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Three children are among six people shot dead after a 28-year-old woman opened fire at an elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. Police say multiple injuries have also been recorded in the shooting incident. Don Aaron, Nashville police spokesperson, said the shooter entered through a side entrance of the […]

A teenager has narrated how she was allegedly raped and deflowered by one Pope Paul, a youth pastor in the Deeper Life Bible Church in Lagos state. The 19-year-old survivor appeared before the sexual offences and domestic violence court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday. According to NAN, the survivor, who was […]

Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has called off the annual colloquium to mark his birthday and instead opted for special prayers and a thanksgiving service. Tinubu will be 71 on Wednesday. The former governor of Lagos usually marks his birthday with a colloquium. In a statement on Monday, Tunde Rahman, a media […]

Super Eagles of Nigeria have defeated Guinea-Bissau in their second meeting in days to take control of their group in the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers. Moses Simon’s penalty secure vital points in a 1-0 victory over the Djurtus in a fiercely contested clash at the Estadio 24 de Setembro in Bissau […]

A high court in Benue state has granted an interim order restraining Iyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). W.I. Kpochi, the presiding judge, gave the order on Monday while ruling on a motion ex parte marked MHC/633/2023 filed by Conrad Terhide Utaan. “An […]

Lawflex, a Lagos-based law firm, has asked the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to prosecute Peter Obi, Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, over his alleged failure to declare secret assets stashed in tax havens while he was Anambra state governor. In a petition dated March 23 and received by the CCB on the […]

David Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state, has asked President-elect Bola Tinubu to include Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, in his administration. Umahi said Wike, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has a lot to offer to Tinubu who contested the presidential election on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform. The […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed April 15 for the conduct of supplementary governorship elections in Kebbi and Adamawa states. INEC had declared the governorship elections of March 18 in both states as inconclusive. In a statement issued on Monday by Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner, and chairman, information and […]

Simon Imobo-Tswam, media adviser to Iyorchia Ayu, national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says his principal cannot be suspended by his ward. On Sunday, the executive members of Igyorov ward, Gboko LGA of Benue state, passed a vote of no confidence on Ayu over alleged anti-party activities. The party executives […]