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Ojo Arowosafe, the ace Nigerian actor popularly known as Fadeyi Oloro, has passed away. Source: Top Stories

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos, says his administration has attracted billions of dollars into major infrastructure and manufacturing projects in the state. On March 11, Sanwo-Olu will contest with Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party (LP), and Abdul-Azeez Adediran of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the governorship position. In a […]

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says it will honour President Muhammadu Buhari with an award in recognition of his achievements in the defence and promotion of democracy in the subregion. Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesperson, said in a statement on Tuesday, that Umaro Sissoco Embalo, the ECOWAS chairman, announced the […]

Muhammad Abubakar, managing director of Galaxy Backbone (GBB), says the federal government blocked over 200 cyberattacks during the presidential and national assembly elections. Galaxy Backbone is an information and communications technology services provider, owned by the federal government. Abubakar spoke on Tuesday at the opening session of a two-day ministerial training for […]

Muhammad Abubakar, managing director of Galaxy Backbone (GBB), says the federal government blocked over 200 cyberattacks during the presidential and national assembly elections. Galaxy Backbone is an information and communications technology services provider, owned by the federal government. Abubakar spoke on Tuesday at the opening session of a two-day ministerial training for […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says no data would be lost while configuring the bimodal voter accreditation system (BVAS) ahead of the governorship and state assembly elections. Tanimu Inuwa, counsel to the INEC, spoke on Tuesday while moving an application seeking to vary the orders of the court which gave permission to […]

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have warned against the plan by some individuals to take dogs to polling units for security during the election. Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, in a statement on Tuesday, said dogs could be classified as “offensive weapons”. On February 25, Nigerians went to the polls to elect a […]

Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president-elect, is seeking an order from the court of appeal to access sensitive materials used by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of the presidential election. With  8,794,726 votes, Tinubu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the winner of the February 25 poll ahead of […]