The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Folajimi Oyekunle, has been declared the winner of the Ibadan North Federal Constituency by-election held across the 12 wards on Saturday. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Abiodun Oluwadare of the University of Ibadan, made the declaration at the end of…
Gunmen suspected to be hoodlums on Saturday stormed Ward 5, polling unit 2 of the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Hon. Ladi Adebutu, shooting sporadically and carting away ballot boxes. The hoodlums, numbering about six, who came on two bikes each at about 12:45 pm and clad in…
The Ondo Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man, Bello Azeez, for allegedly staging his own abduction in a bid to extort money from his family and friends. Azeez, a native of Ipele in Owo Local Government Area, was apprehended on Saturday after police investigations revealed that he masterminded the scheme after his father allegedly…
Pre-thumbprinted ballot papers already marked in favour of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have been intercepted at Aguata High School, Ekwulobia, in Anambra State. The ballot papers, allegedly prepared for smuggling into the ballot box during the ongoing Anambra South Senatorial by-election, were seized on Saturday. Donald Amamgbo is the ADC candidate in the ongoing…
The Court of Appeal in Sokoto has upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court dismissing an appeal filed by former Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, over the ownership of more than 40 official vehicles seized from his residence after he left office in May 2023. In June 2023, the police raided Matawalle’s residence and…
A former gubernatorial candidate in Zamfara State, Sani Shinkafi on Friday escaped an attempted assassination in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. Shinkafi, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress said the attack happened shortly after the Juma’at prayers on Friday, August 15. He said he was on his way home when some masked assailants blocked his…
As the Remo federal constituency by-election is set to commence in Ogun State, security operatives have arrested the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Abayomi Tella, other party officials, and two officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with large cash in their possession. The arrested politicians and INEC officials who were…
Following the continued seizure of allocations to the 30 local governments in Osun State by the Federal Government, it has been gathered that palaces in the state have been grounded by lack of funds. The traditional councils in each of the local governments in Nigeria statutorily take five percent of the local government allocations for…
The management of Fresh FM Nigeria has confirmed a fire outbreak that gutted its head office at Challenge, Ibadan, on Friday night. In a statement late Friday and signed by the Group Head of Corporate Affairs, Fresh FM Nigeria and Yinka Ayefele Limited, Samson Akindele, the station disclosed that the fire outbreak affected key facilities,…
Nigerian miners who were stranded in the Central African Republic (CAR) say they were sexually abused by their Chinese male employers. The 12 miners were received by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairperson of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), in Abuja on Friday, according to a statement issued by Abdurrahman Balogun, director of media, public relations and…