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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Prof Chukwuma Soludo as governor-elect of Anambra State. Professor Florence Obi, Returning Officer of the election, made the declaration at exactly 1;50am on Wednesday. She…

Chukwuma Soludo, candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), is currently maintaining a healthy lead in the Anambra governorship election. After results from 20 our of the 21 LGAs were collated on Sunday night, Soludo had…

The Bayelsa police command says Sapele Eyeridideke, one of its operatives, has been stabbed to death by his colleague, identified as Governor Akpoboloukeme. Ben Okolo, Bayelsa commissioner of police, who confirmed the development on…

The body of the Managing Director, Fourscore Homes, Femi Osibona, has been found recovered in the rubble of the collapsed Ikoyi building. Fourscore Homes is the firm constructing the 21-storey building under construction which collapsed…

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has unveiled 37 standards to boost Nigeria’s industrial development and improve its competitiveness in the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). Chairman, SON Governing Council, Mrs…

Uche Secondus, suspended chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says he will appeal the judgement rejecting his request to stop the party’s national convention. Secondus had approached an appeal court in Rivers seeking an order of…

Ahead of the December International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council Election, Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has called on the global maritime community to support…

A former staff of First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Oreoluwa Adesakin, has been handed a cumulative 98 years in prison by Justice Muniru Olagunju of Oyo High Court for fraud. Adesakin, female, was found to have committed financial fraud…

Ahmad Gumi, the prominent Islamic cleric, says foreign jihadists will come into the country if bandits are declared terrorists. The cleric who is known to have access to bandits had once asked the federal government to grant them blanket…

As the battle for controlling interest in FBN Holdings Plc deepens, all eyes will be on the company’s share price movement on the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX), as the major contenders move to consolidate their hold on the financial…