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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the Enugu State governorship election, Peter Mbah, has emerged as the winner of the governorship poll in the state. Mbah was declared winner of the Saturday’s Governorship Election, on Wednesday, after the results of the controversial Nkanu East Local Government Area results were collated. The INEC state Collation and Returning Officer, Prof …

The White House press briefing with the Ted Lasso cast descended into chaos on Monday before it even began when a Nigerian-born reporter berated Karine Jean-Pierre for not taking questions from him. Simon Ateba, a correspondent for Today News Africa, began shouting out as press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stepped to the podium, joined by actors Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt and …

    APC wins Kaduna governorship election The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the All Progressives Congress candidate, Uba Sani, as the winner of the state’s governorship election. Declaring the result, the State Collation Officer for Gubernatorial Election (SCOGE), Prof. Lawal Suleiman Bilbis said the number of registered voters in the state are 4,335,208, accredited voters are 1,581,662, valid votes …

A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines. Justice Obiora Egwuatu in a judgment also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System to upload scanned copy of the form EC8A to the INEC …

The court said in a statement that Vladimir Putin “is allegedly responsible for the war crime of unlawful deportation of the population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation” An arrest warrant has been issued by the International Criminal Court for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war crimes over his involvement in …

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of shopping for endorsements and “begging” United States President, Joe Biden, to call to congratulate Bola Tinubu. The APC PCC Director of New Media, Femi Fani-Kayode, had taken to Twitter to say that although the US State Department …

Dr Seye Dairo, Campaign Director-General, of the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Dr Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran aka Jandor, has resigned. Dairo, who announced his resignation in a letter, did not give any reason for taking the action. However, he expressed appreciation to the PDP candidate for the opportunity to serve as his campaign DG. …

WASHINGTON – A Russian jet collided with a U.S. Air Force drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday, causing the drone to crash after an “unsafe and unprofessional intercept,” the U.S. military reported. The incident occurred Tuesday morning when two Russian SU-27 fighters conducted an intercept of the MQ-9 drone that demonstrated the pilots’ “lack of competence,” according to a statement from U.S. European Command. One of …

The remains of late Senator Joseph Wayas who was President of Nigeria’s Senate in the Second Republic (1979-1983) have reportedly been abandoned in a London hospital. Wayas died in December 2021 at a London hospital, following a lingering illness, which some family members attributed to poverty. Family sources told Daily Trust that financial help was no longer coming and they …

At least six people have been killed in a shooting in a church in Hamburg, Germany, local media say. According to Hamburg police, the shooting occurred at a church on Deelböge street in the Gros Borstel district. Local media identified the location as a Jehovah’s Witness centre. It is unclear if there were one or more shooters, but a large-scale …