The All Progressives Congress in Kano State has filed a petition before a Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, challenging Independent National Electoral Commission for declaring Abba Kabir Yusuf of New Nigeria People’s Party winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship poll. In a five-volume petition filed by APC, the petitioner is alleging that Yusuf was…
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has remanded a man, Bitrus Wurawa, for allegedly stabbing one Ezekiel Yohana to death with a jackknife at Kara Market, in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. The defendant was arraigned on April 10, before Magistrate P. E Nwaka on one count of murder. Yahana, 23, was…
The National Population Commission has postponed indefinitely, the training for Enumerators and Supervisors earlier slated for April 13. Dr Ipalibo Harry, Chairman Census Committee told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday. Harry assured that the postponement would not affect the conduct of the Population and Housing Census scheduled to hold from May…
Former Chelsea midfielder, Mikel Obi, is banking on the Premier League side to cause an upset when they face Real Madrid in the first-leg quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League game at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday (today). The London club have had to endure a miserable season in the Premier League as they currently…
Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr club manager, Rudi Garcia, 59, is on the verge of being sacked as head coach after the club’s owners reportedly decided that he would leave his position at the Saudi Arabian side, Daily Mail reports. His looming exit comes in the wake of Ronaldo’s fuming rant that saw him storm off the…
Anthony Joshua’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, believes that the British Nigerian needs another fight before facing the heavyweight division’s elite of Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder or Oleksandr Usyk. The two-time world heavyweight champion returned to winning ways against Jermaine Franklin on April 1, but analysts felt another fight under new coach, Derrick James, would be smart…
A final year student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Okoli Ahize, has been allegedly beaten to death by a mob in the institution over alleged phone theft. The unfortunate incident was said to have occurred Monday at the Awolowo Hall of Residence of the institution. The deceased was said to be a Part 5 student…
A final year student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, has been reportedly beaten to death on suspicion that he stole a mobile phone. Sources on the campus told PUNCH Metro that the student was accused of stealing a mobile phone in Awo Hall on Monday and after…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Tuesday, arrived Bayelsa State ahead of the conduct of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP gubernatorial primary in the state. Bayelsa State Governor, Duoye Diri received Governor Adeleke who also doubles as the Chairman of the Electoral Committee for the conduct of the gubernatorial Primary and his entourage at the airport….
● Ordered Closure of Road for Three Weeks Osun state government has ordered for the immediate closure of Ife-Ede Road in view of construction activities at Eleweran area of Ile Ife. In a statement issued on Tuesday, signed by the spokesperson to the governor, Mallam Olawale Rahseed noted that the directive followed the inspection of…
