Metro
1 Sep 2016
A group of herdsmen has decided to challenge the legality of “Ekiti State Open Grazing Prohibition Bill” signed into law by Governor Ayodele Fayose on Monday.
1 Sep 2016
Ex-husband of Senator Stella Oduah, Lt. Col. Satchie Emmanuel Etoromi, has urged her to return his late son to him in Warri, Delta State for burial.
1 Sep 2016
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Police, is to deploy 22,603 personnel for the polls in Edo.
1 Sep 2016
The All Progressives Congress (APC) recorded a boost in membership yesterday, as key members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) defected in Oredo Local Council area.
1 Sep 2016
Elder statesman and Chancellor of Eastern Mandate Union (EMU), Dr. Arthur Agwuncha Nwankwo has denied any relationship with a new pro-Biafra agitation group, Reformed Indigenous People of Biafra (RE-IPOB).
1 Sep 2016
A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s lawmaker has described September 10 as a day of liberation for the Edo People, from the “shackles of bad governance and underdevelopment.”
1 Sep 2016
Lagos-based cleric and General Overseer of The General Christian Charismatic Revival Ministry, Pastor Simon Onyeananam, has urged Nigerians to be patient with President Muhammadu Buhari ...
1 Sep 2016
Tragedy was yesterday averted at the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Uselu, Benin City, in Edo State when youths in the host community clashed with civil society groups.
1 Sep 2016
The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), has promised comfort for farmers in the state if elected. He said his government would leverage ...
1 Sep 2016
The National Secretariat of All Progressives Congress (APC) has named Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, as chairman of Saturday’s governorship primary.
1 Sep 2016
Motorists plying the Asaba-Onitsha expressway yesterday commended the Federal Government, the state government and private individuals who have contributed to the ongoing rehabilitation of the failed Okwe ...
1 Sep 2016
The Okocha sisters, 17 year-old Renee and Zara , 12, both young authors living in London have formed a non-governmental organization in Nigeria called ‘I Am The Future Of Nigeria’ to inspire Nigerian ...
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Ekiti State Ministry of Arts Culture and Tourism has been selected by the Federal Government to represent the country at the 2023 Surajkund International Arts Festival, holding in India, from February 3 to 19. Immediate past Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism in Ekiti, Prof. Rasaki Ojo Bakare, made this known to the News Agency…
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Imo Police Command says it repelled an attack on the building of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) located in Orlu LGA in Imo by the suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The command further disclosed that the hoodlums, who attacked the INEC facility, later retreated with bullet wounds after they suffered…
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The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the candidature and nomination of the governorship candidate of APC in the July 16 governorship election in Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, and his running mate, Benedict Alabi. Oyetola and Alabi are the immediate past governor and deputy governor of Osun. The court set aside the ruling of the…
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