…shootings and ballot snatching disrupted voting in multiple polling units across four local government areas. Ballot-box snatching and intimidation of election observers were also reported. Gboyega Oyetola was declared the winner only after a violence-plagued rerun in Garage Olode and other areas. The 2022 election was…

…tightly contested. The Accord Party, APC and ADC camps each claimed they will win all 30 local government areas in the state.The battleground councils, including Osogbo, Olorunda, Odo Otin and Ilesa East, could ultimately decide who wins the election.Osun: Peter Obi discloses how winner should emerge Meanwhile, Legit.n…

…strengthen unity within the APC and mobilise grassroots support across the seven local government areas in the district, said the forum would serve as a platform for constructive engagement, grassroots advocacy and political mobilisation. The group said it would promote and communicate the achievements and developmenta…

…and assessments. Our correspondent gathered that Guma, Ukum, Kwande, Otukpo and Agatu local government areas had been earmarked for military units, while Makurdi, the state capital, is expected to host the new division. The Chairman of Otukpo LGA, Maxwell Ogiri, confirmed that the implementation committee visited the c…

…is set to distribute sensitive materials for Saturday’s governorship poll to the 30 local government areas in the state today (Thursday). The distribution is expected to be held on the premises of the Central Bank of Nigeria in Osogbo, the state capital. The state INEC spokesperson, Musa Olurode, in a telephone intervi…

…speaking at the meeting, said he prepared well for governance, having visited all local government areas in the state more than once to consult members of his party and other critical stakeholders on his ambition. The immediate past Managing Director of the National Inland Waterways Authority also promised to prioritis…

…Rotarians considered this a priority. We have already expanded the programme to 17 local government areas in Oyo State. During one visit to Gombe, where one of our pilot health centres is located, the chief medical officer told me they had recorded no maternal or infant deaths during childbirth in the previous 12 month…

…adding that no vote, ward or polling unit was too small to matter in the district's four local government areas.The newly-inaugurated Kogi Central PDP campaign organisation comprises:Campaign Chairman: Abubakar Yahaya KarakuDirector-General: Salami EtudaiyeSecretary: Jacob Ogirima AnebeHead of Operations: Ilyasu Zubair…

…disclosed that the children were taken from their parents in Danko-Wasagu and Zuru Local Government Areas of Kebbi State under the pretext of enrolling them in modern schools. According to him, the children were intercepted in Gusau, Zamfara State, while being transported to Edo State. He said five suspects have been a…

…but also provides a critical electricity link to communities around Yorro and Zing Local Government Areas. He therefore urged the authorities to consider the electricity crisis a matter of wider public interest and urgently provide a replacement transformer. "Our businesses are dying, and the economic growth of our peo…

…Okpebholo disclosed this on Monday during a meeting with APC members from the 18 local government areas of the state at the Government House, Benin City. According to a statement by the governor’s media aide, Patrick Ebojele, Okpebholo said the appointments were aimed at taking governance and government programmes to t…

…The governor stated this on Monday during a meeting with APC members from across the 18 local government areas of the state at the Government House, Benin City. The governor also noted that his administration was committed to strengthening the All Progressives Congress in the state, noting that the victory of the APC w…

…findings by Sunday Vanguard have shown, with the closures cutting across dozens of local government areas and leaving thousands of children without normal access to classroom education. Affected schools are spread across Sokoto, Benue, Plateau, Borno, Kaduna and Kebbi, while insecurity has also disrupted academic activ…

…State in the last seven months, with 124 cases recorded in Bida, Suleja and Shiroro local government areas of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Murtala Muhammad Bagana, who made this disclosure during a press conference in Minna, said a total of 103 patients had been treated and discharged. He explained that t…

…Across Bokkos, Barkin Ladi, Riyom, Bassa, Mangu, Jos South, Kanam and Qua’an Pan Local Government Areas, villages that once echoed with children’s laughter, farming activities and bustling markets now bear the scars of repeated attacks. Homes have been razed, churches and schools destroyed, traditional institutions wea…

…had already impacted more than 65,000 people through its interventions in three local government areas of Sokoto State, with women accounting for about 60 per cent of the beneficiaries. He said the programme has also trained 483 teachers to improve the quality of teaching in crisis-affected communities and commended re…

…teenage herders following the alleged destruction of a farmland in Jos East and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau State. The troops of Sub-Sector 12 responded at about 12:30 p.m. on August 4, 2026 to a report of farmland destruction belonging to Matthew Ezekiel at Kerker Community. On arrival at the scene, the tr…

…to assess the situation behind the prolonged outage affecting nine of the state’s 17 local government areas. Chairman of Aba Power and former Minister of Power, Bart Nnaji, told the lawmakers that supply would resume once a critical component of the gas pressure system is installed. According to him, the component—a Cl…

By Ugochukwu Alaribe UMUAHIA — Residents and business owners in Aba, covering the nine local government areas of the Ukwa Ngwa zone of Abia State, have lamented the power outage that has persisted for more than two weeks, saying it has adversely affected their lives and businesses. Geometric Power Aba Limited (GPAL), t…

…target? The funding is primarily aimed at nano and micro enterprises operating within local government areas across Nigeria. Information applicants need Business owners seeking the grant will have to provide personal and business details during the application process. The information requested includes: Applicant’s fu…

…mortality, and strengthen hygiene standards in secondary health facilities across the 44 local government areas. The governor reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to prioritising preventive healthcare through sustained investment in primary and secondary healthcare services, while expanding access to quality medi…

…Kaduna know otherwise. Communities across Kauru, Kajuru, Chikun and Zangon Kataf Local Government Areas have endured repeated deadly attacks over the past decade. Hundreds of people have been killed, thousands displaced, and several settlements abandoned as insecurity continues to reshape life in the region. Tinubu, Sa…

…implementation, improve accountability and enhance monitoring across Nigeria’s 774 local government areas. The minister said the ministry was also collaborating with the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Department of State Services, the Armed Forces of Nigeria, the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigeria Security…

…has approved the reconstruction of the Okun-Owa–Ijebu-Ode Road in Odogbolu and Ijebu-Ode Local Government Areas. Other roads approved for reconstruction are the Ago-Iwoye–Ijebu-Igbo–Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic Road in Ijebu North Local Government Area; Phase One of the Odeda–Olugbo Road in Odeda Local Government Area;…

…to include the reconstruction of the Okun-Owa-Ijebu-Ode Road in Odogbolu and Ijebu-Ode Local Government Areas; the Ago-Iwoye-Ijebu-Igbo-Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic Road in Ijebu North Local Government Area, covering 19.05 kilometres. Others are Phase One of the Odeda-Olugbo Road in Odeda Local Government Area, spannin…