By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo Former governor of Osun State, and incumbent Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, boycotted today’s election. Aregbesola did not vote in the July 16 Osun governorship election in the state. When our correspondent visited his polling…
NNPP, YPP, Labour parties collapse structures for APC as Akpabio preaches one love to party members By Dennis Udo – Udoma, Uyo The All Progressives Congress Senatorial candidate for Akwa Ibom Northwest, Senator Godswill Akpabio on Thursday spiced up the…
…As Osinbajo, Sirika, others laud Abiodun’s administration The Gateway Agro-Cargo Airport, located along Iperu-Ilishan road in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Thursday, witnessed the maiden commercial flight. Speaking at the aviation event, the Ogun State governor, Dapo…
Ahead of Saturday Presidential and National Assembly Elections, the military, police and Department of State Services have set up joint operations centres in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen. Tukur…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised Nigerians without Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), to stay away from the polling units on election day. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye stated this while receiving IT facilities from Community Life Project (CLP)…
Local officials on Thursday reported that four family members have been killed and 30 houses destroyed as avalanches struck two villages in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province. According to Mawlawi Mohammad Akram Akbari, provincial government director for natural disaster management and…
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency NIMASA participated at the International Maritime Organisation, IMO, 7th Green Shipping Conference with the theme “Unlocking Opportunities for Green Shipping in Africa”, in Ghana. The Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO),…
Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) has partnered Palladium to develop a civil society public directory and management information system (MIS) to promote accountability, transparency, and legitimacy for civil society. Mr Oluseyi Oyebisi, Executive Director, NNNGO, disclosed this in a statement…
A 37-year-old man, Geoffrey Musa was on Thursday remanded in a correctional center by a Karu Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja for allegedly stealing 3,510 pieces of cat fish from a pond. The Judge, Umar Mayana ordered that the defendant…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, has attributed the current hardship occasioned by fuel and naira scarcity to the activities of saboteurs. Gbajabiamila made this known in Lagos on Tuesday, during the launching of the second phase…
