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Captain Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged winner of the Kogi State governorship election in a landslide victory. Wada won with 300,372 votes, Abubakar Audu of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) secured 159,913 votes, Ubolo ...
Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke has hinted that a new law meant to simplify criminal prosecutions, as well as strengthen the nation’s criminal justice system is to be promulgated soon. Adoke noted that when operationa...
Imo State governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has directed the immediate suspension of the monthly salaries of all the traditional rulers in six local government areas of the state over what he termed “an increase in criminal activities” in t...
Cult-related war has allegedly claimed the lives of two persons in Umuojoagu, Issele-Azagba, Aniocha North local government area of Delta State, as hundreds of residents fled the area for fear of loosing their lives. Reports said cult war activities be...
Tragedy struck on the Sagbama River in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State when six persons drowned, following a boat mishap which occurred on Friday night. Leadership Sunday gathered that the ill-fated canoe was on its way to Agoloma&...
A 92-year-old newspaper vendor, Pa Ephraim Obinedu, got more thanhe looked forward to on Friday, when he was recognised as the oldest Nigerian by the Anambra chapter of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), when they bestowed on him the Vendor Award...
The Borno State government has set up an environmental mobile court to check indiscriminate dumping of wastes in Maiduguri, the state capital. Permanent secretary, in the state’s Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Mustapha Kurna, disclosed the plan ...
The Anambra state government has issued a warning to all street beggars, especially children used by their parents to beg for alms, to vacate the streets or be arrested. 29 of such women who displayed their children as strategy for getting alms h...
The Former Director of Corp Welfare of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Dr John Abhuere has disclosed that the elite were responsible for the current security challenges wrecking havoc in the country. He made the disclosure in Abuja yesterday w...
Former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, yesterday called for the abrogation of the law that tries public officers for keeping foreign accounts describing it as outdated, even as he said his trial by the Code of Conduct Tribunal was an a...
….As Communities Threaten to Shut Oil operations The House of Representatives Committee on Environment is investigating Shell Petroleum Development Company and Exxon Mobil over their alleged breach of a joint venture partnership agreement...
Last week, a Lagos high court ordered the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to pay Babatunde ‘Baba Suwe’ Omidina the whopping sum of N25m for defamation of character. For those who were there, it was a spectacle to behold, as the ...
No, I won’t mention the title of the film. Doing so will only give it unsolicited advert. This is about one of the actresses who featured in it; Uche Jombo. After establishing herself in the English genre of Nollywood, she moved over to get a fee...
Singer Katy Perry’s life is becoming a soap opera. At least, that’s how the pop star sees it, given all the rumours surrounding her these days. First, there was speculation that she was expecting, which she colourfully denied. Now, there ha...
Singer Elton John has declared a new war on AIDS and the “fascists and idiots” who continue to stigmatise the disease. The outspoken singer finished off World AIDS Day 2011 with a stirring speech last (Saturday) night, as he watched firewor...