Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has won the gubernatorial election in the state for another term. The election was conducted in all the 33 local government areas of the state on Saturday. Makinde who contested on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the election. The returning officer…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said the scarcity of naira notes reduced the incidence of vote-buying. The President, after voting in Daura, Katsina State, urged Nigerians to collect money offered to them by vote-buyers but vote their conscience. The naira scarcity had led to crisis nationwide, in which case many Nigerians lamented their inability to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission on Saturday arrested about 69 persons for alleged voters’ inducement while monitoring the governorship and state Assembly elections. The EFCC arrested 65 persons while the ICPC arrested four persons. The ICPC said it arrested four vote-buyers in Sokoto and…
Lawan Musa, a 35-year-old candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has unseated the Speaker Yobe State House of Assembly, Honourable Ahmed Lawan Mirwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the just concluded 2023 State House of Assembly election in Yobe state. The Returning Officer, Dr. Habib Muhammad, who announced the result at Nguru on…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday said hoodlums invaded its office in Abia State. The electoral body made the revelation in a Twitter post on its verified page. “Thugs have invaded our Obingwa Local Government Area office in Abia State. “Security agencies have been alerted. The Commission is monitoring the situation and will…
Suspected thieves reportedly broke into the newly inaugurated 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital in Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State a month after commissioning. The hospital was commissioned on Saturday, February 1, 2023 by the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. The thieves reportedly broke into the hospital and carted away electronic equipment worth…
Prize money at the upcoming Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will be triple that of the last edition in 2019, FIFA president Gianni Infantino announced on Thursday, as he also revealed Saudi Arabia’s tourist board would not sponsor the tournament. Speaking at the FIFA Congress in Kigali after being re-elected for a third…
Sporting Lisbon knocked Arsenal out of the Europa League with a 5-3 victory on penalties after Pedro Goncalves scored an incredible equaliser for the Portuguese side in Thursday’s last 16 second leg. Sporting trailed when Granit Xhaka put Premier League leaders Arsenal ahead in the first half at the Emirates Stadium. But Portugal midfielder Goncalves…
Barely 48 hours to Saturday’s governorship election, the Olubadan-in-Council, on Thursday, declared that it has no anointed candidate among the array of candidates vying for the exalted position in Oyo State. Some online media earlier reported that the incumbent Governor Seyi Makinde, who is aiming for another term on the platform of the Peoples Democratic…
Hours to the Saturday governorship election, Seye Dairo, Campaign Director-General, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Lagos State, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Olajide Adediran, better known as Jandor, has resigned. Dairo, who made the disclosure via a letter, failed to give any reason for taking the action. However, in the letter, Dairo expressed appreciation to…
