Category: News Update
Lagos: INEC suspends voting at Sanwo-Olu’s polling unit
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has temporarily suspended the commencement of voting at the polling unit of the All Progressives Congress (APC)...
NigeriaDecides2019: Live Updates
With the commencement of the governorship election across 29 states in Nigeria, Newdawnngr in its usual character will give you bit-by-bit updates of events during and...
Polls: Heavy security, restriction of movement effective in Lagos
Heavy security and restriction of movement were noticed in parts of Lagos state on Saturday as residents of the state prepare for the conduct of the Governorship and the...
Buhari, wife vote in Daura
President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha, have just cast their ballots in the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections. The pair voted in Daura, Katsina...
Military court sentences soldiers to death for killing civilians
A South Sudan military court Friday sentenced three soldiers to death by firing squad, and a fourth to 10 years’ imprisonment, for killing two civilians in their homes...
INEC postpones assembly election in Adamawa over death of APC candidate
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the House of Assembly Election for the Nasarawa/Binyeri State Constituency of Adamawa. Resident...
12 security tips during elections on Saturday
Many Nigerians are skeptical of their safety at the polling units in 29 states in tomorrow’s Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections. This is due to the many...
Chelsea Manning jailed for refusal to testify in WikiLeaks case
Chelsea Manning, who spent more than three years in prison for leaking US military secrets to WikiLeaks, was jailed again on Friday for refusing to testify in a grand...
Fayemi sacks protocol chief
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has terminated the appointment of the State Chief of Protocol, Mr Ayo Adegbite. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the...
Lekan Shonde to die by hanging for killing wife
An Ikeja High Court has sentenced to death by hanging, Lekan Shonde, a dockworker who killed his banker wife, Ronke, 36, at their residence in Egbeda, Lagos three years...
