A U.S.-based Nigerian woman, Princess Oyenike Oyedele Roberts, has declared for the presidency of Nigeria on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 presidential election. Nike Roberts, as she is called, while addressing supporters in New York, also dissociated herself from corruption, vowing never to accept any donation from corrupt […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the 23 chairmanship positions in the Rivers council election. Chukwunenye Uriri, chairman of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), announced the result of the poll on Sunday. Describing the exercise as free, fair and bereft of violence, he said voting commenced in all the units at about 8am […]
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Rivers State’s Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC), on Saturday conducted local government elections in the state, an exercise the state governor, Nyesom Wike described as satisfactory. The governor spoke to journalists after participating in the exercise. His reaction came after election observers adjudged the voting process across the 23 local government areas as free and fair. […]
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Gunmen suspected to be members of a wanted militia gang leader, Terwase Akwaza, invaded Wankya settlement, Zaki-Biam town, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State, killing two persons and abducted another. A source who spoke to The PUNCH said the killers invaded the area around 11.30pm on Saturday, with guns and broke into the homes of […]
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An own goal from Oghenekaro Etebo and a Luka Modric penalty gave former semi-finalists Croatia a 2-0 win over Nigeria in their World Cup Group D opener on Saturday. In Russia’s sleepy European exclave of Kaliningrad — perhaps best known for its nuclear missile sites — the youngsters of Nigeria struggled to get going against […]
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A Heavy downpour and windstorm on Saturday destroyed properties worth millions in Bauchi metropolis. Although there were reports of injuries, the authorities are yet to ascertain whether or not some people lost their lives. The rainfall which started at about 4pm, lasted for about two your, uprooting trees, removing roofing sheets and destroying buildings A […]
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Ace Argentine forward, Lionel Messi fluffed his World Cup lines on Saturday, missing a penalty as Iceland held Argentina to a 1-1 draw. Just a day after his eternal rival Cristiano Ronaldo scored a sensational hat-trick to secure a 3-3 draw for Portugal against Spain, Messi had a golden chance to write his own headlines. […]
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Members of the new Peoples’ Democratic Party, nPDP, a factional group within the All Progressives Congress, APC, are set to meet ahead of the party’s national convention holding next week to take a stance on their involvement in the ruling party. According to the Punch, some members of the nPDP such as Bukola Saraki, the […]
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun command, said it had returned over 65,000 Euros recovered from Iyare Motors accident scene to the victims. Mr Clement Oladele, the Sector Commander, disclosed this in a statement by the command’s Public Education Officer, Mrs Florence Okpe, in Abeokuta on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]
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A policeman has allegedly pursued a tricycle rider to his death over N100 bribe. The officer, a sergeant attached to the Bridge Head Police Division, Onitsha, Anambra State, was said to ave chased the 22-year-old deceased, Samuel Agu, to the path of a speeding bus, which crushed him to death. It was gathered that the […]
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