The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will publish the personal particulars of candidates nominated by their political parties for the 2023 Governorship and State Assembly elections in all the constituencies nationwide on Friday. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this at the swearing-in of a new Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr […]
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A 64-year-old woman politician, Droupadi Murmu has won presidential election on Thursday to make history of becoming the first tribal leader to be elected as the President of India. Murmu is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She served as the ninth Governor of Jharkhand between 2015 and 2021 and was picked as the […]
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UTME centre A bill seeking to make Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) results valid for two years has passed the second reading in the House of Representatives. The Amendment of the JAMB Act was sponsored by Rep. Tolulope Sadipe (APC-Oyo), at the plenary on Thursday. Leading the debate, Sadipe said many students sit for […]
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US President Joe Biden speaks about the recent mass shootings and urges Congress to pass laws to combat gun violence at the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, June 2, 2022. (Photo by Saul Loeb / AFP) President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, his administration announced, saying the 79-year-old […]
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Nigerian music star, Davido, and nephew of the Osun State governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, has reacted to the presentation of the Certificate of Return to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The singer had earlier raised concerns about the seeming delay in the presentation of the certificate to his uncle. Reacting to the latest development, […]
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The General Overseer of Omega Power Ministry (OPM), Apostle Chibuzor Chinyere, has transferred actor Kenneth Aguba’s gifts to ladies who fought viciously for his hand in marriage. After Aguba’s relocation to Port Harcourt on July 5 as a result of Chibuzor’s act of benevolence following homeless photos of the actor which went viral, the cleric […]
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All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has debunked the allegation that the Christian clerics who attended the unveiling of his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, were fake and hired. He described the viral videos and pictures of the clerics at the event as the handiwork of political detractors. The party had presented […]
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Kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls Hauwa Joseph (L) and Mary Dauda pose with their babies at Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri, northeast Nigeria, on June 21, 2022. (Photo by Audu Marte / AFP) As pathetic as their tales may be, it is still a matter of great relief that two of the school girls captured by Boko Haram […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has raised alarm on an alleged plan by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to sell 50,000 hectares of Idanre Forest Reserve. It raised the alarm in a statement titled “Ondo PDP cautions Akeredolu on the sale of 50,000 hectares of Idanre Foresst Reserve,” which was signed by its State […]
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Lawan; Photo: Twitter/DrAhmadLawan/Tope Brown Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, and immediate past minister of Niger-Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio and other politicians, who obtained more than one nomination form, have committed an electoral offence and are liable to two years imprisonment under the Electoral Act, 2022. The Resident Electoral Commissioner […]
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