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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Senator Ademola Adeleke, Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, the winner of the Osun governorship election. Adeleke scored 403,371 votes to beat the incumbent, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of All Peoples Congress, who got a total of 375,027 votes. Consequently, Adeleke beats Oyetola with 28,344 votes. In addition, out of […]
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Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the death of 31 persons in the latest Port Harcourt stampede. The stampede took place during an outreach programme organised by a new generation church, Kings Assembly, on Saturday in Port Harcourt. Vanguard reports that the acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the […]
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Son of Nigeria’s Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, Folajimi, has lost the APC ticket for Ikeja Constituency 1 in Lagos State. Folajimi is currently holding the seat and he lost the primary election to Seyi Lawal. According to Vanguard, the primary election took place at St Peter’s Anglican Primary School, Ikeja constituency 1, under the heavy […]
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Former Anambra State’s governor and a presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Obi, resigned from the party on Tuesday. Obi stated that recent developments in the PDP made it practically impossible for him to go ahead with his ambition in the party. According to BusinessDay, he may be planning to join the […]
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Bandits attacked Mai Kanbu Catholic Church Parish in Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State in the early hours of Wednesday, and kidnapped the Parish Priest along with three other persons from the parish. According to Vanguard, the assailants who were in large number sneaked into the parish quietly and started shooting sporadically. They eventually […]
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The Federal Executive Council has approved a plan for better utilization of digital innovation in Nigeria. Vanguard reports that it was the result of a memo presented to the Council by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami. According to the ministry, the approval will make it easier to implement […]
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A top Army officer, Brigadier General S. Fulani, has been attacked on Wednesday evening by gunmen around Life Camp in Abuja. Sources told SaharaReporters that the Army General was going to his house situated in the area. Besides, the gunmen left with his Toyota Venza vehicle marked ABJ41JB. According to sources; “Abuja is no more […]
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A Poly Ibadan student, identified as Igunu Oromidayo Daniel, has died after a suspected drug-induced sexual encounter with his girlfriend Aramide Adeleke. According to Guardian, Daniel became unconscious after the encounter and was rushed to the University College Hospital (UCH) for treatment. Daniel died on Monday in his room at Apete, and was a student […]
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Mr Ahmed Idris, the Accountant General of the Federation, was arrested by EFCC in Kano on Monday and transferred to Abuja over the diversion of funds as well as money laundering of about N80 billion. Earlier, he had been invited by the agency but failed to honour the invitation, Punch reports. In a statement released […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, has revealed that inflation rate rose to 16.82% in April 2022. This represents a 0.90% rise when examined in contrast to 15.92% put on paper in March 2022, Vanguard reports. According to the bureau, the composite food index rose year-on-year (YoY) by 1.17 basis points to 18.37 percent in […]
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