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Nigerian author, playwright and a Noble Prize winner, Wole Soyinka, 91, who compared President ,Donald Trump to a dictator and had his U.S. Visa revoked, has mocked the president, and said he must have “struck a nerve” Trump He spoke to newsmen in Lagos, Nigeria, when he mentioned that the U.S. consulate asked him to…
In a move to strengthen security ties and combat interstate crimes in Benue and Enugu states, the Commissioners of Police in the two States, Emenari Ifeanyi Innocent, PhD and Mamman Bitrus Giwa, Wednesday , October 29, 2025, held a strategic operational meeting to strengthen collaboration and address emerging security challenges affecting both States. . During…
An elderly man, believed to be a titled red-cap chief, reportedly stormed an Access Bank branch and seized one of the bank’s signposts over an alleged unlawful or unnecessary deductions from his account. The incident, which occurred in Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria , attracted the attention of passers-by and residents who watched as the visibly…
Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a social media user identified as Innocent Chukwuma, who publicly called for the military to overthrow the Nigerian government. Chukwuma, who also operates the “X” account @TheAgroman, had posted messages advocating a coup and urging the armed forces to “suspend the Nigerian government.”DSS operatives traced and apprehended him…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi says he had solutions to Nigeria’s challenges and prepared. He disclosed this while speaking with newsmen after voting in his 019 Polling Unit in Umudimakasi Square, Amatutu, Agulu in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. Obi, who was accompanied by his wife, Margaret, was accredited…
Catholic Priests, on Saturday, February 25, saved a Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from being beaten up by youths for trying to stop voting in Enugu. The incident happened at polling unit 004, 005, 006 and 007 located at Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu The SPO visited the polling units…
Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has lost his bid to return to the Senate following his defeat by the incumbent senator representing Cross River North, Senator Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe. Ayade, who was in the Senate between 2011 and 2015, lost the National Assembly elections conducted on Saturday with 56,595 votes against Agom-Jarigbe’s of the Peoples…
Labour Party,LP, has won 7 out of 8 Federal House of Representatives seats in the Saturday’s February 25, Presidential and National Assembly elections in Enugu state. Chidi Obettta was declared winner of the Nsukka/Igboeze South Federal constituency election.lReturning officer of INEC, Romanus Eze, announced the result on Sunday.Obetta pulled 50, 881 votes to defeat Vita…
Former Nigeria’s President, Olusegun Obasanjo has written a letter to President Muhammad Buhari, over the irregularities in the 2023; presidential election, alleging that Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections were grossly manipulated and results uploaded without due process. In the letter he personally signed on Monday, Obasanjo alledged that some INEC officials had collected “blood money”,…
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Monday, declared Neda Imasuen of the Labour Party (LP) as the winner of the Edo South senatorial district election of Saturday. The Returning Officer, Prof. A. Obasuyi, announced that Imasuen scored 167,250 votes to defeat his PDP and APC opponents, who scored 57,933 votes and 61,749 respectively. The LP candidate…