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The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) Sunday was in early lead in six local government areas based on results announced in the ongoing Anambra State governorship election. The party’s candidate, Charles Soludo, had earlier been reported to have won his polling unit and ward by wide margin. Soludo, a professor has amassed the highest votes in Onitsha South, Awka South, Anaocha, Anambra East, Orumba South and Njikoka. Anambra State has 21 local government areas and collation is expected to extend into Sunday. There are 18 candidates contesting in the election. None of them is a woman, despite Anambra State being the only state to…

Death toll caused by a fuel tanker explosion in a suburb of Sierra Leone capital, Freetown has risen to 99 with more than 100 people injured. The tragic incident happened late on Friday November 5, when a fuel tanker exploded following a collision, and many people rushed to the scene to siphon off petrol. The death toll on Saturday afternoon stood at 99, with more than 100 people being treated in hospitals and clinics across the city, deputy health minister Amara Jambai told Reuters news agency. Mohamed Lamrane Bah, director of communications for Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA),…

Six more persons rescued alive from the collapsed 21-storey building, Ikoyi are currently being treated at the Police Hospital in Falomo, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu stated on Saturday. The tally has been raised to 15 survivors the number of persons recovered from the wrecked site. Sanwo-Olu, while giving an update on the search and rescue operation at the scene, was accompanied by the National Leader of the Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and Nasarawa State Governor Abdullahi Sule. According to him, 42 bodies had been recovered from the site as at 6 p.m. on Saturday. He said:…

Despite the fact that Femi Osibona, owner of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos State is yet to be buried, his wife and brothers are reportedly locked in war over his properties. The body of Osibona was retrieved three days ago from the wrecked building and had been deposited in the mortuary. SaharaReporters reports that the wife, who had just flown in from the United States, tried gaining access to her husband’s apartment along Mosley Road, Ikoyi but was denied access by some of Osibona’s brothers. According to the report, Mrs Osibona who has four children for the late…

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, is on the brink of losing his Senior Advocate of Nigeria if he is culpable in the raid of the home of Mary Odili, Supreme Court Justice, Olumide Akpata, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), said. Recall that on October 29, security operatives comprising the police and Army stormed the Abuja home of the Odilis on the claim that “illegal activities” were going on there. The EFCC and Malami both issued different statements denying any involvement in the incident. “We are calling on the President, the head of…

Manchester City sank rivals Manchester United 2-0 to compound problem for fans to call for the head of their coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Solskjaer was on the verge of getting the sack after the 5-0 drubbing at home to bitter rivals Liverpool but result against Tottenham and an Atalanta draw made it look like things were getting back into place. Manchester City’s first derby win since 2019 has taken them within two points of Chelsea who play later today and keep United in fifth position on 17 points, three points behind West Ham and outside the Champions League qualification zone.…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has extended voting in the Anambra State governorship election till Sunday, November 7. Announcing this to newsmen, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Nwachukwu Orji, said this is to enable those who could not cast their votes on Saturday, November 6, due to the malfunctioning of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BIVAS) machine, to do so. Mass failure of the machines was recorded during the voting exercise today November 6.  Orji said the closing of voting had been shifted from 2.30 p.m. to 4 p.m. after and that the exercise will continue on Sunday in units where…

The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a police officer who allegedly stabbed his colleague and relation to death. Sergeant Akpoboloukeme was said to have stabbed Sgt Sapele Eyerindideke, to death at Edepie axis of Yenagoa, on Thursday evening, October 4. It was gathered that the police officers are cousins and hailed from Torubene community in Delta State. According to their friends, the duo attended a wedding ceremony at a popular hotel along INEC road in Yenagoa metropolis, where the deceased cracked a minor joke on the table they were seated. But Sergeant Akpoboloukeme, who is said to be…

Suspected gunmen killed a traditional marriage guest in a failed attempt to abduct a member representing Esit Eket/Ibeno State Constituency in Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Usoro Akpanusoh. Akpanusoh had joined other guests at the traditional marriage ceremony at Idung Ikpetuen in Uquo community of Esit Eket Local Government Area at 7 p.m. Thursday, November 4. An eye witness account said while lawmaker wanted to board his vehicle, the gunmen arrived at the venue and attempted to abduct him. It is said that as the lawmaker hurriedly escaped, they unleashed anger on the crowd by shooting sporadically. However, one…

The world’s second richest man, Jeff Bezos has sold $2 billion worth of his stock in Amazon, the world’s biggest retailer, according to to Forbes. Bezos sold the shares earlier this week while he was in Glasgow at the COP26 climate summit. The sale came as Bezos, the world’s second richest person, promised in a speech at the summit that he will spend $2 billion from his Earth Fund on restoring nature and transforming food systems. “We must conserve what we still have, we must restore what we’ve lost, and we must grow what we need to live without degrading…