Results are trickling in from various wards where voting have ended in
the Governorship election in Ondo state. It's a tight race but one
candidate is having a upper hand thus far:
The RESULT from Akure South ward 3, polling unit 024A —
A major sting operation to checkmate corruption and unprofessional
misconduct within and outside the police force, has led to the arrest of
suspects and recovery of arms and ammunition.
Some officers involved with criminals where also busted. More photos and details...
It started like a rumour, now it's confirmed. Fast rising singer Tekno,
who said he has undying love for Genevieve, has signed a big deal with
Sony Music Worldwide. See video & more pics...
Dedicated fighter jets belonging to the Nigerian Air Force have attacked
Boko Haram locations in Northern Borno, killing several insurgents. An
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft, on
November 16, 2016, reported a gathering of the terrorists under a tree
at Kadari.
Residents of Ikot Ekpene Road in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital were
weekend thrown into shock over the death of a baby girl found abandoned
in biscuit carton.
A passerby, identified as Okon Isaac, who was on his way to a filling
station along the area on Saturday, was said to have heard the cry of
the baby.
A 24-year-old unemployed man, Blessing Agboola, was on Wednesday
remanded in Kirikiri Prisons by an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for
defiling a 3-year-old girl.
The Chief Magistrate, Tajudeen Elias, remanded him in prison after he
had pleaded guilty for defiling the minor. The judge adjourned the case
to December 5 for sentencing.
Nigerian preacher T.B. Joshua has sought to explain his
unfulfilled prophecy on the U.S. presidential election. The popular
pastor predicted on November 6 that the election would be won by “a
woman,” presumably Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
Northern leaders have held a two-day conference to find ways of restoring peace to the region.
The Northeast Conference on Peace and Scholarship, has as its theme “
True Legacies of Kanem Borno and Sokoto Caliphate’’ held in Damaturu,
Yobe state capital.
Demonstrators across the United
States planned to take to the streets for a fifth straight day on Sunday
to protest the election of Donald Trump, as the president-elect sparred
on social media with one of the nation’s largest newspapers.
Ogoni umbrella pressure group, the
Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) said it has
uncovered an alleged plot by some politicians to blackmail the Minister
of Environment, Amina Mohammed into appointing a political party
loyalist into the position of the Project Manager/Secretary to the
governing council of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project…