A legal practitioner, Barrister Adejo Okeme, has won the Kogi State Labour Party governorship ticket. Barrister Okeme polled 127 votes ahead of his closest rival Isaac Alfa who scored 69 votes at the primary held on Saturday in Lokoja, the state capital. Barrister Okeme is from Kogi East Senatorial district. …

MEN of the Nigeria Army have laid siege to the Rundele Community in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State over the alleged murder of a soldier. It was gathered that on Saturday soldiers had had an altercation with some alleged oil thieves in the area and that the bunkerers …

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of Peoples Democratic (PDP) for Birnin Kudu Constituency, Ibrahim Kabiru winner in the House of Assembly supplementary election in Jigawa state. The Returning Officer, Prof Usman Haruna of the Federal University Dutse, declared Kabiru winner in Birnin Kudu Local Government …

TWO men have been arrested after a teenager died in a shooting in north London, Tottenham. BBC reported that a 17-year-old Tyler McDermott, was discovered by the emergency services on Norman Road in Tottenham at about 04:20 BST on Thursday and died on Friday . The Met said two 19-year-olds …

THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday morning declared Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani the winner of the Adamawa governorship election. The Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Barrister Hudu Yunusa just made the declaration following the supplementary election held Saturday.

KELLY Ogbaloi, the Edo State Labour Party chairman, has described the Saturday rerun election in the state as a sham and called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to cancel the election and fix another date for the rerun. Ogbaloi who stated this while reacting to the rerun election …

THE Lagos State Police Command has recovered a gun and six cartridges from fleeing suspects in the Egbe area of the state. Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated in Lagos on Saturday that the items were recovered by policemen on patrol duty in the area. He stated that on sighting …

THE Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, Ikoyi, in Lagos, says it has arrested some persons in connection with the alleged attempt to kidnap Tiwa Savage. The department’s spokesperson, CSP Oluniyi Ogundeyi, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos. Networknews.ng reports that the news …

The immediate-past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has emerged as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for the November 11 governorship election in Bayelsa State. Sylva polled 52,061 votes to defeat five other contenders to win the governorship ticket at the party’s primary election conducted on …

THE Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, Ikoyi, in Lagos, says it has arrested some persons in connection with the alleged attempt to kidnap Tiwa Savage. The department’s spokesperson, CSP Oluniyi Ogundeyi, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos. Newsextra24 reports that the news …