A serving member of the house of representatives, Razak Atunwa, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kwara state. Atunwa defeated Sha’aba Lafiagi, the senator currently representing Kwara north, who participated in the rescheduled exercise held on Monday. According to the results, Atunwa scored 1555 votes ahead of Lafiagi who recorded 578 […]
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Super Eagles forward Victor Anichebe has allegedly reported his club, Beijing Enterprise to FIFA over match fixing claims, the Daily mail reports. Anichebe allegedly opened up on the issue after he claims his coaches told him “not to try” on two different occasions, including in a local derby match. The former Everton and West Brom […]
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday fired warning shots at US President Donald Trump. She warned the US leader against “destroying” the United Nations. “I believe that destroying something without having developed something new is extremely dangerous,” she warned Speaking at a regional campaign event in Bavaria Germany, Merkel reiterated her believe that multilateralism is […]
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Eden Hazard is the top scorer in the Premier League after netting in Chelsea’s 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.The Reds dropped their first points of the season, despite a stunning late equaliser from Daniel Sturridge. It means Liverpool have lost top spot, with champions Manchester City having the edge on goal […]
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The car of missing Major General Idris Alkali has been found in a pond in Dura-Du, Jos South, eight days after the commencement of an intense search by the Nigerian Army. The car registered as MUN-670-AA Kwara State, was pulled out of the pond at about 7 p.m, with the combined effort of NEMA, the […]
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In an announcement made by its spokesman on Saturday, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has postponed its governorship primary election in Lagos, Imo and Kano states. Kola Ologbondiyan, said the primary will hold on Sunday, while those of Lagos, Kano and Imo have been postponed, the exercise would go on as planned in […]
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed its governorship primary elections for Imo and Lagos states to Monday, Oct.1. Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the party’s National Chairman announced this on Saturday in Abuja,while inaugurating the party’s Governorship Primary Election Committee and the Presidential National Convention Committee. Oshiomhole, who attributed logistics for postponing the primary election in […]
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North Korea’s foreign minister told the United Nations on Saturday continued sanctions were deepening its mistrust in the United States. The country says there was no way the country would give up its nuclear weapons unilaterally under such circumstances. Ri Yong Ho told the world body’s annual General Assembly that North Korea had taken “significant […]
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Barcelona slipped up for the third time in a week but stay top of La Liga after Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid cancelled each other out at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday. Real and Atletico began a pulsating derby less than three hours after Barca had scrambled to a 1-1 draw at home to Athletic […]
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As part of its mandate to engage electoral democracy in Nigeria, the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) observed the Supplementary Governorship Elections which took place on the 27th of September, 2018. TMG deployed observers across the seven (7) polling units across the four-local government councils, namely Orolu, Ife North, Ife South and Osogbo where elections where […]
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