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Jimi Agbaje, the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Lagos State has attributed his defeat at the poll to the suppression of votes in areas where he was strong. Agbaje said this during an interview with Punch shortly after the result of the governorship election was announced. He also lamented the low voter turnout in … Read more
President Buhari says he is happy over the majority win of the All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the Senate and is looking forward to a mutual and effective working relationship with the ninth National Assembly toward improving the budgetary process and restoring the country to the January-December fiscal cycle. The President stated this when he received his old … Read more
Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku, of the PDP, has been re-elected for a second term. The state returning officer, Professor Shehu Iya, who announced the resul, at the INEC office in Jalingo, the state capital, said the incumbent governor and PDP candidate, Darius Ishaku, polled a total of 520,433 votes, while Sani Danladi, the All Progressives Congress … Read more
The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists’ vehicle and some logistics infrastructure at Tumbun Sale and Tumbun Allura on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno State. A statement released by the Director of Public Relations and Information of the Nigerian Air Force, … Read more
Unknown gunmen numbering about four, this morning abducted an expatriate Engineer at Dangi roundabout in Kano state, killing the driver. According to reports, the gunmen ambushed the engineer and his driver, blocked their vehicle, killed the driver before whisking the Engineer away to an unknown destination. Policemen in the area were alerted and are currently … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared winners in 21 of the 29 states where the governorship election held on March 9. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has 13 states ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which has eight. The exercise has been declared inconclusive in five states while collation was ongoing … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a list of the senators who emerged victorious in the February 23 elections. The list was released ahead of the presentation of certificates of return to the lawmakers. With a total of 62 senators, the All Progressives Congress (APC) is in clear lead, while the Peoples Democratic … Read more
Ethiopian Airlines say the black box of the crashed Boeing 737 MAX-8 jet that killed all 157 people on board has been recovered. In a statement issued on Monday, Ethiopian Airlines said two devices, the cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder, were recovered from the crash site. “The Digital Flight Data Recorder(DFDR) … Read more
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu mni, has appointed DSP Bala Elkana as the new Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Lagos State. The new PPRO who took over from CSP Chike Oti, today, 11/03/2019, enlisted into the Nigeria Police in 2003. He holds a Bachelors degree in Law (LLB), Master’s Degree in … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa, winner of the governorship election in Delta State. INEC Returning Officer, Professor Seth Acrajaja who announced this, said Governor Okowa won the elections in 23 Local Government Areas, polling a total of 925, 274 votes to defeat his main rival, Great Ogboru … Read more
The Returning Officer, in Imo State, Christian Ogbuagbu, has handed over two collation officers to security agents over the manipulation of results in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area. Channels TV reports that the collation officer, Ehirim Kelechi, confirmed to the Returning Officer that after issuing duplicates of the results to party agents, he altered the original copy, injecting more … Read more
Katsina state governor, Aminu Masari, has been declared winner of the Saturday March 9th in the state. He will be serving another four years term in office after defeating his major challengers, Yakubu Ladol. The INEC Returning Officer, Professor Abdullahi Zuru, who announced this, said Masari who contested on the platform of the APC, … Read more
The police in Kano state have arrested the state deputy governor, Nasir Gawuna and the commissioner in charge of Local government and chieftaincy affairs, Sule Garo, for disrupting proceedings at the Kano State collation centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The two top government officialshad stormed the collation center at about 2am this … Read more
Lagos state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has expressed his excitement over the victory of the APC flag bearer at the just concluded gubernatorial elections in the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu who was declared the Governor-Elect after defeating his PDP counterpart, Jimi Agbaje in a landslide victory. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode who lost the party ticket to Sanwo-Olu … Read more
A Nigerian Professor Pius Adesanmi Is on board the Ethiopian Air that crashed earlier today. Pius Adesanmi, popular Nigerian professor and columnist based in Canada, was on the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed in the early hours of Sunday, Ekohotblog confirms. @pius_adesanmi According to a Twitter hadle @johnooba wrote : I just got information … Read more
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all House of Assembly seats in the 30 constituencies of Jigawa State. The results were announced on Sunday morning by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state. Below are the details: 1. Gagarawa LGA Ibrahim Husaini Kadeta of APC – 15,405. Mutari Ibrahim … Read more
Babajide Sanwoolu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos state, is leading Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his closest rival in 15 local government areas of the state announced so far. While the APC candidate polled a total of 481,946 votes, his PDP rival is trailing with 128,659 votes. Sanwo-Olu … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended electoral processes in Rivers state as a result of violence. The commission announced this in a statement issued on Sunday afternoon.
The Kwara State All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Mr Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has won the governorship election held on Saturday. He polled 331,546 votes to emerge as the winner of the highly anticipated election. His Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Mr Abdulrazaq Atunwa, polled 114,754 votes to emerge as the runner-up in the election. From the official … Read more
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger plane bound for Nairobi, Kenya capital city, crashed on Sunday. The aircraft which took off from Addis Ababa, was said to have 149 passengers and eight crew members on board. The crash occurred at 08.44 local time in Bishoftu, shortly after take-off from the Ethiopian capital. The airline confirmed the incident … Read more