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8,000 screened for mass wedding in Kano

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The Kano State Hisbah Board has screened 8,000 prospective couples to participate in the state-sponsored mass wedding of divorcees, widows…

U.S. stands with international community on Nigeria’s polls — Embassy

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The U.S. fully supports the decision of the heads of ECOWAS and other international missions on the postponement of the…

2 persons allegedly killed, vehicles damaged in pre-election violence

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Some vehicles engaged in election duty were destroyed in a pre-election crisis that erupted in Obot-Akara Local Government Area of…

Sex abuse: Pope defrocks 88-year old Cardinal McCarrick

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

In a first for the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has defrocked a former cardinal over accusations American Theodore McCarrick…

Troops kill three key Boko Haram commanders in ambush

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Troops have eliminated three key commanders of Boko Haram on Saturday at Warawara general area of Borno, in an ambush…

Attack: Fulanis abandon community after death of 66 in Kaduna

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Fulani community in parts of Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, have abandoned the area after an attack on…

EU, AU, UN, other observation missions urge INEC to adhere to new dates

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Election Observation Missions of the European Union (EU), African Union (AU), United Nations (UN) and others have called on the…

Ajimobi urges Nigerians to give INEC benefit of doubt

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has urged the country’s citizens to give the Independent National Electoral Commission,…

Election postponement: Lagos orders schools to resume Monday

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Following the postponement of the General elections, the Lagos State Government has asked all schools in the state to resume…

Suicide bombers kill 11 in Borno

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Eleven persons have died in an early morning suicide attack on Muslim worshippers in Maiduguri, Borno State.

Oyo residents express shock, disappointment over postponement of election

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Residents of Oyo State have expressed shock and disappointment over the postponement of Presidential and National Assembly Elections by the…

Oyo INEC boss warns against Presidential and N/A campaign

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Oyo State Resident Commissioner, REC, of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mutiu Agboke has warned all political parties in…

Election postponement: INEC Chairman should resign – NANS

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The National Association of Nigerian Student (NANS) has demanded that the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof…

2019 polls: Postponement painful but in our best interest – Abubakar

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Gov. Muhammed Abubakar of Bauchi State has said on Saturday that although the postponement of the polls was painful, it…

INEC totally to blame for election postponement – Group

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

A political group in Nigeria has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is totally to blame for the…

Yobe INEC reassures safety of all election materials

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yobe on Saturday reassured the safety of all the election materials distributed to…

Kwara: INEC returns sensitive materials to CBN

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kwara on Saturday returned sensitive materials to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),…

Pakistan will ‘pay a heavy price’ over attack – Iran

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

Iran on Saturday warned neighbouring Pakistan it would “pay a heavy price’’ for allegedly harbouring militants, who killed 27 of…

Polls shift: We are shocked — Agbaje

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr Jimi Agbaje, has expressed disappointment and shock…

Nigeria will lose more than N140bn over election postponement – Traders

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Mr Ken Ukaoha, President, National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTs) says the country will lose more than N140 billion due…

Abuja airport deserted in spite of elections’ postponement

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

In spite of postponement of Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) late Friday night,…

Elections postponement: Conspiracy against Buhari

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Nigerians in Europe have described the postponement of the 2019 general elections as “sad, insensitive and a conspiracy against the…

Defence Chief commends Army ‘election security situation room’

Isa Isawade

7 years ago

The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olanisakin commended the Nigerian Army for responsively and proactively establishing the “Elections…

INEC can postpone elections – Lawyers

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Aside having the legal powers to postpone elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may have taken the recent action…

Bride-to-be laments elections postponement

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

As the impact of the postponement of the 2019 elections continue to revebrate across Nigeria, Miss Rita Osawende, a bride-to…

INEC needs to be more credible in conduct of elections – Diplomat

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Mr Otiteh Ikeadueme, Vietnam Diplomat to Nigeria, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to be more credible…

Benin residents shocked by election postponement

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Some residents of Benin, Edo, have expressed shock over the postponement of the general elections by one week by the…

Postponement of elections disappointing — PPC presidential candidate

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Mr Victor Okhai, the presidential candidate of the Providence People’s Congress (PPC), on Saturday expressed disappointment over the postponement of…

Election postponement may lead to apathy – Residents

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Some residents of Akwa Ibom have condemned the postponement of the general elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),…

Postponement of elections is sad — SDP

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Reactions have continued to trail the postponement of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections by the Independent National Election Commission(INEC).…

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