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Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in last Saturday’s general elections, has won the keenly contest polls in Rivers State. The APC flagbearer also swept Niger and Benue states, garnering massive votes in both states. Earlier, there was a strong battle for who would …

A British woman has died in Spain after being mauled by a pit bull that she took in. The 67-year-old, who has not yet been named, had picked up the abandoned dog from a field near the city of Valencia on Spain’s southeastern coast. She had been in possession of …

Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) on Tuesday took a swipe at former President Olusegun Obasanjo for calling for a cancellation of the ongoing presidential election. Obasanjo in a letter on Monday had called on President Muhammadu Buhari and Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) have demanded a fresh election, saying the February 25 presidential election has been “irretrievably compromised”. LP National, Julius Abure; the PDP chairman, Iyorchia Ayu; as well as their ADC counterpart, Ralph Nwosu, made this known at …

Youths from the 36 states of the federation have warned against any attempt to arrest the senior Pastor of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Paul Enenche, over his recent comments on the presidential election. The All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, had called for Enenche’s arrest over his utterances …

The collation officer appointed by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the Presidential election in Rivers State, Prof Charles Adias, has suspended the collation of results over alleged threats to life. Prof Adias who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Otuoke in Bayelsa State, said this at …

The United States has announced an extension of the validity of tourist visas for Nigerians from two years to five years. In a statement on Monday, the US mission in Nigeria said the extension will take effect from March 1, 2023. The development comes days after the Nigerian government announced …

 A Justice of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Justice Lokulo-Sodipe, is dead.The justice was said to have slumped in his office on Monday while dressing up to attend a court session. It was gathered that all attempts to revive him proved abortive as he …

 Lionel Messi beat out Paris Saint-Germain teammate Kylian Mbappe for FIFA’s best men’s player award.Messi was announced as the 2022 winner on Monday at the Best FIFA Awards ceremony in Paris. FC Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas was named the best women’s player for a second straight year. “It’s amazing,” Messi said …

Former Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose has urged the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to accept defeat amid the ongoing collation of Saturday’s presidential election. While appealing to Atiku to exhibit maturity in accepting defeat, Fayose, who belongs to the same party as …