Armed robbers  rape seven women during deliverance vigil

Armed robbers rape seven women during deliverance vigil

SEVEN ladies who went for night vigil for deliverance in a new generation church, located at 2nd Cemetery Road, Benin-City, were allegedly raped by armed bandits who stormed the church at about 4am on Thursday.
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PDP in early leads in Ekiti

PDP in early leads in Ekiti

For unrin,Odo Igede Ward 007,Igede Ekiti in Irepodun /Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state

VP Sambo commends INEC over decision on Card Reader

VP Sambo commends INEC over decision on Card Reader

Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Saturday commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for directing its officials to allow eligible voters with genuine Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to vote where card readers failed to function.

Technical problems, Boko Haram mar general election

Technical problems, Boko Haram mar general election

Problems with new technology on Saturday forced a 24-hour extension to the presidential election in Africa’s most populous nation, Nigeria, and renewed Boko Haram violence hit the knife-edge vote. The Islamist militants were suspected of killing seven in separate attacks in northeastern Gombe state, including at polling stations, while on Friday, 23 people were beheaded […]

Dickson slams INEC over card readers

Dickson slams INEC over card readers

Bayelsa Governor Seriake Dickson has expressed total dissatisfaction with the performance of the card readers deployed by INEC to the state for such critical and sensitive elections like the Presidential and the National Assembly polls.

Youths stage football match to commemorate presidential election

Youths stage football match to commemorate presidential election

Some male youths at the Kollington area of Alagbado, Abeokuta Expressway, on Saturday staged a football match tagged `PDP vs APC’ to commemorate the presidential election. A press correspondent who ran into the group, reports that the game ended in a goalless draw, meaning “no victor, no vanquish’’.

Boko Haram gunmen  ‘behead’  23 in Borno

Boko Haram gunmen ‘behead’ 23 in Borno

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen beheaded 23 people and set fire to homes in Buratai, northeast Nigeria, on the eve of Saturday’s general elections, a federal lawmaker representing the area told AFP.

Elections: Lawmaker, 8 others killed by insurgents in Gombe

Elections: Lawmaker, 8 others killed by insurgents in Gombe

A member of Gombe State House of Assembly, Alhaji Umar Aminu (APC), and eight others are feared killed by insurgents on Saturday. The insurgents who attacked Dukku and Nafada local government areas of the state were said to have killed the lawmaker representing Dukku South Constituency.

Buhari cast his vote

Buhari cast his vote

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has cast his vote in the 2015 presidential and National Assembly election

Jonathan aide, Senator escape death in Kano

Jonathan aide, Senator escape death in Kano

Two prominent PDP stalwarts, Baraka Sani and a sitting MP, Senator Basheer Lado escaped death by whisker at Jigiriya polling units when mob attack them during accreditation

President Jonathan votes

President Jonathan votes

President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cast his votes for the presidential and National Assembly polls.

Election: Card reader, a charade – Bode George

Election: Card reader, a charade – Bode George

Former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George has described the use of the card reader for the Presidential and National Assembly elections as a charade.

Card reader rejects Gov.Yuguda’s finger prints

Card reader rejects Gov.Yuguda’s finger prints

“May be there is something wrong with the machines,” he told news later while fielding questions. He expressed concern that the card reader rejected peoples’ finger prints. He however said that that he was impressed with the massive turnout of people and their orderly conduct during the exercise.