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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday offered an explanation for its reluctance to publish the names of actual winners of the ruling APC senatorial candidates in two districts. In a controversial manner, the names of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, a former minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio, and two other expected candidates were missing from the published particulars …

An autopsy carried out on the corpse of a lady found dead in an Abuja hotel, Esther Isaac, revealed that she died of “severe asphyxia.” Healthgrade notes that asphyxiation occurs when the oxygen supply to the body is restricted which can be due to suffocation, strangulation, drowning, or choking. The PUNCH had reported that the 21-year-old lady was on February …

President Muhammadu Buhari says increased disclosure of unusual activities will expose bandits and terrorists, nudging the security apparatus to eliminate threats across the country. The president stated this while speaking to newsmen after the Eid-el-Kabir prayers at his country home, Daura, Katsina State, on Saturday. The President’s spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement, published by the Vanguard, reported the …

Nigeria’s Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and President Muhammadu Buhari’s third daughter from his first marriage, Nana Hadiza, got married on Friday at the Presidential Villa, in a quiet ceremony. It was gathered that the ceremony took place inside the State House Mosque after the Jumat service, away from prying eyes of uninvited guests, including the media, according …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, has unveiled his running mate, Datti Baba-Ahmed. Here are seven facts you need to know about Peter Obi’s running mate Baba-Ahmed In the April 2011 elections, Baba-Ahmed polled 366,398 votes in the contest for Senator for Kaduna North. Runner-up Senator Ahmed Makarfi of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the incumbent, …

The Nigerian government has said that the restructuring of five of the nation’s energy distribution companies is temporary. The Minister of Power, Abubakar Aliyu, said this in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Isa Sanusi. The government announced that the Port Harcourt, Kano, Kaduna, Ibadan and Benin distribution companies were the affected electricity companies. The statement said that qualified private …

The Federal Government has declared wanted, 33 of the inmates who escaped from its Kuje Prison in Abuja on Tuesday night. The 33 inmates were are said to have cases relating to terrorism and being members of the Boko Haram sect. Scores of terrorists had on Tuesday night launched a daring attack on the facility, bombing their way in and …

“The comment from our presidential candidate that the fertile land in the north is the crude oil of Nigeria is one. “How much more nationalist and detribalised can you (Obi) be? I see a brighter future for Nigeria from such a comment. He is someone of integrity and capacity.” The Labour Party vice presidential candidate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, has explained …

The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has unveiled his running mate, Senator Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed. Baba-Ahmed, the founder of Baze University, Abuja, was announced as the LP vice-presidential candidate in Abuja on Friday. Peter Obi and Datti-Baba Ahmed The 46-year-old was a former lawmaker who represented Kaduna North  Senatorial district. Baba-Ahmed’s announcement was coming barely 24 hours after the …

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with security chiefs and ministers at State House, Abuja. The meeting is said to be connected to the prison break which saw over 600 inmates escape including Boko Haram insurgents. Present at the meeting are the service chiefs, inspector general of police and the ministers of interior, police affairs, defence, and justice. SUN NEWS