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) poll staff arrived polling units in Osun by 8:30 a.m. Dr Ayomola Oluranti, an analyst at CDD-EAC and a Senior Lecturer at Babcock...
The Jigawa State Government said 1,300 houses had been damaged by windstorm in Kafinhausa Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident, which occurred on Tuesday night, wrecked havoc. The Special Assistant to Gov. Muhammad Badaru on Community Development and Social...
David Adedeji Adeleke, the award-winning Nigerian music star, who is popularly known as Davido has given some update from the ongoing election in Osun State. The music star expressed hope that the ongoing governorship election in Osun State would be free and fair. In a tweet on his verified Twitter...
A 95-year-old man, Adekunle Benjamin and 90 year-old woman, Mrs Shabina Oladipo, were spotted voting at their polling units in Oogi Town, Ayedaade Local Government areas, as early as 7.00 a.m. Benjamin told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at Unit 7, Ward 8 in Oogi, that he came...
The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Muhammad Fadah, has warned corps members on election duties in the Osun Gubernatorial Election to strictly abide by the electoral laws. This was made known in a statement by the schemes Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Eddy Megwa, on Saturday...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials arrived at their polling units by 6.30 a.m. for Saturday’s Osun governorship poll in Ile-Ife. Their official time of arrival set for the polling officers is 8.30 a.m. to enable them to settle down and prepare well for the exercise. The Presiding...
The Accreditation of voters and election of Osun governor have started in some polling units in Ede North and Ede South with moderate turn out of electorate . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ) reports that the exercise began at 8: 23 a.m. , in some wards and...