Ogbia local government area with 13 wards won by PDP This is the local government area of former President Goodluck Jonathan APC 9,106 PDP 13,051 PDM 86 Total registered voters 69,253 No of accredited voters 24,532 No of rejected votes 880 Total votes cast 23,358 Collation Officer Dr. Evans Eze of Federal University, Otuoke Ekeremor…
As a Nigerian, I only managed to live in the country for the first 19 years of my life, but the Nigerian factor is so strong that it is not letting me go 30 years later. Even though I have lived in other countries more than I ever lived in Nigeria, yet the connection, the…
The police in Lagos have arrested two security guards, Muhammed Kiga and Joseph James, for allegedly setting two houses on fire in the Ajah area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro learnt that the two suspects, and one Musa, who is at large, conspired to commit the offence in November, 2015. A police source said Musa…
An Ado-Ekiti High Court, yesterday, sentenced one David Olugboyega to death by hanging for armed robbery involving N14,570. Justice John Adeyeye passed the judgment following the confessional statement of the convict and the conclusion of trial by the prosecution. “An accused may be convicted on his own confession alone as long as the court was…
President Muhammadu Buhari’s delegation to Johannesburg, South Africa, for the China-Africa Forum has now swollen to 84 persons, including at least four ministers and 80 aides, CEOs and MDA reps. This is an unusually large travel party for the Nigeria leader, who went to the 70th United Nations General Assembly two months ago with only…
Operatives of the State Security Service on Wednesday stormed the Lagos residence of one of its former Director Generals, Kayode Are, ejecting his family and throwing out his properties. “They are right here in my house,” a distraught Mr. Are told PREMIUM TIMES on telephone. “They have pulled down the doors, chased my family away…
The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the Nigerian Senate, Shehu Sani, on Tuesday challenged the Code of Conduct Bureau to look into asset declarations of other Governors who served at the same time as the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, saying politics should not be mixed with anti-graft war. Mr. Sani spoke at the…
THE Nigerian Union of Pensioners, South West zone, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the case of pensioners in the zone. This was contained in a letter to the president, entitled: “Myriad of problems of Nigerian pensioners and issues of local government pensioners and retired primary school teachers,” made available to the…
There has been anxiety at the Jonaith Hotel and Suites in the Ajah area of Lagos State after a 24-year-old guest, identified as Michael Afeso, was found dead in his room. PUNCH Metro learnt that the deceased’s girlfriend, who had stayed with him on Friday evening, was sighted in the early hours of Saturday. She…
The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says terrorism in Nigeria indirectly created by northern leaders, who used religion to deceive poor Muslims. Kukah said this in his keynote address at a conference organised by the Islamic Welfare Foundation at the Fountain University, Osogbo. At the event titled, ‘The Muslim agenda for Nigeria: Challenges…
