The Edo State Forestry Commission has condemned in strong terms the killing of a hippopotamus in Anegbete community, Etsako Central Local Government Area, describing the act as a huge setback to wildlife conservation and tourism development in the state. Chairman of the Commission, Valentine Asuen, in a statement on Sunday, said the incident […]
The Adeyemi ruling house of the Anikilaya dynasty has expressed discontent over their exclusion from the Anikilaya ruling house, one of the dynasties responsible for producing candidates for the throne of Awujale of Ijebuland, located in the Ijebu Ode region of Ogun State. It should be noted that the Anikilaya ruling house was responsible […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has recorded a sweeping victory in the Edo Central senatorial by-election, with its candidate, Dr. Joseph Ikpea, emerging triumphant in a contest widely described as one-sided. The election, which was conducted on Saturday, August 16, 2025, followed the declaration of Edo Central’s senatorial seat vacant after Monday Okpebholo, who formerly […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured a resounding victory in the Zaria-Kewaye State Constituency by-election held on Saturday, further cementing its political dominance in Kaduna State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Isa Haruna Mohammed (popularly known as Ihamo) as the duly elected candidate after he polled an overwhelming 26,613 votes, leaving his […]
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), working in collaboration with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has deported 42 foreign nationals convicted of cyber terrorism and Ponzi scheme offences. The deportees, who are Chinese and Philippine citizens, were escorted out of Nigeria on Sunday, marking the beginning of a wider operation to repatriate nearly 200 […]
Human rights lawyer and activist, Dele Farotimi, has cautioned Nigerians against viewing the possible return of former President Goodluck Jonathan as a solution to the country’s deep-seated problems ahead of the 2027 elections. Speaking in a recent interview, Farotimi argued that Nigeria’s challenges are structural and systemic, stressing that replacing one leader with another without […]
The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has rejected the result of the Tsanyawa/Ghari State Constituency by-election conducted on Saturday in Kano State, accusing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of bias and irregularities. The Returning Officer, Professor Muhammad Waziri of Bayero University, declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Garba Ya’u Gwarmai, winner with 31,472 […]
The Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State, Shehu Tahir, has announced that the party will challenge the outcome of last Saturday’s Ganye state constituency by-election in court, accusing security agencies of aiding the All Progressives Congress (APC) in manipulating the exercise. Speaking in Yola on Sunday, Tahir alleged that the Assistant […]
The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) has reiterated its readiness to conduct free, fair, and credible local government elections in the state scheduled for August 9, 2025. Speaking during a stakeholders’ engagement in Port Harcourt, the commission’s Director of Administration and Legal Services, Professor Chidi Halliday, assured that RSIEC has met all constitutional and […]
A late-night outing turned into tragedy in Brooklyn on Sunday when gunmen stormed a Caribbean-American restaurant and hookah lounge, killing three people and injuring eight others in what police described as one of the worst mass shootings in New York City this year. The attack took place just before 3:30 a.m. at Taste of […]
