The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of Peoples Democratic (PDP) for Birnin Kudu Constituency, Ibrahim Kabiru winner in the House of Assembly supplementary election in Jigawa state. The Returning Officer, Prof Usman Haruna of the Federal University Dutse, declared Kabiru winner in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area on Saturday. “That Ibrahim…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday morning declared Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani the winner of the Adamawa governorship election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Barrister Hudu Yunusa just made the declaration following the supplementary election held Saturday. Full details later
World record holder and current world champion in the 100m hurdles, Tobi Amusan, opened her 2023 outdoor season with a 12.59secs effort to finish second in the finals of the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational at the Percy Beard Track in Gainesville on Saturday. United States’ Nia Ali won the race with a time of 12.53secs…
Participants at the stakeholders engagement organized by the Osun state government and the Federal Government through the Nigeria Startup Act (NSA) had showered encomium on Governor Ademola Adeleke for taking the bold step of domesticating the act. Speaking at the stakeholders engagement held in Osogbo the Osun state capital on Saturday, Segun Solomon, Spokesperson of…
The Natural Paramount Ruler of Iwoland, HIM Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has visited the first Museum in Nigeria. The museum is located at Esie community of Kwara State. Oluwo equally paid a courtesy visit to the Elesie of Esie, HRM Oba Agboola Ibraheem Babalola. Oba Akanbi described the museum as sacrosanct in his current historical…
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Brigadier-General Yushau Dogara Ahmed has approved the appointment of Agbor Ndoma Obim as the 15th State Coordinator for the NYSC in Osun State. Ndoma is taking over the mantle of leadership from Olayinka Abdulwahab, who has been transferred to Niger State as Coordinator. According a…
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has visited the President of Kenya, Williams Ruto, in the country. The monarch who was accompanied by the Governor of Machakos County in Kenya, Her Excellency Wavinya Ndeti; his queen, Olori Temitope Enitan Ogunwusi, visited the Kenyan president to discuss his Global Peace Agenda and Pan-African Business Initiatives….
A media professionals group, The Idoma Editors, has thumbed down what it described as the “nauseatingly historical killings in Benue communities by suspected terrorists also known as killer herders.” According to them, the killings of innocent indigenes had “assumed a monumental proportion during the just concluded Easter celebration with Umogidi village, Guma and Agan IDPs…
The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said many Nigerians, especially those from the South-East, have lost hope in governance. She charged the Abia State governor-elect, Dr Alex Otti, to run a clean and transparent government. Okonjo-Iweala said the incoming government should focus on “disruptive strategies rather than traditional operational systems”….
Popular crossdresser, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, has admitted that he regrets falling out with actress Tonto Dikeh. Bobrisky, in an interview with media personality Toke Makinwa, explained how Tonto stood by him during his pre-fame days. Recall in 2021, the friendship between the duo suddenly went sour which led to both unfollowing each…
