*Counting of votes commences in Kogi guber poll (Vanguard)*Driver allegedly kills passerby in Lagos (Punch)

Counting of votes commences in Kogi guber poll (Vanguard) Counting of votes has begun in most polling units in Lokoja, at the end of voting by accredited voters. In polling unit 065 ward A, Sabon Gari, INEC officials and party…

INEC probes “filled result sheets” discovered in Kogi

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says its “senior officials” are currently investigating the incident(s) of pre-filled election result sheets in Ogori/Magongo, Eika/Ohizenyi and some other areas of Kogi State. Civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, on Saturday morning, in a…

*Nigerian don found dead in US (Punch)*Rich people” are biggest problem of Nigeria – Kwankwaso (Vanguard)

Nigerian don found dead in US (Punch) A United States-based Nigerian professor, Marinus Iwuchukwu, and a woman identified as Charce Dunn have been found dead in Pittsburg Pennsylvania. They were found dead along Thorncrest Drive, Wilkins Township, Pittsburg on Tuesday…

Fani-Kayode mocks Dino Melaye for ‘drinking’ garri

Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has mocked the spokesperson for the Atiku Abubakar Campaign Organisation, Dino Melaye for drinking garri. In his Facebook page on Thursday, FFK posted an old picture of Melaye taking what looked like soaked garri.…

*Lagos task force impounds 322 motorcycles in Apapa, Ajah, others (Guardian)*Lagos policemen, sheriffs invade house, destroy N500m property (Punch)

Lagos task force impounds 322 motorcycles in Apapa, Ajah, others (Guardian) Lagos State Task Force has carried out a week-long raid in parts of the state to rid the state of illegal commercial motorcycle activities on major highways across the…

2023: Your time is not now, Dino Melaye tells Peter Obi

The former Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye, has given reasons on why he believes the Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi cannot win the 2023 presidential election. He stated that Obi’s agenda to cut cost of governance as…

*Policemen shoot fun-seeker dead in Lagos club (Punch) *Sanwo-Olu, Sen Okonkwo, Jack-Rich, Others to be honoured at 2019 Nigeria Entrepreneurs Award (Vanguard)

Policemen shoot fun-seeker dead in Lagos club (Punch) Five policemen attached to the Akinpelu Police Division, have been detained for the murder of a 27-year-old fun-seeker, Maliki Mohammed, at a club on Balogun Street, Oshodi, Lagos. The cops are Inspectors…

Dino Melaye rejects Kogi PDP appointment (Guardian)

Senator Dino Melaye Friday said he has turned down an appointment to serve as director-general of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governorship campaign in Kogi State. “Let me state categorically that I have turned down the position of Director-General of…

I can’t be a dep gov – Dino Melaye (Punch)

The Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye has denied that he wanted to serve as the deputy governor to a former governor of the state, Captain Idris Wada. In a statement on Thursday by his media aide, Gideon Ayodele, the…

No cause for alarm over tribunal judgement – Dino Melaye (Guardian)

Senator Dino Melaye has said he is unbothered after he was sacked by the Kogi state national assembly/state assembly election tribunal as the senator representing Kogi west senatorial district. “On Tribunal judgment. No cause 4 alarm at all,” Melaye said…

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