Peoples Democratic Party candidate and the incumbent governor of Edo State Godwin Obaseki has polled over 85,000 votes higher than his major contender Osagie Ize-Iyamu in 16 out of the 18 local governments in the state announced by the Independent…
Governor Godwin Obaseki has won the Orhionwmwon local government, where his main opponent Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressive Congress (APC) hails from. Ize-Iyamu voted at his PU 26, Ward 5, Iguododo, Orhionmwon Local Government Area, on Saturday morning and…
Edo Election Results have started coming in from different wards in Edo state. Nigeria reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) commenced the Edo governorship election at exactly 8 am on Saturday, September 19, amidst tight security. The election…
A 10-year old student simply identified as Zhang, has lost her life after her teacher allegedly flogged her for failing mathematics questions. Zhang who was a primary school student in the city of Guangyuan, central China reportedly died at the…
A fierce political battle shaped up over the future of the U.S. Supreme Court on Saturday, with President Donald Trump saying he would quickly name a successor to liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a move that would tip the court…
Five staff of the Bauchi State Local Government Pension Board have been arrested by the police for alleged pension scam. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Ahmed Wakili, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, September 19, said…
No fewer than 1.72 million persons are eligible to vote in the September 19, Edo governorship polls while 483,796 eligible voters will not participate. This is according to a document obtained from the Independent National Electoral Commission titled, ‘Delimitation of…
The Federal Government has barred Emirates Airlines from operating in Nigeria. According to the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, the ban will take effect from Monday, September 21, 2020. The tweet read: “The PTF sub-committee met today with EU Ambassadors…
A former Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has lamented that card readers are not working at some polling units in Saturday’s Edo governorship election. He said this after casting his vote at polling unit 01, Ward 10 in Uzairue northeast,…
Belgium has turned dark orange again on the coronavirus map of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), meaning over 60 new coronavirus infections per 100,000 inhabitants were recorded in the last two weeks. On the updated map,…
A Brussels mayor will go into self-isolation after he tested positive for the new coronavirus, according to reports on Friday. Ridouane Chahid, the mayor of the municipality of Evere, told Belgian media that he had tested positive for the virus.…
An average of 1,071.1 people per day tested positive for the new coronavirus (Covid-19) in Belgium during the past week, according to the latest figures by Sciensano on Saturday. The trend of new infections per day increased by 77% over…
Hushpuppi, who was arrested in UAE over money laundering and cyber fraud allegations, is currently facing charges in the U.S. According to a PREMIUM TIMES report, fresh evidence from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has revealed how Ramon Abbas,…
This led to an uproar on the social media with Nigerians calling the police to stop Confidence whom they claimed is 15 from getting married to Bishop Enofe who is 45. It was supposed to be a wedding made in…
Muyiwa Ige talks about life without his father as the family marks the 90th posthumous birthday of the late Afenifere leader. Muyiwa Ige, son of the late Governor of old Oyo State, Chief Bola Ige, tells BOLA BAMIGBOLA about life…
Priceless books by Galileo, Sir Isaac Newton, and Francisco Goya have been recovered in a police raid in Romania three years after being stolen in a sophisticated heist on a London postal depot. Police recovered around 200 books with a…
European countries have rolled out new restrictions as the World Health Organisation (WHO) said global COVID-19 cases had surpassed 30 million. Authorities in France and the UK are both to introduce new measures to combat the spread of the virus,…
Hundreds of people gathered Friday night outside the Supreme Court, singing in a candlelight vigil and weeping together as they mourned the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The large group of mourners packed the high court’s steps and the…
The Trump administration will ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from US app stores starting Sunday night, a move that will block Americans from downloading the Chinese-owned platforms over concerns they pose a national security threat. The bans, announced on…
The regional government of the Spanish capital Madrid ordered a lockdown from Monday in some of the poorer areas of the city and its outskirts that are home to about 850,000 people, after a surge in coronavirus infections there. Regional…