President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the families of the two Nigerian citizens, Amb. Abiodun Bashua and Prof. Pius Adesanmi, who died in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that took place yesterday. Reports spread that Abiodun and Adesanmi were among the 149 passengers and eight crew members that lost their lives in the plane crash in Addis Ababa. Buhari said: “My thoughts are with the families and friends of these distinguished Nigerians and the other passengers and crew who lost their lives in the plane crash in Addis Ababa. May the Almighty Allah give them strength and fortitude to bear…
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Defeated PDP governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje, has said he is of the opinion that he did not win the March 9 election because his supporters were intimidated from stepping out of their homes to vote. Jimi did not emerge victorious in any of Lagos state’s 20 local government areas and ended up polling 206,141 votes while Sanwo-Olu, a former commissioner, polled 739,445 votes. After calling to hail Sanwo-olu on his victory, Mr Agbaje did not forget to mention that he lost out because his supporters were scared to exercise their franchise. His words, “From the outset it was clear that…
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule has hailed Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on his victory, saying he is going to take Lagos State to greater height. She also congratulated the All Progressives Congress Party (APC) for emerging victorious at the March 9 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections. She felt Sanwo-Olu’s win was Lagosians way of appreciating APC’s good governance in the state. Her words, “The governance of Lagos state would require requisite experience, intelligence and technical know-how, all of which Sanwo-Olu is blessed with. “I have no doubt that governance would be taken to the next level under…
APC, Delta State has asked INEC to scrap the Delta state governorship election as soon as possible because PDP engaged in ballot snatching, over voting, buying of votes and impunity during Saturday’s polls. In a recent statement by APC chairman, Prophet Jones Erue revealed that the election was violence-filled and 3 Nigerians were killed. They described it as the worst election ever conducted in Delta as PDP thugs took over completely. The statement read, “The object of their gory adventure was to tilt the election results in favour of the PDP. This unpatriotic and satanic objective was indeed achieved but…
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the PDP is still maintaining his lead in the governorship polls in Delta State. Results coming out from Ughelli South, from Dr Solomon Omonigho who is the Returning Officer announced that Ifeanyi Okowa received 32,086 votes, while Chief Great Ogboru polled 20233 votes. In Udu local government, Ifeanyi polled 9,042 to beat Chief Great Ogboru who polled 8,605. In Warri South , the PDP governorship candidate, scored 34,977 votes to beat Chief Great Ogboru who scored 12,982. In Bomadi local government, Dr Miller Owhelogbo revealed that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa scored 63, 851, while Chief Great Ogboru…
The Bayelsa chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has distanced itself from recent allegations connecting the murder of a Navy personnel, Mr James Sokari during Saturday’s House of Assembly election in the state to the party. PDP had earlier said APC had a hand in the death of the officer, who was watching over a boat taking election materials to Brass Local Government Area. The boat faced attack in the sea by gunmen who shot the naval personnel. Mr James Sokari was rushed to the hospital but later lost his life to gunshot wounds. PDP Secretary in the Bayelsa State,…
Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has decided to not blame David De Gea for Arsenal’s first goal, refuting what Gary Neville said about the goalkeeper’s form was suffering because of doubts over his new contract. De Gea was wrong-footed by Granit Xhaka’s speculative 25-yard strike in the early part the game. Manchester United legend, Gary Neville asserted that De Gea might’ve been distracted by his contract talks but Ole insists his number one is focused. His words, “I don’t class [the goal] as a mistake,” “I’m stood right behind the ball. We don’t put pressure on Xhaka, he must…
PSG striker, Kylian Mbappe has said that since club’s defeat to Manchester United in the UCL, he has not been able to sleep. Mbappe was helpless as Manchester United came back from a 2-0 first-leg deficit to qualify after a 3-1 victory in Paris. His words, “I am stunned — there are no words,” “I have not been able to sleep and I think it has been the same for everybody else. It is difficult. We worked hard to reach that point and now we are out. We are disappointed. Football goes on. We will try to rally and finish…
Chelsea coach, Maurizio Sarri believes Chelsea gave up the opportunity to gain momentum in their top-four chase after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Wolves at Stamford Bridge this afternoon. Eden Hazard scored from 25 yards late in the game to rescue one point for Chelsea after Raul Jimenez scored with Wolves’ only attempt on goal in the 56th minute. Sarri said the two points dropped for the London club could be something Chelsea will regret the end of the season. His words, “When you have to play only 10 matches, every match you are not able to…
Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp has said that “nobody gets rid of” Liverpool football club in the title race if they continue to replicate their outstanding performance against Burnley. Liverpool defeated Burnley 4 goals to 2 to keep up the chase for the EPL title. Klopp said, “We have to make sure that we stay in the really interesting competition on top of the table,” “The message from today is that nobody gets rid of us if we play as we played today. We had the perfect mixture of fighting the opponent, fighting the circumstances and playing football. That was really…
Manchester United defender, Ashley Young is of the opinion that they were let down by the referee in charge of their game vs Arsenal at the Emirates. He and his teammates arrived at Emirates Stadium oozing confidence after their stunning Champions League win over Paris Saint-Germain. Thy went into the game with an unbeaten Premier League record under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, but lost 2 nil to experience their first EPL loss under the Norwegian. Ashley Young believes the penalty Alexandre Lacazette was awarded s not convincing. His words, “From where I was I don’t think it’s a penalty,” On the…
Defeated governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimi Agbaje, has accepted his defeat to victorious APC candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu after the final results of the March 9 governorship election was announced, the Governor-elect has confirmed. During his acceptance speech, Sanwo-Olu disclosed that he has received a call from his opponent to congratulate him for winning a free and fair election. He tweeted, “At exactly 19:07, I received a call. Thank you @jimiagbaje for your congratulatory call filled with kind words. “It was an intense campaign and I am happy we can now focus on the very important job…
Lagos State governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has hailed the people of Lagos State for selecting him to rule them for the next 4 years. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) revealed that Sanwo-Olu cliched 739,445 votes while Agbaje was a distant second with 206,141 votes. In his acceptance speech, he appreciated the people of Lagos State, revealing that he has accepted that mandate and will ensure work is done to move the state forward. He also hailed Bola Tinubu, national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and President Muhammadu Buhari for being so supportive throughout the process of his victory. Sanwo-Olu emerged victorious in all…
PDP has rejected the results of the governorship and state assembly elections in Katsina state PDP chairman in the state and deputy governorship candidate, Salisu Majigiri said the results are not the will of the people. He said, “On behalf of the governorship candidate, Senator Yakubu Lado, myself as the deputy governor, the state house of assembly candidates and the PDP hereby rejected the result because the voters turn out yesterday was very poor. There was low voter turnout yesterday (Saturday) in Katsina compare to the Presidential election. But from the figure we are receiving now, the INEC is trying…
President Muhammadu Buhari has said his government is going to do everything within its power to continue to sustain investment in the agric sector. In a recent statement, he vowed to come up with new programmes and projects that will aid agriculture in the country and increase employment in the sector. His words, “Nigerians are already benefiting from the good agricultural policies of this administration, lifestyles are changing and standards of living among the poor are rising. “Investments in Agriculture will be sustained. In the last three and a half years, the contributions of agriculture to GDP have been impressive,…
INEC has announced its suspension of all ongoing electoral process in River State. The electoral body revealed this in a press statement signed by Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, and shared it on its official twitter handle. It read, “Based on reports from our officials in the field, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has determined that there has been widespread disruption of elections conducted on the 9th day of March, 2019 in Rivers State. “These initial reports suggest that violence occurred in a substantial number of polling units and collation centers, staff have…
Election observer group, Centre for Transparency and Advocacy (CTA) has revealed that they saw amazing improvement in logistics from INEC during the Governorship and State Assembly elections. Mrs Faith Nwadishi, Acting Executive Director of the group said this via a report on the elections that happened in 29 states. Faith said INEC’s deployment of personnel and materials ensured elections started early and electoral materials and officials arrived on time at venues for several polls. The report read, “Accreditation and voting started simultaneously between 8:00 a.m. and 8.30 a.m in many polling units.” “INEC offices in some states were burnt, citizens…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ordered INEC to announce the results for Rivers state governorship election immediately. The opposition party alleged that the reason for the delay is a manipulation scheme from the electoral body. PDP also rejected the stance of INEC to suspend the electoral process in the state, after collation of results. Their statement read, “Our party contends that elections have been concluded in Rivers state; results of the Governorship and House of Assembly polls have been declared at the various polling units, wards and local government collation centers and all returning officers and political parties in…
Recently announced winner of the Governorship elections in Kwara State, Mr AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said that, finally, Kwara State can now be set free from the political bondage the people of the state have battled from years. In his victory speech, the APC winner said even though it is a win that will go into the books of history and one that definitely calls for celebration, his people should instead look ahead to the battles that are left to be fought in the future. His words, “On March 9, the people of Kwara State finally shook off the yoke of…
PDP Governorship candidate, Seyi Makinde is set to win the Oyo State governorship election as things stand. Even though he is yet to be declared winner, its one local government, Ibadan South West that is still awaiting final collation of results, and the PDP man has already emerged victorious with 27 out of the 32 local government areas declared so far. Mr Seyi has so far polled a total of 481,177 votes from the local governments declared while APC candidate, Bayo Adelabu, has attracted 331,799 votes. The Returning Officer and other INEC officials are currently on break as everyone awaits…