Category: LOCAL NEWS

APC Set For 3rd Straight Victory Since 2015, Says President Buhari

    At a meeting held Sunday night at State House, Abuja, with members of the National Advisory Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President...

APC Senatorial Candidate’s Mum Kidnapped By Gunmen

    Gunmen have kidnapped the mother of the All Progressives Congress Kano Central senatorial candidate, A.A Zaura. The aged mother of the politician, Hajia...

Buhari agreed to support Tinubu for President – Buba Galadima

    A signatory to the 2013 merger of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Buba Galadima, tells ENIOLA AKINKUOTU and TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN about the agreements...

BREAKING: Osinbajo denies being involved in auto crash on airport road

  Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has debunked reports that he was involved in an auto crash on Monday morning. Reports had emerged on social media that Osinbajo’s...

Owo massacre: Tinubu visits Ondo over attack on Catholic church

An All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu on Monday visited Owo, Ondo State. Tinubu paid a condolence visit to Owo following the massacre at...

Man drags actress to court for allegedly refusing to marry him

    A 48-year-old civil servant, Bala Musa, on Monday, dragged a popular Kannywood actress, Hadiza Gabon, before a Shari’a Court in Kaduna for allegedly...

Protesting students shut FEDPOFFA gate

  Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, (FEDPOFFA) have shut the gates of the institution’s permanent site over lack of water in school hostels....

APC presidential primary: Tinubu, Osinbajo, Amaechi in epic battle

After weeks of intrigues, the ruling party is set to elect its presidential candidate at the Eagle Square. While 23 aspirants are challenging to be the candidate, the...

2023 APC presidential primary: Updates, Results from Eagles Square, Abuja

  All is set for the APC national convention and presidential primaries     The ad hoc delegates for the presidential primary election of the ruling All...

BREAKING: 2023: Oyo deputy governor, Olaniyan dumps PDP, joins APC

  Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan, has dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Olaniyan also said that he has joined the...

2023 presidency: Akpabio speaks on stepping down for Tinubu

    A former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, has debunked reports that he stepped down from the presidential race for Bola Ahmed Tinubu....

Ekiti, Osun guber polls must not endanger residents peace, bishop warns

    The Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ijesha North in Osun State, Rt. Revd. Dr Isaac Oluyamo has admonished stakeholders ahead of Ekiti and Osun States...

Ekiti Guber: Candidates present manifestos to electorate

    Candidates of some political parties contesting the June 18 governorship election in Ekiti State have promised to fulfill their campaign promises and...

Bandits kill over 50 in Ondo Catholic Church

    Bandits have reportedly killed over 50 persons in an attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of Ondo...

APC primary: Osinbajo clears air on stepping down, sends message to delegates

  Ahead of the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential primary election, the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo has debunked rumour that he has stepped down for...

I can’t forget day a female passenger lied I raped her to avoid paying fare – 62-year-old Lagos taxi driver, Okotie

    A 62-year-old Lagos-based taxi driver, Mathew Okotie, shares his experiences on the job with GODFREY GEORGE Briefly tell us about yourself. My name is Mr...

How Fayose lured me into governorship race, abandoned me – Ex-deputy gov, Eleka

    Former Ekiti State deputy governor and former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prof Kolapo Olusola-Eleka, speaks with ABIODUN...

BREAKING: Many feared dead as explosion rocks church in Owo

  An explosion on Sunday rocked St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. According to sources, the explosion on...

Osun guber: Youths stage peace walk against electoral violence, vote-buying

  Youths in Osun State under the aegis of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), have staged a peace walk against electoral violence, and vote-buying in...

2023: Tinubu lauds Northern governors for backing southern candidate, Urges Lawan, Bello to withdraw

    The Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu Campaign Organisation has described the 11 Northern All Progressives Congress Governors as worthy patriots for their decision...