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THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Jude Ogbimi winner of Saturday’s Isoko North Constituency by-election. The Returning Officer for the by-election, Professor Christopher Onosemuode of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources Effurun, FUPRE who announced the result, said 11 …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Aliko Dangote on his 64th birthday, describing him as a key partner and ”a ‘Corona Warrior’, who continues to show consistent faith and belief in our dear country.”The president’s congratulatory message is contained in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, …

Team Oyo, on Saturday, won gold and silver in 49kg men’s Para-powerlifting at the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged ‘Edo 2020’ in Benin.  Yakubu Adesokan defeated his fellow Oyo counterpart, Olabode Mimololu, to win their state gold and silver, while Badamasi Muhammed clinched the bronze medal for Delta in …

Emmanuel Naibel of Kenya has won the 2021 edition of the Access Bank Lagos City Marathon#ABLCM2021 with a time of two hours, 15 minutes one second, taking home the cash prize of $30,000.

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Two teenage girls reportedly sustained gunshot injuries from policemen attempting to stop a moving vehicle in Edjeba community, Warri South council area of Delta state. The Nation learnt the incident occurred on Thursday afternoon around CAC Junction in the community as the operatives made frantic efforts to stop the occupant …

The identities of victims of the helicopter crash in a residential part of Opebi in Lagos on Friday afternoon have been revealed. The three of them, according to Quorum Company, owners of the helicopter, were crew members. Two of them, including the pilot, were confirmed dead while the third victim …

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim has declared the party dead in Ondo after joining the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ibrahim stated the strategy he used to revive the PDP from death would be deployed to destroy the party in the October 10, governorship election. …

Vehicular movements were paralysed on Friday in the nation’s capital following a procession by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN). The procession started from the Zone 3 Custom Mosque and ended at the popular Wuse Market. The sect scheduled the peaceful procession as part of the activities to …

Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States’ (ECOWAS) has told the new military junta in Mali it has just one year to return the country back to civilian rule. This was one of the decisions arrived by the ECOWAS authority at the …