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Vote counting in the gubernatorial election in Osun state has commenced with the first results of the election trickling in. Voters across the state  turned out massively as early at 6 AM Nigerian time for accreditation and voting commenced  early in several districts. However, there was massive deployment of soldiers across the state and mass arrest of opposition All Progressives Congress …

American warplanes struck Sunni militant positions in northern Iraq on Friday, the Pentagon said in a statement, confirming the first significant American military operation since ground troops left Iraq in 2011. Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon Press Secretary, said that two F-18 fighters dropped 500-pound laser-guided bombs on a mobile artillery target near Erbil. Militants of the Islamic State …

Former deputy governor of Adamawa State, Mr. James Ngilari has prayed a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to order the state chief justice to inaugurate him as the substantive Governor of Adamawa State. In his originating summon, Ngilari hinged his argument  on the ground that he did not formally resign from his office as Deputy Governor as stipulated by …

The Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has ordered the authorities of Lagos State University, LASU, to allow students of the institution revert to paying the old school fees. The recent increase in the institution tuition had sparked protests by students which snowballed into an industrial action by the institution’s lecturers. The students had demanded that the governor reduces …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has aired major concern on the Aug. 9 gubernatorial election in Osun State, claiming around half a million unclaimed and misplaced Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), have been duplicated by by fraudsters with intent to rig the process. ”These cloned cards, mostly in the hands of persons from states other than Osun, are to be used …

Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has assured that Osun election would be ranked best among elections ever conducted in Nigeria. He gave the assurance while speaking at ‘Stakeholders Forum for Osun State Governorship Election’. Assuring that the election results would be difficult to manipulate, Jega said the Commission’s objective was to make every election count …

ABUJA — PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan has called for effective international assistance in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency in some parts of the country and rescue of the over 200 girls of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, kidnapped 115 days ago. The President also insisted that the government knew the whereabouts of the girls. According to him, the Federal …

Salem Massachusetts – By Emman Okuns. The standoff between the current management of Market Basket Supermarket and its employees over the termination of beloved Chief Executive Officer, Arthur T Demoulas does not appear to be going away any sooner. As it enters the second week, aggrieved and protesting workers and sympathetic customers have vowed to fight on, until Arthur T …

  Nigeria’s former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani Kayode has continued to accuse the All Progressives Congress (APC) of being behind the deadly sect, Boko Haram. In a fresh allegation made public today via his twitter page, , FFK wrote; “The APC is the political wing of Boko Haram and Boko Haram is the military wing of the APC, Say NO …

Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, has stated that the country lost N1.29 trillion to theft of crude oil on industrial scale and production shutdowns last year, even as she put the average crude oil theft and deferment in 2013 at 215,000 barrels per day. The losses, according to her, were based on the average daily volumes of 215,000 …