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Confusion as INEC headquarters disowns its Adamawa Commissioner for declaring Sen. Binani winner of guber poll

  The Independent National Electoral Commission has disowned and distanced itself from the declaration of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Sen. Aishatu Binani,...

Brain drain: Can 5-year compulsory service bill curb Nigerian medical doctors’emigration to other countries?

What the proposed legislation may achieve if passed into law would be to increase the pool of unemployed and disenchanted Nigerians rather than...

Buhari’s ex-Minister, Sylva, picks APC’s ticket for Bayelsa guber poll in November

The immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has won the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary...

INEC declares APC’s Bomai as winner of Yobe South Senate poll re-run

Sen. Ibrahim Bomai of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was on Saturday declared as the senator-elect for Yobe South Senatorial District of Yobe...

INEC, EFCC hire SANs, 16 other lawyers to prosecute 2023 electoral offenders

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have jointly hired a team of 18 lawyers to...

Insurgency: 2,295 teachers killed in 13 years, 6,800 children’s rights violated in Northeast — UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Nigeria, Christian Munduate, on Friday lamented that no fewer than 2,295 teachers have been killed...

The Day In Pictures: Edo Deputy Gov, CP Decorate Otoagua As CSP

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Hon. Philip Shuaibu and the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adamu Dankwara, earlier this week, decorated the...

Criticisms, condemnation trail “Gangs of Lagos” movie

...movie may be pulled down from streaming platforms

Alleged phone theft: Police nab two students over lynching of student on varsity campus

Two suspects have been apprehended in connection with the death of Okoli Chizoputam, a student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife in...

Hushpuppi’s associate, Woodberry pleads guilty, forfeits $8m cyber crime proceeds to US Govt

Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi, a former Instagram influencer and convicted felon’s associate, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, known as Mr. Woodberry in a...

Just in: Seplat, CEO Brown, Omiyi, others face prosecution in court over alleged Immigration Act breach

For allegedly violating extant provisions of the Nigerian Immigration Act 2015, Seplat Energy Plc, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr Roger Brown, Board...

FG to install luggage scanners worth N495m in Abuja, Kaduna, Kano railway station

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the provision and installation of baggage scanners in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano railway stations. The...

House of Reps Speaker: Male contestants should step down for me — Miriam Onuoha

Rep. Miriam Odinaka Onuoha, an aspirant for the Speaker’s position in the 10th House of Representatives, has appealed to all male contenders for...

Seven-storey building crumbles in Lagos Island, many feared dead

Another multi-storey building has collapsed in Lagos with several people trapped. The building still under construction collapsed at Banana Island in the Ikoyi...