The ongoing trial for former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa Metuh, over an alleged N400m fraud has again been adjourned to March 4,...
After a violent election on Saturday, security in and around the Independent National Electoral Commission’s office, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was on Tuesday beefed up by...
Political thugs have struck again after shooting dead a police sergeant, Sunday Idako on Sunday night during an attempt to snatch election results while it had...
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) has lamented the “inhuman treatment” being meted out to the people of Ogoni in Rivers State by...
Lady Blessing Onuh, daughter of David Mark, former senate President has won Otukpo/Ohimini House of Representative seat. Onuh who is a candidate of the All Progressive...
A Katsina Senior Magistrates’ Court which will be presided over by Hajiya Fadila Dikko awaits the trial of a 35-year-old herdsman who killed a farmer identified...
The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Major General Suleiman Zakari Kazaure, has commended corps members who worked as ad hoc staff for...
Amidst the exchange allegations of plot to influence the electoral process from the two major political parties, a presiding officer has been said to have absconded...
Police command in Lagos State has dismissed reports that Igbo traders in Oshodi area of Lagos were attacked after failing to vote for a certain party...
Fourteen percent of essential materials were missing from polling units during the presidential and National Assembly elections on February 23, the European Union Election Observation Mission...
Protesters on Monday reportedly invaded the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) along Jang Road in Benue State. A group believed to be supporters...
A heated disagreement between INEC officials and party agents has forced the electoral body to step down results for Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State....
Candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna South senatorial district, Senator Danjuma La’ah, has emerged winner of last Saturday’s National Assembly election. He...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been slammed by a civil society organisation over the poor management of the presidential and National Assemby elections staged...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency, Mr Jide Jimoh has been declared winner of Lagos Mainland Federal Constituency after the just...
A 25-year-old woman, Gift Daniel, has been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing a 52-year-old cleric, Taofeek Olumoro to death for attempting to rape her....
Unrest and violence continues to take its toll on some states within the country over the elections, as hoodlums invaded a police barracks polling unit in...
Yakubu Kwanta, former local government chairman in Nasarawa state, escaped lynching on Saturday after being accused by angry youths for making attempts to snatch a ballot...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has relieved Prof. Musa Izam of his responsibility as the collation officer for Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State....
Taraba State Police Command on Sunday confirmed that five persons were killed after the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. While disclosing this to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will begin the announcement of results of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections Sunday evening, saying that...
Amid reports of electoral violence within some states in the country, a security threat received at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, at...
Election observer group, Youth Initiative for Advocacy, Growth and Advancement (YIAGA), in its analysis of Saturday’s election, made a comparison with the 2015 general election. YIAGA...
Presidential and National Assembly elections are held today in five units in three local government areas of Benue State. Mr. Nentawe Goshwe, Benue State Resident Electoral...
Amidst reports of electoral violence in the state, the Nigerian Army said its troops from 6 Division killed six political thugs in Rivers State during Saturday’s...
Reports of electoral violence seem to be unending as the photographer attached to Bayelsa State government house, Reginald Dei, has been shot dead in Southern Ijaw....
A yet-to-be identified voter in the Dekina local government of Kogi State has been shot dead after he was involved in an argument with individuals suspected...
There is tension in Andoni area of Rivers State following the murder of an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and a former chairman of the Peoples...
Voting has been delayed in some polling units in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta due to the non availability of ink for thumbing...
As #NigeriaDecides today, there is a heavy presence of international observers on the ground in Kwara State. As at 9am this morning, observers from the NDI,...
The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the operation of a joint security control room for the general elections among security agencies operating in the state....
Armed thugs, assisted by soldiers are said to have disrupted voting in Nembe Basambiri and Okoroba areas of Bayelsa State. They were said to have stormed...
About 500 trained ad hoc staff, returning and collation officers on Saturday protested to the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Prof Francis Ezeonu, over their exclusion in...
Residents in some parts of Sokoto State have trooped out in large numbers to vote, even as there is reported heavy presence of soldiers in some...
The Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, on Saturday (today) morning attacked Gaidam town In Yobe State. Earlier reports had also stated that there were explosions in...
The former Commissioner for Women Affairs in Ekiti state, Mrs Funke Owoseeni narrowly escaped death after her residence at Ijesa Isu in Ikole Local government area...
A group of suspected cult members have killed two policemen in the Botem community of Tai Local Government Area of Rivers State following an attack on...
A social media rumour of a bomb explosion within Enugu metropolis on Friday which circulated 12 hours to the commencement of the presidential and National Assembly...
Some Fulani groups have released a list of the persons reportedly killed in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna State. The casualty figures have been a...
Twitter users have lashed out at popular actor turned politician, Desmond Elliot, for commissioning a toilet in his constituency in Surulere, Lagos on Thursday. The actor...
Following reports of the poor treatment of ad hoc staff for the postponed February 16 election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Osun State has...
Efforts at combating illegal migration may not be in vein as 164 Nigerians voluntarily returned from Libya on Friday. Upon their return in the early hours...
A 45-year-old woman, Aderonke Ayinde has been detained by operatives of the Ogun state police command for allegedly discarding the corpse of her lover, Asimiu Abiodun,...
A bench warrant of arrest has been issued for a former Super Eagles star, Austin Okocha by the Lagos High Court for not appearing in court...
The Commissioner of Police, Kaduna State command, Ahmad Abdulrahman, said Governor Nasir el-Rufai ignored advise given to him in releasing casualty figures of victims of killings...
Men of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have reportedly arrested no less than 42 poll observers in the state due to improper registration. According to...
Despite efforts to combat the Lassa hemorrhagic Fever in the country, 28 fresh cases have been recorded in Plateau State with 10 deaths. Plateau Commissioner for...
The Nigerian government has ordered the closure of all land borders within the country twelve hours before the Feb 23 presidential and National Assembly elections. A...
The absence of lead defence counsel, Chief Kanu Agabi (SAN) forced the Federal High Court in Abuja to adjourn till May 9 and 10 the trial...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Jigawa State has recruited 20,000 ad-hoc staff for the upcoming Presidential and National Assembly elections. The Resident Electoral Commissioner...
