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The Kaduna government says troops of the Nigerian Army have repelled an attack by bandits on a military post in Kankomi, Chikun LGA of the state. In a statement on Sunday, Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna commissioner for internal security and home affairs, said the troops killed one of the attackers, while others escaped with […]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) of spreading false claims. On Friday, a document with the letterhead of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which claimed that the commission is investigating a 1993 case in the United States involving Tinubu, […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested Ademola Kazeem over alleged drug trafficking. On November 1, the agency declared him wanted after he reportedly failed to honour NDLEA’s invitation and a subsequent order from a federal high court in Lagos. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo failed to acknowledge Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the funeral of Rotimi Akeredolu’s mother. On Saturday, at the funeral service held at St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Owo, Osinbajo acknowledged the presence of Kayode Fayemi, former governor of Ekiti, as well as Babajide […]

Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue state, has warned those in the habit of destroying posters, billboards and other campaign materials of political opponents to desist from the act. In a statement issued on Sunday by Terver Akase, special adviser to the governor on media and publicity, Ortom noted that those who refuse to […]

Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked Nigerians not to give up on his party. Speaking on Saturday at the burial ceremony of Grace Akeredolu, mother of Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo, in Owo, Tinubu said the APC would do better to improve the lives of Nigerians. […]

At least 21 persons have been confirmed dead after a bus fell into a canal in northern Egypt on Saturday. According to Al Jazeera, Sherif Makeen, an official of the ministry of health in Egypt, said three children were among the fatalities. A total of 35 persons were said to be on […]

It has now become a tradition for me to analyse the psychology of the Nigerian voter ahead of every general election. Why? I am sitting in my balcony watching people pass by as they argue and pontificate on who will win — or who should win. I hear people argue about merit, power rotation, […]

Two aircraft crashed on Saturday during a World War II airshow at the Dallas executive airport in the United States. According to videos of the incident posted on social media platforms, a plane crashed into another mid-air, after which both planes fell to the ground and went up in flames seconds later. […]