Beyond the Headlines
A Lekki-based businessman, Cyril Chidiebere, was arrested alongside two of his freight agents; Mejabi Sunday and Oyeyinka Babatunde, over their involvement in the importation of 12 parcels of Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 6.50kg which was part of a consolidated cargo brought in from the United States of America. The arrest and seizure […]
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has won the rerun election for Ezza North/Ishielu Federal Constituency in Ebonyi. The Returning Officer, Prof. Augustine Ibegbu of Alex Ekwueme University, declared APGA candidate, Joseph Nwobashi as winner, on Sunday. According to Ibegbu, Nwobashi won with 11,890 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mr Emmanuel Nwite of […]
The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, was on Sunday morning declared the winner of Sokoto South senatorial district election. Tambuwal, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, defeated the current serving senator, Danbaba Dambuwa, with a total margin of 4,976. Announcing the results at about 11:55 am on Sunday at the INEC […]
The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has raised alarm over the presence of adulterated Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), commonly known as diesel. Chinedu Anyaso, Chairman of IPMAN, Enugu depot, in charge of Anambra, Ebonyi and Enugu states, said this in Awka on Sunday. Mr Anyaso said the leadership of IPMAN had received […]
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Idris Nasiru, has won the Kebbi State governorship election. The Returning Officer made the declaration on Sunday afternoon after the Saturday’s supplementary elections in some polling units of the State. Nasiru polled 409,225 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bande Aminu of the Peoples Democratic Party […]
Operatives of Yobe State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have sealed off the state secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Damaturu and arrested hundreds of suspected illicit drug users. Among those arrested were women. According to LEADERSHIP, Officials of the NDLEA were seen at the premises of the […]
The plot by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to announce the Imo state supplementary elections with fake results figures above the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BIVAS) accreditation, has been exposed. Exposing this aberration on Sunday, in a statement, the House of Representatives member-elect for Ideato North, South Federal Constituency of Imo State, Ikenga […]
Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye has won the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship primaries in Kogi State. Dino was declared winner by the returning officer on Sunday. He scored 313 votes to defeat Idoko Ilonah who had 124 votes. Others, Awoniyi Sunday had 77 votes while Musa Wada had 56 votes The former […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has nullified the victory of APC governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Aisha Dahiru popularly known Binani. The statement reads, The attention of the Commission has been drawn to a purported declaration of winner in the Adamawa Governorship election by the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) even when the process […]
No fewer than 29 people have been killed in a fresh attack by bandits on Runji Village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack which occurred at about 10 pm on Saturday night comes barely three days after bandits killed eight people at the Atak’Njei community also in Zangon Kataf […]
