Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been declared winner of the Benue State governorship election. Ortom was declared winner on Sunday by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, after the supplementary election held in some polling units across the state. The PDP candidate defeated his main …
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The Niger State Government has said that the renovation and reconstruction of its Government House will cost N3.2 billion, Igbere TV reports. Igbere TV reports that the State Commissioner of Works, Zakari Jikantoro, disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Minna. He said the project was divided into phases, adding …
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John Obi Mikel says he felt he was going to lose his father after he was kidnapped by gunmen in 2018. The 31-year-old discovered that his father had been abducted before the Super Eagles’ last group game against Argentina at the World Cup in Russia. After lauching a search for …
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Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba, has insisted the club’s decision to fire Jose Mourinho, was entirely down to results and not player power. Mourinho was fired in December after a 3-1 defeat to Liverpool. However, his failure to get the best out of World Cup winner Pogba, was often cited …
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A Federal High Court in Ibadan, Oyo State on Wednesday, arraigned three internet fraudsters, also known as ‘Yahoo boys’ for engaging in cyber crimes. One of the suspects; Segun Isaac (a Polytechnic student duped his victims under the name Tracie Morgan); Olamide O. Samuel and Afolabi Wasiu. They were charged …
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Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has asked his team to attack Seychelles from the blast of the referee’s whistle. Nigeria takes on the small island nation in their final 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Friday in Asaba, Delta state. Seychelles conceded 11 goals in their …
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The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate in the just concluded elections have filed a five grounds petition against INEC, President Muhammadu Buhari, and the APC. According to Punch, the petititoners said “from the data in the 1st respondent’s (INEC’s) server…the true, actual and correct results from state …
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Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) is not ready to rescind on its decision not to present Governor Rochas Okorocha with the Senate Certificate of return. Speaking on live television”Channels’ today, Festus Okoye, the electoral umpire’s director of voter education shared that INEC has investigated the claims that he was declared winner …
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The Nigerian Senate has approved N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. The approval came subsequent to the submission of the report of the ad hoc committee set up to review the minimum wage. The committee was headed by Senator Francis Alimikhena. The decision was taken at the plenary session …
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The Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, has ordered the closure of three tertiary institutions in the state following a protest which turned violent in Ilesa. Oyetola condemning the incident said the closure was with immediate effect. The state government announced this in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary …
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