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Election in US – List of states won by Trump, Kamala Harris

NewsDeskNgNov 6, 2024November 6, 20240

Former President Donald Trump has successfully secured several key states, particularly in the South and Midwest. Fox News reports that Trump is performing well in rural areas, which helped deliver victories to Trump in 2016 and 2020. However, election day battlegrounds are still too close to call as Trump, Vice...

Gov. Yusuf – I wasn’t aware of minors’ arrest

NewsDeskNgNov 6, 2024November 6, 20240

Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, says he was not aware of the minors’ arrest until they were arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja. Yusuf stated this at the Muhammadu Buhari Special Hospital, where a team of medical professionals were assigned to assess the physical and mental health of...

Timi Frank to EFCC: Go after Wike, other G-5 ex-governors like Okowa

NewsDeskNgNov 6, 2024November 6, 20240

Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has welcomed the arrest of the immediate past Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged fraud. Frank who gave this indication in a statement in Abuja,...

Kayode – ‘God stopped the witch, granted Trump victory’

NewsDeskNgNov 6, 2024November 6, 20240

Amid the ongoing election in the United States of America, former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode said God has stopped the witch and granted former President Donald Trump victory. Fani-Kayode said there is nothing ‘they’ did not do to stop Trump, including trying to jail and kill him but the...

Protest: APC youth wing, Nigerians March in thousands against Kyari Over failure of NNPCL to fix local refineries

NewsDeskNgNov 5, 2024November 5, 20240

No fewer than 20,000 activists took to the three Arms Zone in Abuja on Tuesday to demand the resignation of Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), citing his alleged incompetent leadership. The protesters under the auspices of the APC Solidarity and...

Hunters rescue kidnap victim in Anambra

NewsDeskNgNov 5, 2024November 5, 20240

The Nigerian Hunters and Forest Security Service, NHFSS, says it has rescued a kidnap victim, one Chukwunonso Nzekwe, at Nimo Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra. The Deputy Commander-General of NHFSS in charge of Intelligence, Dr John Metchie, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Metchie said...

Trump insists result must be announced same night

NewsDeskNgNov 5, 2024November 5, 20240

The Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, has once again raised false expectations regarding the vote count for the upcoming election, insisting on a result on election night.“We want the answer tonight,” the 78-year-old declared at his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, a crucial swing state. In the days leading...

Flood disaster: Pay attention to Niger Delta like Borno, Nabena tells FG, donors

NewsDeskNgNov 5, 2024November 5, 20240

A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Yekini Nabena, has appealed to the Federal Government, donors agencies and the private individuals to give same attention given to Borno State’s recent flood disaster to the Niger Delta region. The APC chieftain said the region...

I demolished Central Hospital to build better hospital, not MOWAA

NewsDeskNgNov 5, 2024November 5, 20240

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that his administration did not demolish the Central Hospital in Benin City for the construction of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA). According reports, the governor clarified this allegation at the official unveiling and preview of the Museum of West African...

Security experts back Keyamo on allocation of private airstrips to Oyedepo, others

NewsDeskNgNov 5, 2024November 5, 20240

The Forum of Security Experts, FOSE has backed Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, over the allocation of private airstrips to individuals, including Bishop David Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church. There were reports that some members of the National Assembly called for the revocation of Oyedepo’s airstrip license due...