In a rescheduled primary election, Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, emerged as the All Progressives Congress senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South. On Wednesday, Umahi came in sixth place in the APC presidential primary in Abuja, where Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, was declared the winner with …

The World Bank has disclosed that at least 30,000 people die every year from pollution in Lagos. The Washington-based bank disclosed this in a feature story on its blog, which is titled ‘Making Lagos a Pollution Free City: Solving the threat one solution at a time’. According to the bank, pollution is …

The Vatican on Friday said  Pope Francis will no longer be able to visit Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan as earlier scheduled. The church cited health reasons for postponement of the papacy upcoming trip to the two African countries. The trip, originally planned for July 2 to 7, will …

Some villagers in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have narrated how helicopter shot at them while the terrorists who attacked them were left unhurt. According to sources, the villagers fled their homes following Sunday’s attack that left no fewer than 32 people dead while others were injured. The …

27-year-old woman, Blessing Oamen Aka ‘Omons’ has been sentenced to 4 years and 5 years imprisonment for trafficking three young Nigerian women into Benin Republic and forcing them into prostitution. Omons, who was brought before the court by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), was convicted …

The Oyo State Police Command has launched a manhunt for drivers who allegedly crushed a traffic warden, Oluniyi Bamidele, to death at the New Garage, Challenge area of Ibadan on Friday. It was gathered that Bamidele, who was on duty in the area, stopped a taxi driver for allegedly violating …

The details of the meeting between presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, have emerged. Recall that Tinubu, former governor of Lagos, visited Bello, who also contested the presidency, on Friday. The former Lagoa governor had polled 1,271 votes and defeated 13 other presidential …

Toni Kroos, a Real Madrid midfielder, has stated that he does not consider Lionel Messi of PSG or Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United to be superior to one another. Kroos went on to say that comparing Messi and Ronaldo is difficult, and that he considers AC Milan legend Clarence Seedorf …

Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Friday evening, visited former Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi. Tinubu met the former Rivers State Governor at his Abuja residence after both men slugged it out for the party’s sole presidential ticket for the 2023 general elections. The APC …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been accused of plotting to subvert the civic rights of Igbos in the 2023 general elections. The apex Igbo socio-political organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo’s Secretary-General, Okechukwu Isiguzoro, who made the allegations accused INEC’s National Chairman, Yakubu Mahmood and the spokesman of the Commission, Festus …