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Kogi 2019 poll: Again, INEC declares Dino Melaye’s Kogi West Senatorial election “inconclusive’’

  Again, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kogi West Senatorial election involving PDP’s Sen. Dino Melaye and Mr Smart...

Kogi polls: INEC postpones results collation of two outstanding LGs till Monday

  With just two more local government areas to go, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday evening announced the postponement of...

Rights group tasks National Assembly on Ogoni clean-up process

Wants VAT on Renewable Energy Reduced to 2%   The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), has urged the National Assembly...

Bayelsa Polls: Sporadic Gunshots as INEC Collates Results In Jonathan’s Home Town

Barely few hours to the declaration of the Bayelsa gubernatorial election results, fresh violent activities have been reported in Ogbia local government area,...

Kogi polls: “Missing” 30 INEC ad hoc officials found, safe and sound

The 30 missing Ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), engaged in the 2019 Kogi Governorship election, have been found. Earlier,...

Kogi/Bayelsa Gov. Polls: Voters out amid tense atmosphere

  Today, November 16 is the voters’ decision day  in two states — Bayelsa and Kogi — as they are expected to mass...

PDP’s Olujimi, takes APC’s Adeyeye’s seat in 9th Senate after oath of office

…increases number of female senators to eight   Sen. Abiodun Olujimi (PDP-Ekiti South), whose mandate was restored by Court of Appeal, was on...

40-year-old Nigerian woman pleads guilty to cocaine trafficking and fraud schemes in US

A Nigerian woman Temitope Ayoni Olaiya, a.k.a Tammy Olaiya, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to leading a conspiracy to import more than five kilograms...

NEC meeting: Accept your inability to manage party, resign, APC govs to Oshiomhole

  Following the various crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) has asked the party’s National Chairman,...

Senate approves N10bn loan refund to Kogi State two days to Guber poll

  With just two days to the Kogi state gubernatorial election, the Senate has approved the loan refund of N10.069 billion to Kogi...

How 23-year-old Nigerian woman was strangled and dumped inside trash bin in a room in America

New details were revealed in court documents in the murder case of a woman found dead in a recycling bin. Prosecutors in the...

Climate change: Atrocious weather sweeps Jos, Plateau

  For the first time, change in global weather patterns has hit Jos, Plateau State capital and Nigeria’s coolest zone, sometimes dropping to...

Chief MKO Abiola’s personal physician, Dr Ore Falomo, is dead

Chief MKO Abiola’s personal physician, Dr Ore Falomo, is dead. It was reported that Falomo died in the early hours of Saturday after...

Lagos Gov. Sanwo-Olu lays 2020 Money Bill of N1.16trn before lawmakers

  A jumbo-size 2020 Lagos State Appropriation Bill of N1.16 trillion has been unveiled by the governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu. It is about...

Osinbajo in Niger Republic to represent Buhari at ECOWAS summit

  The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday morning jetted off to the neighboring Niger Republic. While there, Osinbajo is scheduled to represent...

REVEALED! Names Of Sacked Advisers To Vice President Yemi Osinbajo

Jibola Ajayi- SA, Legal Lanre Osinbona- SSA,ICT Imeh Okon- SSA, Infrastructure Jide Awolowo- SA, Oil and Gas Lilian Idiaghe- SA, Research,Legal and Compliance...