Edo election: Obaseki wins polling unit

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, of the Peoples Democratic Party has won his polling unit in Oredo Ward 4, Unit 19 in the governorship election. Obaseki polled 184 votes while…

Edo election: APC candidate Ize-Iyamu wins polling unit

The All Progressives Congress candidate in the Edo State governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has won his polling unit at Ward 5, Iguododo community in Orhionwon Local Government Area. Ize-Iyamu polled…

Edo election: Card readers not working, Oshiomhole laments

A former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has lamented that card readers are not working at some polling units in Saturday’s Edo governorship election. He said this after casting his…

Edo election: I’m disappointed, says Obaseki after voting

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has expressed displeasure over the conduct of the ongoing governorship election in the state. He said the Independent National Electoral Commission should have prepared better…

EDO2020: Voters shun social distancing as Edo election commences

The governorship election in Edo State begins peacefully with impressive voters’ turnout in most wards across the state. However, there was no social distancing at Oba Market polling unit, Oredo…

Kano housewife nabbed over alleged murder of stepson

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons in Kano State has arrested a 29-year-old housewife, Jamila Abubakar, over the alleged murder of her stepson, Mohammed Bashir. The…

landlord sets tenant ablaze over N11,000 rent In Cross River

A landlord, David Ntiero Okon, has been arrested for allegedly setting his tenant ablaze in Calabar, Cross River State, over her failure to pay N11, 000 house rent. The incident…

ANAMBRA: man kills mother, two children

A 47-year-old man has reportedly killed his two children and his 85-year-old mother in Anambra State. The incident happened in Nnewi, in the Nnewi Local Government Area of the state…

Edo election: Wike’s life in danger, says Rivers

The Rivers State Government on Friday raised the alarm that the life of Governor Nyesom Wike is in danger, following policemen’s barricade of the hotel he (Wike) lodged in Benin,…

FG bars Emirates Airlines from operating in Nigeria

The Federal Government has barred Emirates Airlines from operating in Nigeria. According to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, the ban will take effect from Monday, September 21, 2020. The…