Many feared dead in shooting at US teenager’s birthday party
At least 20 people have been shot at a teenager’s birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama, a state in the United States of America. The shooting incident happened at a dance studio around 10:30 pm on Saturday. According to BNO News, Elizabeth White, a reporter for a local TV station, said more than […]
Newspaper Headlines: Four killed during supplementary polls | APC consolidates senate majority
Reports on Saturday’s supplementary elections in 24 states dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers. Source: Top Stories
Why is nobody talking about Atiku?
There are endless peculiarities, I must here admit, about the 2023 presidential election, the least not being the outing of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). With the post-election brouhaha and hullaballoo, a cursory observer would be forgiven for thinking the February 25 poll was a two-way contest between […]
Doguwa reelected to house of reps for fifth term
Alhassan Doguwa, majority leader of the house of representatives, has been declared the winner of the Doguwa/Tudun Wada federal constituency election in Kano. Sani Ibrahim, the returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who announced the results on Saturday, said the lawmaker secured 41,573 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Yushau […]
Athan Achonu, ex-senator, wins LP governorship ticket in Imo
Athan Achonu, a former senator has won the Labour Party (LP) governorship ticket in Imo state. Achonu won at the governorship election primary held in Owerri, the capital of Imo on Saturday. Calistus Ihejiagwa, the returning officer, announced that Achonu scored 134 votes to beat his closest rival Jack Ogunewe, a retired […]
Family petitions Eko DisCo, Fashola over electrocution of worker
The family of Yusuf Balogun, a former employee at Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC), has petitioned the firm over his death. In the petition seen by TheCable, Titilope Anifowoshe and Abiola Ibrahim, legal representatives to the family, said Balogun was electrocuted while carrying out official duties and later died in a hospital on […]
Timipre Sylva wins Bayelsa APC guber primary
Timipre Sylva, former minister of state for petroleum resources, has been declared the winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Bayelsa. Ahmed Jibrin, chairman of the election committee, announced the result of the primary at the APC state secretariat in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state capital. Sylva scored 52,061 votes […]
Report: How Chinese are funding terrorist groups to gain access to mineral reserves in Nigeria
The Times, a British national daily, says Chinese nationals in the mining sector are funding terrorist groups in parts of Nigeria to secure access to the country’s mineral reserves. In an exclusive report published on Saturday, the newspaper said through bribes and illegal transactions, “Beijing could be indirectly funding terror in Africa’s largest […]
Nigeria’s inflation rate rises to 22.04% — third consecutive increase in 2023
The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, rose to 22.04 percent in March 2023, up from 21.91 percent in the previous month. The inflation rate data is contained in the latest CPI report released on Saturday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). […]
Explosions rock Sudan capital amid tension over transition to civilian rule
Heavy gunfire and explosion have been heard in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, following days of tension between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group. The tension between the army and RSF escalated on Thursday after the RSF moved some of its forces near a military airport. Sudan’s army said […]