President Muhammadu Buhari will dissolve the Federal Executive Council (FEC) before his inauguration for a second time as Nigeria’s leader, Femi Adesina, the presidential spokesperson, has confirmed. Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, made this known in an interview on Arise TV on Thursday. President Buhari was declared winner of […]
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A Zambian court bailed a fierce critic of President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday after he was charged with telling an ethnic Indian that he was stealing local jobs. Chishimba Kambwili, who is still an MP in the ruling party, will go on trial on April 8 for showing hatred, ridicule or contempt for a person […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari and Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has polled 580,825 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of PDP in Lagos State. Buhari’s closest challenger, Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scored 448,015 to come second at the end of the state final collation of the Presidential election […]
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Results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC show that former Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio has lost his reelection bid. According to INEC, Akpabio, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ikot Ekpene Senatorial district, secured 67, 487 as against 136, 373 votes for Chris Ekpenyong of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP). More […]
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Senate President Bukola Saraki is not returning to the upper legislative chamber having lost his reelection bid to Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the All Progressives Congress (APC). While Oloriegbe polled a total of 123,808, Saraki who contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), trailed with 68,994 votes, leaving a margin of 54,814 votes. The results were […]
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A US judge set a $1 million bail for R&B superstar R. Kelly on Saturday after prosecutors laid out in graphic detail what they said was his long history of sexual abuse of four victims, three of them minors. Kelly, who is known for hits like “I Believe I Can Fly,” surrendered to police late […]
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R8B Superstar R.Kelly surrendered to Chicago Police on Friday night, reports said, as he is due to be docked today for criminal sex abuse of minors. The musician, whose real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly faces a criminal charge of aggravated sexual abuse involving four victims, including at least three between the ages of 13 […]
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Cardiff University in Wales, United Kingdom, has developed a cutting-edge cyber security research, using artificial intelligence to detect and stop cyber-attacks. Pete Burnap, Professor of Data Science & Cyber security and head of the Academic Centre of Excellence (ACE), said: “With a core focus on cyber security analytics, we have been able to present our […]
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A powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck eastern Ecuador during the early morning hours of Friday and at least six three people have sustained injuries. The earthquake occurred at 5:17 a.m. ECT/EST with the epicenter in the rural area located near the central border of Peru and Ecuador, according to the United States Geological Survey. That […]
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The Federal Government has declared Friday, February 22 as a public holiday. The Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the announcement on Wednesday via his Twitter handle. According to him, the government made the declaration in preparation for the presidential and National Assembly elections. Mr Dambazau, however, said bankers and those offering essential services were […]
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