The Federal Government appears to be foot-dragging on the 30-day confab for youths in the country, promised by President Bola Tinubu, to discuss and address challenges confronting them. Tinubu had, during Nigeria’s 64th Independence Day Anniversary Broadcast on October 1, 2024, vowed to convene the confab, saying the modalities and selection of delegates would be…
The candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, Mimi Azikiwe, has reportedly been declared winner of the just concluded Onitsha North Constituency 1 by-election. According to The Whistler, Azikiwe recorded a landslide victory, garnering 7,774 votes to defeat his opponents from other parties. She defeated candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC Justina Azuka,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Dr. Joseph Ikpea and Omosede Igbinedion of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winners of the Saturday by-elections held in Edo Central Senatorial District and Ovia Federal Constituency. The two seats in the National Assembly became vacant in September 2024, after the election of Governor Monday…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Misa Musa Jauro of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Ganye state constituency by-election in Adamawa State. The Returning Officer, Professor Tukur Ahmed, while declaring Musa Jauro the winner, said the APC candidate polled a total of 15,923 votes to defeat his closest…
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…
A San Diego babysitter broke down in tears in court as she was sentenced to 100 years to life in prison for delivering little girls to her pedophile boyfriend to molest. Brittney Mae Lyon, 31, advertised her babysitting services online – with a particular interest in working with special needs children – and earned the…
A 50-year-old man, Modu Isa, in Bama, Borno State attempted suicide after his former wife refused to return home. According to The Nation, the incident occurred on Friday evening in Hausari Ward. Eyewitnesses said Isa stabbed himself three times in the stomach and cut off his penis with a knife as community members rushed to…
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…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday’s by-election for Ibadan North Federal Constituency, Adewale Haastrup Olatunji has lost his polling unit to his counterpart from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Fola Sunday Oyekunle. Olatunji voted at Unit 27 in Ward 10 Saturday morning. According to the results announced at the…