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Edo State Chief of Staff, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon opened up to Punch on the just concluded general elections in Nigeria..Speaking on the low turnout, he said I’m sure the low voter turnout could be attributable to a vaudeville of ratiocinations. The presidential election attracted more voters ostensibly because that was ...

A woman has told the BBC that the Chibok girls abducted by militant Islamists in Nigeria last year were seen alive three weeks ago. She said that she saw the girls in the north-eastern Gwoza town before the Boko Haram militants were driven out of there by regional forces. Boko ...

Our next president is a farmer! Nigeria’s President-Elect, Buhari pictured visiting his farm in Daura, Katsina.

The move by the 19 All Progressive Congress (APC) lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly to impeach the state governor,Mr Ayodele Fayose and his Deputy,Dr Kolapo Olubunmi Olusola may have suffered a temporary setback The lawmakers through the embattled speaker,Hon Adewale Omirin had announced through a letter sent to ...

Suleiman Hashimu or ‘The traveller’ as I prefer to call him is an indigene of Katsina state, Funtua to be precise. He was born in Osun state but lives in Ibadan. The traveler promised two years ago to walk from where ever he is to the capital of Nigeria, Abuja ...

This is the mother of the three boys who were kidnapped from their home in Surulere last week by a maid. The kids – Aderomola Orekoya, 11 months, Adedamola Orekoya, 4, and Demola Orekoya, 6, have still not been found. TVC met with their mum for a brief chat. [youtube ...

President-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari says his incoming government cannot promise the return of missing Chibok girls but that they would do everything within their power to secure their return. He said this in a statement he released today April 13th to commemorate one year of the girls’ abduction. The statement ...

Consul-General, South African High Commission in Nigeria, Ambassador Mogethi Monaisa, on Monday said the commission sometimes deny issuance of its visas to Nigerians it discovered to be having criminal records. �The commission does not just deny people visas, but it is either that those it sometimes deny issuance of visas ...

The former Governor of Anambra state is seen keeping fit as he is pictured working out at his home.

Meet Adam Lyons, 34, who lives with his two girlfriends, Brooke Shedd(Left), 26, and Jane Shalakhova, 25.(Right) Adam and Brooke have just given birth to a baby boy, Danté – and the ‘throuple’ hope to raise their child together in Los Angeles. The trio – who share a super-kingsize bed ...

PDP governorship candidate in Delta state, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has been declared winner of the state governorship election. Senator Okowa pulled a total of 724,680 votes to defeat his main opponent Chief Great Ogboru of the Labour Party, who pulled a total of 130,028 votes. Pictured above is Senator Okowa ...

Senator Musiliu Obanikoro took to Facebook this morning to congratulate Lagos state Governor-elect Akinwunmi Ambode. He wrote; “I congratulate Akinwunmi Ambode on his election into the office of Governor of Lagos State. I urge Lagosians to support the new Governor-Elect as he directs the affairs of our state in the ...

APC’s governorship candidate in Niger state, Alh Abubakar Bello, has won the governorship election in the state. He pulled a total of 593,702 votes to clinch victory from PDP candidate, Alhaji Umar Nasko who pulled a total of 239,772 votes.

President elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari says all political office holders, governors, ministers, permanent secretaries, head of foreign staff and others, will be declaring their assets before a law court on assumption of their appointment and at the end of their appointment. According to him, this would ensure accountability amongst public ...

PDP candidate Nyesom Wike has been declared winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in Rivers state. He polled a total of 1,029,102 to beat Dr Dakuku Peterside of the , APC who had 124,896 votes The Returning Officer, Prof Faraday Oruwense announced the results in Port Harcourt in the early ...

Nollywood star, Desmond Olusola Elliot has won his bid to represent the people of Surulere constituency at the Lagos State House of Assembly, defeating the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Bayo Smith. This is according to tweets by the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate.

Press statement from INEC. Read below… The Independent National Electoral Commission conducted Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections across the country on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Governorship elections were held in 29 States of the Federation, while State Assembly elections were held in 36 states. No election took place ...

Award winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie. Chimamanda says the Oba’s words are quite disturbing. Read below… A few days ago, the Oba of Lagos threatened Igbo leaders. If they did not vote for his governorship candidate in Lagos, he said, they would be thrown into the lagoon. His entire speech was ...

After initially demanding for 15 million,the househelp who ran off with the 3 Orekoya boys has demanded for 13 million,threatening to kill the kids if it’s not produced within 48hrs. According to Punch,the victims’ father, Leke, told our correspondent that the family received a text message from the kidnappers on ...

First Lady Mrs Patience Jonathan has refuted claims by Governor Rotimi Amaechi that she is in Rivers state to strategize on how to use the Resident Electoral Commission and the security apparatus in the state to rig the governorship election in favor of Mr Nyesom Wike, the state PDP governorship ...