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Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, in an interactive session with journalists spoke on diverse issues including the Boko Haram insurgency, abduction of Chibok schoolgirls and his future plans. KAYODE IDOWU was there The last four years of your administration have ...

All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, attributed the low turnout of voters to an alleged threat by the Peoples Democratic Party to cause chaos in the state. Meanwhile, state Governor Mukhtar Yero said shortly after ...

House of Representatives member-elect for Dass, Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa Constituency of Bauchi State, Yakubu Dogara, has declared that it will take a miracle for any other party to win the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections in the ...

Aregbesola was the last person to cast his vote at Unit 1, Ward 8, Ilesa East. Photo by Jesusegun Alagbe, Osun.

Jimi Agbaje casting his vote. Photo: Bayo Akinloye, Lagos.

Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka has said that corrupt persons in Nigeria must not be allowed to go free if the scourge of corruption is to be properly tackled. Soyinka also urged President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari to probe whoever needs to be ...

Kunle, Abeokuta: Two men help 85-year-old Esther Fadairo after she cast her vote at Ward 11, Unit 22, Shokori, Abeokuta South

There was pandemonium at Polling Unit 046, Sam Sonibare Street, Surulere, Lagos, as a team of soldiers beat up a youth for taking their pictures. It was learnt that the soldiers, about 25 in number, were in a big truck, ...

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