The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Monday Okpebholo has taken the lead in the Edo State governorship election. Okpebholo has 48,000 more votes ahead of his closest rival Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Of the 16 local government area results declared so far at the INEC...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Edo governorship election held on Saturday. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, announced the suspension on Sunday due to outstanding results from Oredo and Ikpoba Okha local governments. “The collation officers for the two...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political actors against the disruption of Edo governorship election results collation process. INEC National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna, gave the warning in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Haruna said that INEC was disturbed by...
Nigerian actress, Ini Edo, has announced that she is engaged and set to have a fairytale wedding. Edo made this known in a post via her Instagram handle, @iniedo, on Sunday. She wrote: “That bright Sunday morning six months ago, while on vacation, we crossed paths, and our lives...
The Zamfara chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the call for the declaration of a state of emergency in the state by the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Sunday by the State PDP...
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for the United States to attend the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), at the behest of President Bola Tinubu. Senior Special Assistant to The President on Media and Communications (Office of The Vice President), Mr Stanley Nkwocha, made this...
Supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the People Democratic Party (PDP) have occupied the popular Ramat Park in Benin, jubilating even when the result of the Edo Governorship Election is yet to be announced. As at the time of this report, collation of results for the election...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Enugu East Council Area, Pst. Beloved-Dan Anike, has been declared winner of the Saturday’s chairmanship election in the state. Dr Nelson Ossai, the returning officer, while announcing the result on Sunday said that the PDP candidate scored a total of 116,690 votes...
Adamawa Government on Sunday confirmed the outbreak of cholera with 12 deaths recorded. The Commissioner for Health, Chief Felix Tangwami, who confirmed the outbreak in a statement in Yola, said that out of 50 samples of suspected cases, 30 were positive. Tangwami said that six of the deaths were...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted 25 million pills of tapentadol, an opioid three times stronger than tramadol and 350,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth N16.1bn at the Tincan port complex in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said this in...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has extended his heartfelt congratulations to the newly elected 16 local government chairmen and 193 councillors across the state following their victories in Saturday’s election. In a statement released by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor...
The Progressive Students Movement (PSM), a pan-African socialist movement, has lauded the professional conduct of officers of the Nigeria Police deployed to cover the governorship election in Edo. The movement, which is an NGO, specifically commended Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Frank Mba for his forthrightness and leadership...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has activated election results collation centres in Edo State. The commission earlier announced that it was set to commence state-levelled collation of the governorship election. This was revealed by the National Commissioner & Member Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna during a press...
Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) has declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winners of the local government elections held yesterday in the state. Announcing the results at KWSIEC headquarters in Ilorin in the early hours today, the Chairman of the Commission, Baba Okanla...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will investigate allegation of wrong figures entered into polling unit result sheets in the ongoing Edo governorship election. The commission in a short statement on X on Saturday night promised to investigate the matter immediately. “The commission’s attention has been...
There is a heavy presence of security operatives on Sunday at the Edo office of INEC as collation of results for the Saturday governorship election commenced, NAN reports. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that roadblocks were mounted 500 metres away in all the roads leading to office...
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki was forced out of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Benin, in the early hours of Sunday, by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Frank Mba. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mba is the officer in charge of the...
The Director of Sports, Defence Headquarters, AVM Abidemi Marquis, says no fewer than 1,600 athletics will compete in the forthcoming Armed Forces Games, 2024. Marquis said this while addressing a press briefing regarding the games which would begin from 23th to 27th of September in Kaduna. The News Agency...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is mounting pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Anugbum Onuoha, in Edo State to suspend the collation of Saturday’s governorship election results. “Intelligence available to the PDP indicates...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has directed its members and supporters in Edo to follow the results of the state governorship election from the polling units to the ward, local government and state collation centers. The party gave the directive in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo...