The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Enugu East Council Area, Pst. Beloved-Dan Anike, has been declared winner of the Saturday’s chairmanship election in the state. Dr Nelson Ossai, the returning officer, while announcing the result on Sunday said that the PDP candidate scored a total of 116,690 votes...
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Adamawa Government on Sunday confirmed the outbreak of cholera with 12 deaths recorded. The Commissioner for Health, Chief Felix Tangwami, who confirmed the outbreak in a statement in Yola, said that out of 50 samples of suspected cases, 30 were positive. Tangwami said that six of the deaths were...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted 25 million pills of tapentadol, an opioid three times stronger than tramadol and 350,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth N16.1bn at the Tincan port complex in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said this in...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has extended his heartfelt congratulations to the newly elected 16 local government chairmen and 193 councillors across the state following their victories in Saturday’s election. In a statement released by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor...
The Progressive Students Movement (PSM), a pan-African socialist movement, has lauded the professional conduct of officers of the Nigeria Police deployed to cover the governorship election in Edo. The movement, which is an NGO, specifically commended Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Frank Mba for his forthrightness and leadership...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has activated election results collation centres in Edo State. The commission earlier announced that it was set to commence state-levelled collation of the governorship election. This was revealed by the National Commissioner & Member Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna during a press...
Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winners of the local government elections held yesterday in the state. Announcing the results at KWSIEC headquarters in Ilorin in the early hours today, the Chairman of the Commission, Baba Okanla...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will investigate allegation of wrong figures entered into polling unit result sheets in the ongoing Edo governorship election. The commission in a short statement on X on Saturday night promised to investigate the matter immediately. “The commission’s attention has been...
There is a heavy presence of security operatives on Sunday at the Edo office of INEC as collation of results for the Saturday governorship election commenced, NAN reports. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that roadblocks were mounted 500 metres away in all the roads leading to office...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki was forced out of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Benin, in the early hours of Sunday, by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Frank Mba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mba is the officer in charge of the...
The Nasarawa United FC of Lafia, on Saturday, suffered its first home defeat in the Match Day three of the 2024/2025 Nigeria Professional Football League season. The club was humbled by the visiting El-Kanemi Warriors FC 4-3 at the Lafia Township Stadium. Nasarawa Utd, who just returned to the...
The Director of Sports, Defence Headquarters, AVM Abidemi Marquis, says no fewer than 1,600 athletics will compete in the forthcoming Armed Forces Games, 2024. Marquis said this while addressing a press briefing regarding the games which would begin from 23th to 27th of September in Kaduna. The News Agency...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is mounting pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Anugbum Onuoha, in Edo State to suspend the collation of Saturday’s governorship election results. “Intelligence available to the PDP indicates...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has directed its members and supporters in Edo to follow the results of the state governorship election from the polling units to the ward, local government and state collation centers. The party gave the directive in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the electorate to disregard Edo election results in circulation as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was still collating results. APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, gave the advice, in a statement, on Saturday in...
The Zamfara Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Federal Government to declare a state of emergency on the state considering the lingering security challenges facing it. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by the State APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf...
Daniel Dubois retained his IBF world heavyweight title with a fifth-round knockout of Anthony Joshua in an all-British spectacular at Wembley on Saturday. The 27-year-old dominated the opening stages of the bout, dropping the two-time former unified heavyweight champion multiple times. In a dramatic fifth round Dubois was momentarily...
Free-scoring Bayern Munich extended their perfect Bundesliga start when Michael Olise scored two goals and set up two more to give them a 5-0 victory over Werder Bremen in a one-sided contest at the Weserstadion on Saturday. The Bavarians, who suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Bremen when the...
Some traders at the popular Ikpoba Hill Market in Benin converged Saturday night for business shortly after the close of the Edo Governorship Election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was restriction of movement during the election hours, which ended at 6pm. The exercise affected commercial...
Heads of ECOWAS member states met on Saturday to finalise and approve the design of the Lagos-Abidjan Corridor Highway Development Project preparatory to initiating the procurement process at its next meeting. The meeting which was held in Lagos, was chaired by Nigeria’s Minister of Works, Sen. Dave Umahi, discussed...