‘ Non-credible threats briefly disrupted voting at two polling locations in Georgia Tuesday morning, according to local officials who say they will seek a court order to extend voting hours. Five non-credible bomb threats were reported, leading to a temporary evacuation at two Fulton County locations for about 30 minutes, Nadine Williams, the county’s registration […]
Democratic Presidential candidate, Kamala Harris and her bitter rival and former President, Donald Trump are in a tight race for the US top seat according to the latest polls, with key swing states presenting narrow leads for both candidates. Trump’s lead in Georgia and North Carolina has shrivelled to under one point, while he is […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress has won all 18 chairmanship positions in the Cross River Local Government elections held on Saturday, November 2. The Chairman of the Cross River State Electoral Commission and the election’s returning officer, Dr Ekong Boco, declared the results at the Commission’s headquarters in Calabar on Sunday, November 3, 2024. The […]
When political outsider Donald Trump defied polls and expectations to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election, he described the victory as “beautiful.” Not everyone saw it that way — considering that Democrat Clinton had received nearly three million more votes nationally than her Republican rival. Non-Americans were particularly perplexed that the second-highest […]
Governor Alex Otti’s Labour Party lost the local government election held on Saturdayin Abia State to the Zenith Labour Party and the Young Peoples Party. The ruling LP got nothing as the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP won 15 local government chairmanship positions while the YPP got two seats. Announcing the results, the Chairman of […]
Three brothers from the same mother have fallen victim to the relentless cult violent attacks in Awka, the Anambra State capital. The latest casualty, Nonso, was killed in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon near Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, Amaku, Awka. According to a close family source, Nonso’s killing is linked to the […]
The Socio-Economic Rights Accountability Project has urged the Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, to withdraw his threat to arrest beggars in the nation’s capital or face legal action. The group, in a post on its official X handle, #SerapNigeria, on Wednesday, stated that no one should be criminalised for their socio-economic status, adding that […]
The Delta State Police Command has apprehended a man identified as Amadasu Victor, who admitted to attempting to purchase an AK-47 rifle to become the leader of a notorious cult group, the Vikings Confraternity. The arrest was confirmed in a video posted on Tuesday via X by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Edafe Bright, […]
A Lagos State-based teacher, Gbolahan Osinusi, has been arrested for allegedly continuously defiling a 17-year-old girl since she was 12 years old. In a separate incident, the police in Lagos have also arrested a 17-year-old houseboy, Daniel Silas, for allegedly defiling a 5-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother. The 42-year-old teacher allegedly procured abortions for […]
The Anambra State Government has vowed to hunt down perpetrators of the cult-related killings that occurred at the Nibo community in Awka South Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. The killings, which resulted in the deaths of no fewer than 13 persons, occurred when some hoodlums suspected to be cultists invaded an arena […]
