INEC cancels Ini/Ikono constituency re-run poll in Akwa Ibom amid violence

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cancelled the Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency supplementary election held on…

Ex-minister Sylva wins Bayelsa APC governorship ticket

The former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, on Saturday, won the All Progressives…

Senator Achonu emerges Imo LP governorship candidate

* Amid parallel primaries Senator Athan Achonu has emerged as the Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate…

Protest at IMF, World Bank meeting over Nigeria’s borrowing 

As the 2023 edition of the World Bank Group (WBG) Spring meetings were ending on Sunday…

NYSC disowns ‘corper’ who allegedly scammed police officer

Management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC0 has dissociated itself from the case of an…

Lagos CP orders removal of DPO over alleged extortion

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the immediate removal of the Divisional…

Supplementary polls: EFCC arrests 12 suspected vote-buyers in Kano, Katsina

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested 12 persons for alleged vote-buying during Saturday’s supplementary…

DSS arrests 2 persons in Kano over alleged blasphemy against Prophet Muhammad

The Kano State Commissioner of Religious Affairs, Dr Muhammad Nazifi Bichi, has confirmed that operatives of…

Police arrest 4 suspects over botched kidnap of Tiwa Savage

The Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, Ikoyi in Lagos, says it has arrested four…

Limping Chelsea crash to Brighton at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea’s miserable form in the Premier League continued on Saturday when they crashed to Brighton at…