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Folashade Rafiatu Lawal has won Nigeria’s second gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. The 25-year-old won the medal in the women’s 59kg weightlifting event on Sunday. Lawal lifted a total of 206kg to set a Commonwealth record for accumulated lifts. She also set the Commonwealth record in the snatch category […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all 13 chairmanship seats in the local government election conducted in Ebonyi state over the weekend. Jossy Eze, chairman of the Ebonyi state Independent Electoral Commission (EBSIEC), announced the election results in Abakaliki on Sunday. According to Eze, APC also won all the 171 councillorship […]

The Lagos police command says it is “working seriously” to prevent any form of terrorist attack in the state. Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos police spokesperson, spoke during a Twitter Space on Saturday, which was monitored by PUNCH. Over the past few days, the spate of violent attacks has increased in many parts of […]

The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) is reportedly behind the attack on a military checkpoint in the Madalla area of Suleja LGA, Niger state. Gunmen had on Friday attacked soldiers of the guards’ brigade stationed near Zuma rock. Muhammad Abdullahi, spokesperson to the chairman of Suleja LGA, had said the gunmen attacked […]

Dino Melaye, former senator representing Kogi west, says Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), was not known nationally until Atiku Abubakar, standard bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), “identified him”. Obi, a former governor of Anambra state, was the running mate to the former vice-president in the 2019 general […]

The Imo government says the claims by Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company 0ver N2.5 billion debt are “distasteful and cheap blackmail”.  Declan Emelumba, commissioner for information and strategy in Imo state, said this in a recently released statement.  The government said the company’s claims are half-truths and intended to tarnish the integrity of […]

Sule Lamido, former governor of Jigawa, has asked Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, to stop complaining about the outcome of the presidential primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Lamido spoke in an interview with THISDAY, which was published on Sunday. In May, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar won the PDP presidential ticket after […]

Last Friday, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), criticised the decision of Bola Tinubu, presidential flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to choose a Muslim as his running mate. Atiku disclosed that his “fundamental disagreement” with Tinubu since 2007 was the idea of a Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket. […]

Olarinoye Adijat has won Nigeria’s first gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the women’s 55kg weightlifting event. The 22-year-old lifted a total of 203kg to set a game’s record for accumulated lifts. She also set the game’s record in the snatch category after lifting 92kg for her second lift. Adijat […]

Receiving some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the recent Eid-al-Adha festival, President Muhammadu Buhari made a statement that sent out curious signals: “I wish the person who is coming after me the very best. I am eager to go. I can tell you it has been tough.” I initially read this […]