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File photo: John Kayode Fayemi  It is now official. After over 2,000 delegates voted in Saturday's re-run primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti state, the Minister of Solid Minerals and a former governor of the state, John Kayode Fayemi emerged the standard bearer of the party in the July 14 Guber election.   Below is the results...

In its efforts at reducing cyber crimes, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal office, in the early hours of Friday arrested over 12 suspected internet fraudsters in the Ikoyi area of Lagos. The EFCC operatives stormed the popular Club 75 on Awolowo Way, Ikoyi, where the suspected “yahoo yahoo boys” were rounded up, following intelligence report. While some of the...

Oyo state Gov Ajimobi casting his vote Accreditation and voting have commenced simultaneously across many polling centres in Oyo State as the local government election got underway amid low turnout. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the exercise is holding in the 33 local governments and  35 Local Council Development Areas newly created by the state government. NAN also reported...

Voters in Kaduna are voting today with electronic voting machine  Voters in Rigasa area of Igabi Local Government of  Kaduna State have hailed the use of the electronic voting system in the ongoing local government election in the state. Those who voted told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the process was easier and faster. NAN reports that verification...

Accreditation process during Ekiti APC primary election  The accreditation exercise for the All Progressive Congress (APC) primary in Ekiti State is ongoing at the Damlek events centre on Afao Road, Ado Ekiti, the state capital, amid high security. The exercise began at 8 a.m. with a possibility that voting by delegates would commence by 12 noon. Checkpoints for screening delegates, agents, aspirants...

File Photo  President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from London after a routine medical check-up in London. NAN reports that the president who arrived Nigeria on Friday had initially planned to return on Saturday but decided to reduce his stay in the UK by a day. The presidential aircraft conveying him and some of his aides landed at the presidential wing...

File photo: VP Osinbajo with Nigerian youthsBarring any hitch, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will assent the #NotTooYoungToRun bill which has now been transmitted to him.  In a facebook post by the Acting President of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Young Women Forun and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the governing APC, Rinsola Abiola said the youths are counting...

The annual Pre-Ramadan lecture organised by Radio Nigeria Positive FM comes up tomorrow Saturday 12th May, 2018 in Akure, the Ondo state capital. The lecture entitled “SECURITY AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA: ISLAMIC SOLUTIONS”, will be delivered by an Islamic scholar, SHEIKH ABDULHAKEEM YAYI-AKOREDE  who is also THE CHIEF IMAM OF AKURELand. A statement by the chairman, Ramadan Committee, Leke Adegbite...

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that it realized N8.4 billion from the sale of 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) applications, a figure running short of revenue realized last year from UTME sales. There are, however, several other revenue sources through which the Board could later boost its income. JAMB records indicate that at the end of...

File photo Troops have killed eight bandits in an exchange of gunfire in Maru Local Government area of Zamfara. Soldiers of the One Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Gusau were carrying out clearance operations in the state nicknamed “Operation Idon Raini” when they encountered the bandits. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Major Clement Abiade said in Gusau on Thursday that...