The Vice Chairmanship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the ongoing LG polls, in Warri South, Pastor Kingsley Omonigho Oshogbo, said the party has boycotted the election in Warri. Oshogbo spoke with newsmen in Warri. He said the election should be totally cancelled because officials of the Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC,…
Workers in Anambra State judiciary have declared a strike action. A letter notifying the state government of their intention to commence the indefinite strike, which was made available to journalists on Saturday in Awka, said the action commences on Monday. The development is expected to cripple court activities and other judiciary matters in the state….
Spain and England will meet in the Euro 2024 final in Berlin on Sunday in what will be a rare encounter between the two countries at a major tournament. Here is a sneek peek into some notable past games involving the two countries The first competitive meeting of Spain and England came at the 1950…
Former Deputy Chief Whip of the House of Representatives, Pally Iriase, has declined his membership of the National Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress for the Edo State governorship election. Iriase, whose name was included in the list released on Friday, said he was not consulted before he was included in the team and…
Effort of the Nigerian government to combat illegal mining has received a significant boost with the arraignment of several Chinese nationals for illegal mining activities in Abia State South East of the country The suspects, including eight Chinese nationals and one Nigerian, were recently apprehended by the Mining Marshals, an elite security outfit crafted from…
Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has announced immediate closure of the collapsed school, Saint Academy School and ordered full investigation into the collapse that killed 22 and injured 132 persons. The governor gave the order when he visited the collapsed building premises for assessment of situation as he went round the school premises, with…
Less than 24 hours after a school building collapsed in Plateau state killing over twenty students another building has collapsed but this time in Abuja the nation’s capital Already four people have been rescued after a section of a two-storey residential apartment collapsed on Saturday morning, with several people trapped in the rubble. The collapsed…
The Peoples Democratic Party has implicated the former Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, in the crisis within the Edo State chapter of the party. Edo PDP has been facing internal conflicts since the governorship primary election on February 22, 2024, which resulted in Asue Ighodalo becoming the governorship candidate. Discontented party members subsequently took legal…
Former Ogun State Governor, Chief Segun Osoba, says it is undemocratic for governors to use their political powers to enthrone their party men as chairmen of all local governments in their states. He said there must be a total change in the country’s political dynamics for federalism to be effective in Nigeria. The 84-year-old All…
Oba Akinloye Owolabi Olakulehin has been crowned as the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland in a ceremony that attracted the crème de la crème of Nigerian society. The ceremony preceded the seclusion, for some days, of the now-crowned monarch. He succeeds the 42nd King Oba Mahood Lekan Balogun who died on 14 March 2024 at 81….
