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The Election Petition Tribunal in Osun, Osogbo, granted Governor Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressive Congress permission on Monday to inspect materials used for the July 16, governorship poll. The tribunal also granted the plaintiffs’ request to electronically scan the voters’ register used for the election, as well as the election ballot papers. […]
Anthony Joshua broke down in tears as he spoke to the media in an emotional post-show press conference that also saw him explain why he stormed out of the ring. On Saturday night, Joshua, 32, lost his rematch with the undefeated Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk, 35 in Saudi Arabia following a split decision that ruled […]
The deputy governor of Zamfara State, Hassan Nasiha, says Bello Turji, a notorious bandit kingpin in the state, has embraced peace overtures by the government. Nasisha made this known on Sunday during a security conference organized by the Students Union of Medina University, Saudi Arabia. According to the deputy, the notorious bandit kingpin […]
There was pandemonium on Sunday night at Adeleye Street, Lady Lark, Bariga area of Lagos State as a building collapsed, killing two children and three adults sustained injury. This was confirmed by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and rescue is ongoing at the scene of the incident LASEMA Permanent Secretary, Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, […]
Security forces have ended a siege by al Qaeda-linked militants at a hotel in Somalia’s capital in which more than 20 people were killed and dozens injured, authorities said on Sunday, Reuters reports. Dozens of people who had been taken hostage in the stand-off at the Hayat Hotel in Mogadishu were freed. Elite […]
25 years old Joy Ashionye Ugboh the young lady representing Kwale at the Delta Queen pageantry has emerged as the 5th Deltan Queen after beating 33 others as the finalists. She is to officially represent Nigeria at the 2023 Miss United Continent Pageant in Ecuador. The crown queen hails from Ulogwe-Isumpe in Ndowka […]
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has revoked licenses of the African Independent Television (AIT), Silverbird Television (STV), and 50 other broadcast stations. Addressing the press in Abuja on Friday, Director General of the Commission, Malam Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, said the 52 affected stations had been owing since 2015. He said the stations were […]
Railway staff in Britain on Thursday staged the latest in a series of strikes, once again disrupting commuters and leisure travellers, as decades-high inflation hits salaries and prompts walkouts across various industries. The latest action by rail workers, which will be repeated on Saturday, is part of a summer of strike action by […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday said it would not call off its strike until the salary arrears of its members were paid. The university lecturers also said they would not teach students to make up for the six months they had been on strike if the Federal Government failed to […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday, disclosed what transpired during the meeting between former president Olusegun Obasanjo and presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu. Mr Gbajabiamila stated that the former President, at the meeting, assured Tinubu of victory in 2023. Though details of the closed-door meeting […]
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