Ninth Assembly: APC Recommends Lawan For Senate Presidency

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) yesterday recommended the Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan (APC, Yobe) for the position of Senate President in the ninth Assembly, Daily Trust reliably gathered. The recommendation was made during a meeting last night at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In attendance were President Muhammadu Buhari, 11 governors, national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and senators-elect,...

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Evil Man Who Killed Taxify Driver And Stole His Vehicle Arrested In Lagos

Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad, FSARS at Adeniji Adele, Lagos Island, Lagos have arrested a fleeing robbery suspect who allegedly connived with an accomplice now at large to rob and kill a Taxify (Bolt) driver before absconding with the victim's Toyota Camry Car. According to PM Express, the suspect, Ikechukwu Ozorumba, 29, and a native of Obolo Uku, Delta State but resident of 16, Yaro Street, Okokomaiko, a suburb...

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Bauchi Governor Congratulates PDP’s Bala Mohammed

Governor Abubakar extended his goodwill message to Senator Mohammed in a statement on Monday by his Special Adviser on Media and Strategy, Mr Ali Ali. The statement was issued shortly after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of the election. The former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) defeated the incumbent governor after polling a total...

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End Of The Road! Man Sentenced To Death For Killing Girlfriend

It was  reported that an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced one Chukwudi Onweniwe to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend, Nifemi Adeyeoye. The convict was arrested by the men of the Ondo State Police Command after killing the deceased, who was a student of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, in February 2017 at Ogbese in the Akure North Local Government Area of the state. Before the killing, Onweniwe was said...

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Plateau Governor Simon Lalong Re-Elected For A Second Term

The Returning Officer for the election, Professor Richard Kimbir, announced this on Sunday at the collation centre for the governorship election in Jos, the state capital. According to him, the governor who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was returned elected after polling the highest number of votes in the keenly contested poll. Governor Lalong got a total of 595,582 votes ahead of his closest rival and candidate...

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PDP's Aminu Tambuwal Re-elected as the governor of Sokoto State

Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal has won his second term bid to govern the state for another four years. The Resident Electoral Officer, Prof. Sadiq Musa, declared Tambuwal, the People’s Democratic Party candidate, winner after he polled a total score of 512,002 votes. His closest rival Ahmad Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress garnered 511,661 votes. Although Tambuwal lost in the collated result for 35 polling units in Kebbe...

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Former PDP Reps member dumps party in Ogun, writes Secondus

An ex-member of the House of Representatives, Oladapo Salako, who represented Remo Federal Constituency of Ogun state twice at the National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has left the party. Salako said his decision to walk away from the PDP had to do with the alleged injustices meted to him during the Ogun East Senatorial District primary election. In a resignation letter addressed to the national chairman...

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INEC Declares Yahaya Abdullahi Winner In Niger State, Cancels Rerun Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced decision to halt the rerun for the Niger state House Assembly elections in Agaie constituency. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Prof. Sam Egwu, yesterday, issued a press statement declaring the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Yahaya Abdullahi, as winner of the election. INEC said its decision was sequel to the earlier declaration of the...

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Court declares Adeleke of PDP as the winner of the 2018 Gubernatorial Election

The rerun Osun governorship election on September 27, 2018 in seven polling units was illegal, The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja has declared. It stated the exercise was borne out of an illegal cancellation of results in the polling units during the September 22, 2018 original poll. The Returning Officers who declared the results cancelled, according to the Tribunal, lacked the power to do it. The Peoples Democratic...

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AFCON Qualifiers: Nigeria Vs Seychelles At 4pm Today

Flying Eagles captain Ikouwen Udoh has been called up to replace Bordeaux forward Samuel Kalu for the upcoming Super Eagles games. Ikouwen Udoh has finally been handed a chance for his first game for the Super Eagles [CAF]Super Eagles boss Gernot Rohr has called up Enyimba defender Ikouwen Udoh for Nigeria's upcoming games against Seychelles and Egypt. The German tactician earlier listed 23 players for the upcoming games in the international...

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See Why Super Eagles Coach Dunped Kelechi Iheanacho

Leicester town forward Kelechi Iheanacho must be more committed if he wishes to return to the Super Eagles, according to coach Gernot Rohr. Iheanacho has been neglected of the Eagles games against Seychelles and Egypt in Asaba. “We don't seem to be satisfied with his recent performances. He should be more professional, it’s not good enough to be all the time funny. you have got to be serious. He should be more serious in training,” demanded...

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Nigeria deports four Ghanaians for violation Immigration Rules

The Federal Government has announced the deportation of four Ghanaian nationals for what it attributed to their violation of some immigration rules. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Public Relations Unit of the Nigeria Immigration Service NIS, Friday in Abuja. The statement reads: “The Nigeria Immigration Service has carried out a Deportation Order as authorised by the Honourable Minister of Interior in respect of four...

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Suspected Ritualist Burnt To Death After Killing Teenage Girl In Bayelsa

A suspected ritualist was subjected to jungle justice earlier today after allegedly killing a young girl in Akenfa, Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. It was gathered that the alleged ritualist pretended to a homeless man loitering around the area before he allegedly slaughtered a teenage girl and was nabbed in the process.  The angry mob immediately descended on him and lynched him to serve as punishment and also a deterrent to others due to...

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Senate approves N30,000 minimum wage

The Senate on Tuesday approved N30,000 as the new national minimum wage. This decision was reached after the upper chamber’s ad-hoc committee on new minimum wage headed by Senator Francis Alimikhena, submitted its report. The Senate then went on to request the Federal Government to submit a supplementary budget to cover the new wage structure for consideration and approval. The Senator representing Benue Northeast Senatorial district,...

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Why I Worked Against Dapo Abiodun – Adebutu

Oladipupo Adebutu, a factional  governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 elections in Ogun State has disclosed why he worked against Dapo Abiodun, the Governor-elect of the state.  It was gathered that Abiodun and Adebutu are natives of Remo in Ogun State, however the PDP Governorship candidate teamed up with the governorship candidate of the  Allied People’s Movement, Adekunle Akinlade, against Abiodun...

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Ogun election: APM candidate, Akinlade challenges governorship result in court, writes US, EU

The governorship candidate of the Allied People’s Movement, APM, Adekunle Akinlade, has announced his decision to challenge the victory of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Dapo Abiodun, in the election petitions tribunal. Akinlade stated this in a statement issued by his media aide, Azeez Adelani, on Sunday in Abeokuta, adding that he has directed his legal team to write the United States, United...

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How I won Ogun governorship election – Dapo Abiodun

The Ogun State Governor-elect, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has narrated his experience in the just-concluded gubernatorial election. He stated that if men were to be God, he would not have emerged as governor-in-waiting. He spoke yesterday at a thanksgiving service to commemorate his election held at St. James’ Anglican Church, Iperu-Remo in Ikenne Local Government Area of the state. Abiodun said despite the hostile electioneering, he had absolute...

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Europa League Draw: Arsenal Book Napoli...See Full List

Arsenal were handed a tough quarter-finals tie with Italian giants Napoli in the Europa League draw Friday as Chelsea were paired with outsiders Slavia Prague. Unai Emery’s team will host Napoli at the Emirates Stadium in the first leg on April 11, with the return in Italy a week later. It is a tough draw for the Gunners, with Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli currently second in Serie A — they were eliminated from the Champions League in the group...

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UEFA Champions League Quarter Final and Semi-Final Draws

Quarter Finals Draw Manchester United vs Barcelona Tottenham vs Manchester City Liverpool vs FC Porto Ajax vs Juventus Semi-Finals Draw: Manchester United/Barcelona vs FC Porto/Liverpool Tottenham/Manchester City vs Ajax/Juventus The quarter final first leg will be played between April 9/10 and the second leg will be played between April 16/17 The Semi-Final first leg will be played between April 30 and May 1st and the return...

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Chelsea’s squad to face Dynamo Kiev revealed [Full list]

Chelsea manager, Maurizio Sarri, has named a strong squad to face Dynamo Kiev, in the second leg of their Europa League round of 16 clash on Thursday. Sarri has rested key players during trips to Greece (PAOK), Belarus (BATE), and Hungary (Vidi FC) in the group stages, as well as in the first knockout round against Malmo, when Marcos Alonso was dropped and Ruben Loftus-Cheek had to stay behind through injury. However, he is not taking...

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Europa League: Why Sarri dropped Gonzalo Higuain from Chelsea’s squad against Dynamo Kiev

Chelsea manager, Maurizio Sarri has explained why he dropped striker, Gonzalo Higuain from his side’s Europa League squad that will tackle Dynamo Kiev on Thursday night. Higuain did not travel with the rest of the Chelsea squad ahead of Thursday’s Europa League round of 16 second-leg clash with Dynamo Kiev. According to Sarri, the Argentina international had fever after their Premier League 1-1 draw with Wolves last Sunday. Chelsea defeated...

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Real Madrid Sign Brazilian Defender Militao In €50m Deal

Real Madrid have clinched a deal to sign the Brazilian defender Eder Militao, 21, from Portuguese champions FC Porto from next season, the two clubs announced on Thursday. The center-back is the Spanish giants’ first signing since Zinedine Zidane returned to the club as a coach for a second spell this week. Real said Militao would join on a four-year deal until 2025. Meanwhile, in a statement to the Portuguese stock exchange, Porto...

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Police arrest Oyo APC lawmaker over Rep member's death

Oyo State Police Command has arrested the chief whip of Oyo State House of Assembly Wasiu Akinmoyede over the death of House of Representatives member Temitope Olatoye, known as ‘Sugar’ during Saturday, March 23 governorship election in the state. Akinmoyede, who represents Lagelu constituency in the assembly, was alleged to have had a hand in the murder of Olatoye, who was the senatorial candidate of Action Democratic Party (ADP). State...

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More Pics From The 4 Storey Building That Collapsed In Lagos, School Kids Feared Dead

A 4 storey building just collapse in Itafaaji, Lagos Island. There is a private school in that building and a lot of children are trapped in that building. Some of the children are dead while some have been rescued. But a lot of children are still trapped inside the building. Some parents have more than one child in the school, some have 2, some have up to 4. The collapse was said to be as a result of a dredging that happen within the area...

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APC wins majority seats in Senate

The ruling All Progressives Congress has won 62 out of 109 seats in the Senate. The People’s Democratic Party has 37 seats and the Young Progressives Party secured one. Although the Senate is made up of 109 seats, the Independent National Electoral Commission has only announced 100 winners as the commission had ordered a rerun in some states Reruns were held on March 9 in Abia South, Imo West and North, Kogi East, Ondo South, Plateau...

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Zidane Reveals Why He Rejoined Real Madrid

Zinedine Zidane has said he decided to return as Real Madrid manager nine months after he walked away because he felt it was the right thing to do. The Frenchman quit his job at the Santiago Bernabeu, after winning the Champions League for three consecutive years. Zidane has now returned to replace Santiago Solari and becomes Madrid’s third manager this season, signing a three-year contract until 2022. “I know this is a special day...

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