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NIGERIA'S Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) has declared the Osun State governorship elections inconclusive after tight race which ended with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leading the All Progressives Congress (APC) with just 353 votes.

MEGA Charismatic Fire Ministry general overseer Pastor Marvelous Odalo has been arrested by the police in the Edo State capital Benin over his alleged involvement in human trafficking centred around sending young women abroad to become prostitutes.

NIGERIA'S former and only ever Miss World Agbani Darego married to ex-defence minister Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma's son Ishaya has given birth to her first child at a London hospital.

Yesterday, Agbani, 35 and Ishaya Danjuma revealed that they had given birth to their first child. Agbani, who has since gone into modelling after ending her reign as Miss World in 2002, married retired General Danjuma’s son Ishaya, in 2017 at a private wedding ceremony in Marakesh, Morocco.

FORMER president Dr Goodluck Jonathan appears to have thrown his weight behind ex-senate president Senator David Mark as the ideal candidate to become the Peoples Democratic Party's presidential candidate saying only he can unite the nation.

COMMUNICATIONS minister Barrister Adebayo Shittu was on the verge of pulling out of the Oyo State governorship race saying he could not afford the N22.5m ($62,000) his All Progressives Congress (APC) is charging candidates for nomination forms.

NIGERIAN-born world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua has added another feather to his cap by despatching Russian challenger Alexander Povetkin with a seventh round knock-out last night at Wembley.

ANAMBRA education student Philip Chinedu has committed suicide in his hostel room after it became apparent that he would have to drop out of school due to his inability to pay his impending tuition fees.

Mr Chinedu, 29, was a 200 level student at the Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe, in Anambra East Local Government Area. He was found dead on Thursday at about 8.40pm in his apartment just outside the school campus.

PEOPLES Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has joined the clamour for the restructuring of the Nigerian federation stating that the country will enjoyed accelerated development if she is restructured.

NIGERIAN-born British world heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua will be over a stone heavier than his veteran Russian opponent Alexander Povetkin when he defends his title at Wembley today after the weigh-in showed him to be bulkier.

CENTRAL Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele has assured all Skye Bank depositors that their money is safe despite the licence of the struggling financial house being revoked due to its mounting debts.