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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, would lose the forthcoming November 11 governorship election in the state. The PDP stated this in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Debo Ologunagba, on Wednesday, in Abuja. The opposition party averred that Uzodinma’s All Progressives Congress (APC), led government was fast …

The managing director of a popular hotel in Ilorin, Kwara State, has been found dead in one of the hotel rooms. The spokesman for the state police command, Okasanmi Ajayi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Ilorin, said a supervisor at the hotel reported a suspected homicide to the police on Thursday. He added that a …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday demanded the redeployment of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Imo State, Prof. Sylvia Agu, over alleged support for the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the party alleged that Agu has shown sympathy towards the ruling party in …

A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered the Kano state government to pay the Incorporated Trustees of Eid Grand Shop Owners N30 billion as compensation for the unlawful demolition of their properties. The huge fine was to cover the unlawful demolition of the shops without following due processes laid down by law. The court ruled that the state government …

The Nigerian Navy has arrested six suspected fraudsters posing as its personnel in Lagos State. The Commander of NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga confirmed the development to journalists on Friday in Lagos. He said the NNS BEECROFT’s patrol team arrested the suspects in a raid in the Ajah area of the state. The commander added that two Toyota Hilux vehicles, …

The decision of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, to sack the Abuja Urban Mass Transport Company Managing Director, Najeed Abdulsalam, is causing protests in Abuja. Staff members of the company have been protesting the sack of the agency’s MD. FCT Minister, Wike, had on Wednesday ordered the removal of heads of FCT agencies and parastatals. Wike on Wednesday …

Police operatives in the United States have arrested a man in connection with the murder of music star, Tupac Shakur, 27 years ago. The rapper was shot dead by a mysterious man in Las Vegas on September 13, 1996. Details later… Join the conversation Opinions Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at …

President Bola Tinubu has appointed three new Executive Commissioners for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Ajuri Ngelale, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said his principal also redeployed one Executive Commissioner from the agency. READ ALSO: Tinubu appoints Abdu Mukhtar Presidential Healthcare Initiative Coordinator …

● Apologise to Governor Dapo Abiodun Local government chairmen in Ogun State on Tuesday denied the allegation that the state government had been diverting their funds, resulting in zero allocation to them. This is even as Governor Dapo Abiodun said he was disturbed by the baseless allegation against him. The council chairmen visited the governor on Tuesday night with Mr …

The Senate of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, has directed the resumption of full academic activities in the university with immediate effect. The Senate, in an emergency meeting on Friday, 28th September, 2023 reviewed its earlier directive suspending academic activities, a directive which was occasioned by protest over purported increase in tuition fees leading to the locking of the campus gate. …