…says ‘any election conducted outside the one we supervised is illegal, null and void’ The National Committee for Local Government Congress of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has announced results…
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Gombe Man Climbs Telecoms Mast, Threatens Suicide After His Fiancée’s Father Rejected His Marriage Proposal
A 28-year-old man, Umar Abubakar, spent over seven hours on a telecoms mast, threatening to kill himself allegedly after his fiancée’s father rejected his marriage proposal. It was gathered that Abubakar climbed…
Pastor’s Wife, Daughters Abducted As Gunmen Break Into Another Abuja Home
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a 45-year-old woman and two of her daughters at Pegi community in Kuje area council in Abuja. The victims identified as Mrs Oladapo Bukola, her…
SAD! Ex-Abia Chief Judge Kidnapped
A former Chief Judge of Abia State and Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Ohaji/Egbema in Imo State, Justice Nnenna Oti has been abducted. Justice Oti was kidnapped on Saturday at Orlu…
Gunmen kidnap traditional ruler in Niger
The district head was kidnapped from his palace on Saturday night at about 10pm by heavily armed gunmen. The Police Command in Niger, on Sunday, confirmed the abduction of Dr Mahmud Aliyu,…
Osun REC, Olusegun Agbaje, 4 Others Redeployed
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has redeployed five Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) and four directors across the country. This was announced in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman,…
Adamawa Govt Orders Closure Of Boarding Schools over insecurity
The government of Adamawa has ordered the closure of 30 boarding junior secondary schools in the state. Mrs. Wilbina Jackson, the State Commissioner of Education and Human Capital Development, issued a statement…
E-Voting Machine: El-Rufai loses polling unit to PDP in LG poll
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has lost Saturday’s chairmanship and councillorship elections in his polling unit to the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). El-Rufai voted at his Polling Unit 001…
Six Anambra State Assembly Members Reveal Reasons For Defecting APGA, Joining APC
Six members of the Anambra State House of Assembly who recently joined the All Progressives Congress, APC from the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA have given reasons for their defection….
Ekiti 2022: PDP Chooses Candidate For Party Primary
A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State has elected, Mr Lateef Ajijola as the group candidate for the party primary ahead of the 2022 governorship…