Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi says anyone dreaming of becoming president in 2027 is not serious. Amadi’s statement comes after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Monday Okpebholo as winner of the Edo State governorship election. “Anyone thinking of being the President…
Kogi State House of Assembly has called for the removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The lawmakers claimed that there were assassination attempts on the former governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, which they see as a threat to the current governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo. They accused the anti-graft…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, and has vowed to challenge it The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, at a press conference on Monday, said the party will explore all legal and democratic means to retrieve “the stolen mandate”…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Edo State Governorship election, Asue Ighodalo has expressed his disappointment over the just concluded polls. Ighodalo came second after polling 247,274 votes as he was defeated by Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who secured 291,667 votes. Speaking on the aftermath of the election, Ighodalo…
The Chairman of the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to conduct an immediate re-collation and recompilation of the actual results from the Edo governorship election. Aziegbemi’s appeal emphasized the need for a comprehensive review of the collated results before…
The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State, Chief Emeka Beke, has criticized the 27 lawmakers from the state House of Assembly who have denied their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party. Beke, an ally of former Minister of Transport Rotimi Amaechi, said these lawmakers, led by Martin Amaewhule, cannot deny their membership…
A guard at a farm owned by the Emir of Yauri has been killed by Hippopotamus Malam Usman Maigadi worked at Orchard Farm owned by the Emir of Yauri, Dr Muhammad Zayyanu-Abdullahi, According to reports the animal may have perceived the deceased as coming to harm its baby, hence the attack in self-defense. The 60-year-old…
Three Big Brother Naija ‘No Loose Guard’ housemates, Handi, TJay, and Shaun have been evicted from the show The trio was evicted during the Sunday Live Eviction show after eight weeks. Following the trio’s evictions, the show is left with six housemates. The ongoing show will run for 10 weeks with the finale on Sunday,…
AC Milan claimed the bragging rights after Matteo Gabbia scored a late winner as they beat fierce rivals Inter in the Milan derby to ease the pressure on manager Paulo Fonseca. The centre-back planted a bullet header past Inter goalkeeper Yann Sommer in the 89th minute to secure the three points and end a run…
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, on Sunday condemned the outcome of the Edo State governorship election. On Saturday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the September 21 governorship poll. But in a statement, Fintiri said he wept for Nigeria’s democracy,…
