France Beat Croatia To Win Second World Cup After 20 Years
France won their second World Cup 20 years after their maiden triumph on Sunday, seeing off a dogged and desperate Croatia side who refused to lie down in one of the most electrifying finals in recent years. The breathless 4-2 victory under stormy skies at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium means Didier Deshchamps’ side — balancing youthful […]
President Buhari Departs Abuja For Netherlands
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Abuja, for the Netherlands. The President will be away to participate in activities to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), at The Hague. His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, said this in a statement on Saturday. […]
Ekiti Update: Ikere, Hometown of Eleka, in Mourning Mood
Ikere Ekiti, hometown of governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prof Kolapo Olusola Eleka, wore an eerie look of desertion today following the loss to the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Dr Kayode Fayemi, in the yesterday election. The once bubbling town that was basking in the euphoria of the possibility of producing […]
APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary Says Saraki Is A Double Agent
The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has been challenged to declare where he belongs in the current realignments going on in the All Progressives Congress (APC). The challenge was contained in a statement released on Sunday by the APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Hon. Yekini Nabena. Nabena accused Saraki of playing the role of a […]
PDP Rejects Ekiti Governorship Election Results
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the results from the Ekiti governorship election in which the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kayode Fayemi, emerged as the winner. Fayemi was announced as the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday morning after he outpolled the Deputy governor of the state, […]
Ojudu Group Hails Fayemi’s Victory
The Ekiti Rebirth Organisation, ERO, a political pressure group in Ekiti State, has congratulated the winner of Saturday governorship election in the state, Dr Kayode Fayemi, describing his victory as” the liberation of a people, so enmeshed in slavery.” In a statement signed by ERO’s Director General, Chief Ranti Adebisi, the group commended the doggedness […]
BREAKING: INEC Declares Kayode Fayemi Winner Of Ekiti Governorship Election
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has winner of the Ekiti State governorship election. Fayemi defeated the Deputy Governor of the state and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Professor Kolapo Olusola, and over 30 others in a keenly contested election. He was victorious […]
Belgium Defeat England 2-0 In Third Place FIFA World Cup 2018
Belgium beat England 2-0 in the FIFA World Cup third-place play-off on Saturday. Thomas Meunier and an 82nd minute Eden Hazard strike earned Belgium the victory and the third-place, which improves on their previous best performance of a fourth-place finish in 1986. Meunier`s goal came after Romelu Lukaku swung the ball out left to Nacer […]
Ekiti Election: NBC Shuts Down Ekiti Broadcast Service
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered the immediate closure of the Ekiti Broadcast Service for breaching provisions of the Broadcasting Code. According to the NBC, the Ekiti Broadcast Service breached the Electoral Act and Broadcasting Code by allowing Governor Ayodele Fayose to announce results in favour of his deputy and candidate of the PDP, […]
Ambode ‘rescues 50 stranded Nigerians’ in Russia
Akinwunmi Ambode, governor of Lagos state, has reportedly paid for the return flight of 50 Nigerians stranded in Russia. There have been reports of scores of Nigerians who travelled to the country for the World Cup but were unable to leave, having discovered that they were swindled. Writing via his Instagram page on Saturday, Nnamdi […]
