PDP rejects INEC verdict, wants Adeleke declared winner, INEC fixes re-run for Sept 27
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the declaration of Osun State guber election won by its candidate Ademola Adeleke saying the decision of INEC was clear robbery. PDP via…
Pirates strike, abduct 12 from Port Harcourt bound ship
A Swiss shipping company says that a bulk carrier has been attacked by pirates off Nigeria’s coast and 12 of its 19 crew members have been kidnapped. Geneva-based Massoel Shipping…
Update: Osun guber results from 30 LGAs
1.Boluwaduro: APC LG:3843, PDP:3779, SDP:1766, ADP:858 2.Atakumosa West LG : APC: 5019, PDP: 5401, SDP: 1570, ADP: 718 3.Ifedayo LG: APC: 3182, PDP: 3374, SDP: 1377, ADP: 176. 4.Ede South:…
IBB to Tambuwal: I’ll be happy leaving Nigeria in your hand
Former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, has expressed happiness that a young politician like Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State, with leadership experience cutting across the three arms of…
OsunDecides: Police arrest 3 for vote-buying; publish false result, go to jail, INEC warns
The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested three suspects for vote buying during the Osun governorship election. The suspects are : Muriat Olalekan, 61,Hamzat Muniru,65 and Adeagbo Wasiu. A…
Buhari’s minister, Shittu, confirms skipping NYSC scheme
The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu, has said that he did not violate the Constitution by not participating in the compulsory one year National Youth Services Corps (NYSC) scheme….
Peace in Delta has brought investments – Okowa
DELTA State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has ascribed the peace being enjoyed in the state to the cooperation between security agencies. While describing Delta State as peaceful and investor’s haven,…
Abdulsalami Abubakar lists Nigerians who will never be his friend
Former Head of state, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, on Friday said he will forever be an enemy of anyone that tried to hinder the democratic development of Nigeria or plunge Nigeria…
Buhari: I have never met new DG DSS before
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met, for the first time, with the newly appointed Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Magaji Bichi, at the Presidential Villa,…
I won’t resign, Buhari’s aide accused of certificate forgery insists
Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, Chairman, Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property, has denied reports that he was under pressure to resign, saying the “purported report is false,…