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The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress on Wednesday said the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, was running a ‘wasteful’ administration. A statement by the Osun APC acting chairman, Mr Tajudeen Lawal, also accused Adeleke of claiming to be the executor of some of his predecessor’s projects that had been done up to over

The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Wednesday, distributed sensitive materials for the governorship and state House of Assembly elections in Oyo State. The distribution was done at the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria in Ibadan, the state capital. It was supervised by the Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Adeniran Tella, alongside the

Paul Ibe, the media aide of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has explained why the PDP and Atiku withdrew the court application they filed to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission to allow their agents inspect documents used for the February 25 presidential election. Ibe, who said it had become

Voters in Katsina and Kaduna states have been assured that their votes in the forthcoming  governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections will be highly protected. The Assistant Inspector General in charge of Zone-14, Abdulrahman Ahmed, gave the assurance at a press briefing in Katsina on Wednesday. According to him, the briefing was to inform

Lagos State Ministry of Education has said it is investigating the complaint of a parent, Mr Barinaadaa, who alleged that his daughter, Marvellous Barinaada, was sent out of Odomola Junior Secondary School, Epe, for using the poster of one of the contestants in the last election to wrap his books. A statement signed by the

Nigerian political activist, Rinu Oduala, has been awarded the Hurford Youth fellowship by the World Movement for Democracy. This was made known in an announcement shared by the organisation’s official Twitter account on Wednesday. “Our 2023 Hurford Youth Fellows are here! Welcome Sofía Pozzo from #Paraguay, Kadir Cetin from #Turkey, Rinu Oduala from #Nigeria, and

…Charges INEC to be guided by Supreme Court judgment The Peoples Democratic Party has said that the ruling All Progressives Congress, has no valid nominated candidate for the rescheduled Saturday, March 18, 2023 governorship election in Taraba State in tandem with the judgement of the Supreme Court delivered on February 1, 2023, in suit No

The Bauchi State Police Command said that it has recovered 23 illegal firearms including nine AK-47 rifles, seven assorted locally-made arms and 87 rounds of live ammunition of different calibres, from the hands of miscreants. Also recovered are one Light Assault Rifle, six dane guns and 18 rifle magazines were also recovered. The state Police Public

  The Osun State Police Command has warned residents of the state against the spread of fake news and provocative content on social media with the intent to cause apprehension in the state during Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections. The warning was contained in a statement signed by the Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola

  A police officer, identified as Mmutle, has been arrested in connection with the murder of his estranged wife and a 30-year-old man named Katlego, said to be his wife’s lover, in South Africa. It was gathered that the warrant officer found his wife and the alleged lover having sex at an apartment belonging to

Starting line-ups for the Champions League last 16, second leg between Napoli and Eintracht Frankfurt at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples on Wednesday (kick-off 2000 GMT): Napoli (4-3-3) Alex Meret; Giovanni di Lorenzo (capt), Amir Rrahmani, Kim Min-jae, Mario Rui; Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Stanislav Lobotka, Piotr Zielinski; Matteo Politano, Victor Osimhen, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia

    The Delta State Government has mandated all primary and secondary schools in the State to go on break between Friday, March 17 to Tuesday, March 21, 2023 The order followed the governorship and the House of Assembly elections scheduled for March 18. The directive was contained in a circular signed by the Director

Starting line-ups for the Champions League last 16, second leg between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid on Wednesday (kick-off 2000 GMT): Real Madrid (4-3-3) Thibaut Courtois; Dani Carvajal, Eder Militao, Antonio Rudiger, Nacho Fernandez; Eduardo Camavinga, Luka Modric, Toni Kroos; Fede Valverde, Karim Benzema (captain), Vinicius Junior Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

Three suspected armed robbers were arrested on Monday after a foiled operation in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. The suspects, Ahmed Isiaha, Sunday Ajibola and Jimoh Wahab were arrested by the residents of the community who handed them over to the police. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi,

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera on Wednesday declared two weeks of national mourning for the more than 200 people killed by Cyclone Freddy, which struck early this week. The cyclone finally faded after an 8,000-kilometre (5,000-mile) trek in which it crossed the Indian Ocean, reversed course to strike Africa a second time and set an unofficial

A former Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bwari, has stressed the need for the All Progressives Congress to zone the position of the Senate President in the 10th National Assembly to the North Central geopolitical zone. He said doing so would help the region address the issues of insecurity, poor infrastructure and other

    No fewer than five political parties in Gombe State on Wednesday adopted the governorship candidate of the Action Alliance, Brigadier General Nuhu Miller. The development followed the forthcoming governorship and House of Assembly election scheduled for March 18. The parties involved are African Action Congress, Allied Peoples Movement, Action Peoples Party, All Progressives

The Independent National Electoral Commission in Plateau State, on Wednesday, commenced distribution of sensitive materials to the 17 Local Government Areas of the state. The distribution which commenced immediately after an inspection was done at the Jos branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria had party agents and other stakeholders in attendance. Speaking with journalists

The Enugu State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested 18 teenage cultists during their initiations in one of the bushes in the state. Parading the suspects at the state police headquarters on Wednesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Ammani, advised parents to take responsibility for their children’s upbringing to ensure that they

A group of concerned citizens of Oyo State, under the aegis of League of Progressives for Good Governance, on Wednesday, chided the state Governor, Seyi Makinde, of All Progressives Congress, Teslim Folarin over the insecurity in the state. Addressing newsmen through its General Secretary, Lekan Adeyemo, at the Nigeria Union of Journalists press centre, Iyaganku,

The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Hadiza Balarabe, has led the state Government’s delegation to Zangon-Kataf Local Government following attacks that led to the killings of 10 natives and injury to many others. This was just as the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Uba Sani, condemned the Tuesday night renewed

The Nigerian Communication Commission late Tuesday released a list of harmonised shortcodes for mobile networks in the country. According to the NCC, this development means that users of MTN, Airtel, 9mobile and Glo mobile networks will carry out the services their individual network providers provide with the same short codes. This simply means that all

    The Department of State Services has arraigned four suspected terrorists before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, Ogun State. The suspects named Aliu Abubabar, Abubakar Usman, Abubabar Amadu, Adamu Aliu were arrested on December 9, 2022. The suspects were arraigned on Wednesday for terrorism and kidnapping charges in a suit number

  The former Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, on Wednesday, said Rivers State residents have rejected the governor of the state, Nyesom Wike. The former governor also called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to be neutral in Saturday’s March 18 governorship elections. Amaechi said this while soliciting support for the state All Progressives Congress

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has said there would be the safety of election officials, materials and voters ahead of Saturday’s governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections. The assurance by the Corps followed the review, analysis and processing of reports and observations from the February 25 elections. The Commandant General, NSCDC, Ahmed