All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano State has said the party does not have to buy votes for President Muhammadu Buhari to emerge victorious in the election. The party said Kano State said Kano State is Buhari’s strongest support base in Nigeria. The Commissioner of Information, Malam Mohammed Garba, revealed this today. He said you would be insulting the people of Kano State to say the reason for the overwhelming victory Buhari received was because of vote buying. Garba said, “The PDP should go down memory lane to recall how Muhammadu Buhari was overwhelmingly voted in Kano during the 2003,…
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The All Progressive Congress has told International media and Observers to not allow PDP take them for granted. In this statement by Festus Keyamo, he hailed INEC for doing a massive job despite the issues and delay that voters faced in some polling units. The statement read, “It has become imperative to issue this statement against the backdrop of the dangerous extent to which the main Opposition Party (PDP) is taking the machinations to discredit and destabilize the process that would lead to a logical completion of the February 23, 2019, Presidential Elections by way of announcement of results in…
The Federal Government has come out to say there are people in the opposition who are trying to render February 23, 2019 elections inconclusive. The warning is from a Lai Mohammed statement that was released today. In it, he said the opposition party is preparing itself to go against the constitution by claiming victory even before INEC announce any overall winner. His words, ”This confirms what we said in a series of pre-election press conferences, that the PDP – realizing it cannot win a free and fair election – will do everything possible to scuttle the polls, failing which it…
PDP’s Lagos State governorship candidate, Jimi Agbaje, has alleged that there is manipulation of results going on in Lagos State and INEC should prove him wrong by releasing the results as soon as possible. He was concerned as to how, 2 days after elections ended, INEC still could not release all results. His words, “As I speak today, we have a situation where results are being delayed. It is two days now and results are not being released in Lagos State. And they are not being released in areas where we, PDP, have strength. And that is deliberate. We have…
Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan has voiced out that the Feb. 23 elections would bring about a stronger executive and legislative relationship to put a stop to the disagreement between the two arms of government. He stated that the new APC victory in the two chambers is definitely going to be people-friendly. His words, “The time for unnecessary bickering and opposition has come to an end; we cannot afford to waste more time on unnecessary politics and denying the people of Nigeria the much needed development. “The National Assembly will support and cooperate with the president to effectively serve the interest…
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has congratulated Dr. Kola Balogun of the Peoples Democratic Party who beat him to the senatorial seat he contested for. This good gesture was in a statement signed by Ajimobi’s Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Mr. Bolaji Tunji. Ajimobi, who described the result of the election as unfortunate, also noted that no sacrifice was a lot for a leader to make. His words, “The results of the Oyo South Senatorial District election have been released by INEC indicating that I lost to the PDP candidate. “I hereby accept the result as announced. Although…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the presidential election in Ebonyi, says INEC. Report have it that All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state has, however, stated the result will not be accepted and also pledged to challenge it in court. The Presidential Election Collation Officer in the state, Prof. Chukwuemeka Eze supervised the announcement of results by INEC’s collation officers in the state’s LGAs. The results clearly stated that PDP emerged victorious in 12 Local Government Areas. They were Afikpo South, Afikpo North, Ivo, Ohaozara, Ebonyi, Ishiellu, Onicha, Ohaukwu, Izzi, Abakaliki, Ezza South and Ezza North. PDP attracted…
Bukola Saraki, via his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu has denied any report saying he congratulated APC senator-elect, Ibrahim Oloriegbe. In a recent statement today, Yusuph Olaniyonu told PDP supporters to ignore the report claiming Mr Saraki congratulated Mr Ibrahim, thereby conceeding defeat to him. His words: “The position of the Saraki camp will be communicated to the public later today (Monday).’’ “The public should disregard any fictitious statements being issued and shared on WhatsApp. Our position on the election will be communicated later today. “In the interim, the APC should stop issuing statements congratulating itself and ascribing…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed just reacted to the decision of Kwara State indigenes after election results were announced. He said after the result heard today, Kwara can now be totally free “from a choking and pauperising political hegemony of a self-imposed dynasty.” He said the people of the state, acting like slaves in their homes will now become a thing of the past. His words, “Enough is Enough – O To Ge!,” All three seats in the Senate and all six in the House of Representatives were won by our party. “The match between our party…
The Peoples Democractic Party will not accept the election results being announced by INEC. Uche Secondus, Chairman of th APC, stated this a briefing holding right about now that the results are falsified and are meant to favor the ruling party and its candidate, President Buhari. According to Uche, the results stink of all shades of “irregularities” and therefore, “incorrect and unacceptable.” His words, “Our collation centres have the original results from all the polling units in the country. That is from where are going to reclaim our results,” “The results are incorrect and unacceptable to our party. Officials of…
President Muhammadu Buhari has been declared winner of the presidential elections in Ogun state. The State Collation Officer for the Presidential election, Prof. Joseph Adeola-Fuwape revealed results at the INEC headquarters in Abeokuta on Monday and Buhari polled 281,762 votes while Peoples Democratic Party received 194,655 votes. The total sum of registered voters was 2,336, 887 while the accredited ones were 613,397. Buhari won in 14 of the 20 council areas in the state leaving the remaining six for Atiku Abubakar.
Senator Ajayi Boroffice, who is representing Ondo North Senatorial District has come out to say that the division in Ondo’s APC caused the party’s loss to PDP in the elections. Boroffice, an APC man, revealed this on Monday when reacting to the result announced. PDP went n to win 11 out of the 18 local governments in the state. His words, “APC lost Saturday election in Ondo State to PDP because APC has dysfunctional party structure in the state, which is not effective. “Then, we have a bipolar party which is one side AA and another is authentic APC. It…
President Muhammadu Buhari has emerged victorious in the Presidential election in Lagos State, by beating his main opposition, Atiku Abubakar with a resoundubg 132,798 vote margin. The wide margin was lesser than the 160,143 votes with which Buhari defeated GEJ 4 years ago in the megapolis. Buhari got 792,460 then while Jonathan received 632,327. Today’s results, as announced by INEC, showed that Buhari got 580,814 votes and Atiku, 448,016 votes in a tightly contested election. Buhari secured 15 LGAs, while his opponent won in just 5. The full result: Ibeju/Lekki LG APC: 12,179 PDP: 9,222 Lagos lsland LG APC: 27,452…
Will Smith was happy to let fans view a snippet of the filming of the 3rd installment in the thrilling and exciting Bad Boys movie franchise. You will have to work hard to get the message though, Will ensured that. Will Smith revealed a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the table read for the film, alongside photos of himself and co-star, Martin Lawrence, getting used to their scripts. Fans were ready to enjoy the spoilers the US actor seemingly served them when they discovered that he edited almost everything. Smith’s editing skills is surely as great as his acting with the way…
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde believes she is winning an Oscar Award soon. Her comments are triggered by the turn out of events at the 91st Academy awards that held at the Dolby Theatre, yesterday. Omosexy, who is currently a voting member of the Academy, disclosed her dream after realizing lots of the nominees she voted for won in their categories. She voted Mahershala Ali, who won the Best Actor in a Supporting role; Hannah Beachler, who won Production design for ‘Black Panther’ and Lady Gaga for Shallow in the Original Song category. 6 years ago, Omotola got recognized as one of…
Popular woman of God, Rev. (Mrs.) Esther Ajayi has donated N10million to rescue Baba Suwe’s from his chronic diabetes and for his treatment abroad. Yomi Fabiyi shared this info recently. He wrote, “BREAKING NEWS: BABA SUWE TREATMENT ABROAD: Yesterday Sunday, 24th Feb, 2019 Mayor Gbenga Adewusi @bayowagbengaadewusiswagatv visited Baba Suwe on his hospital bed and having been briefed of the current situation, he initiated a SOS to Rev. (Mrs.) Esther Ajayi @love_of_christ_generation through Bro Biodun Paseda @abbeyway27 to see where the philantrophist can help Baba Suwe. Immediately she offered to support with TEN MILLION NAIRA(10million naira) and his flight ticket…
Spike Lee finally earned himself the right to own an Oscar Award but the twist in his acceptance speech was when he talked about how Americans should “do the right thing” in 2020. He won the remarkable “Best Adapted Screenplay.” award for his movie “BlacKkKlansman,” and it was a night to remember because the Hollywood legend has been shunned by the organisers for a very long time. His speech was passionate and it revisited the history of African-American that dates back to 1619, when slavery was the in thing. Lee’s thoughts went far and wide a he moved from one…
Reports have said Jordyn Woods claims to have been under the influence during her now popular hook up with Tristan Thompson. TMZ says that Jordyn Woods who is still apologizing to her now ex-bestie, Kylie Jenner, said she had n idea how she got to the party in the first place. According to Woods, she was drunk before storming the venue. TMZ further said that Jordyn began to weep when she was told everything she did, same way Kylie was flabbergastd about the news. Reports also say Jordyn Woods hardly drinks, but when she finally succumbs, it is always bad…
David Luiz has said Maurizio Sarri is respected by the Chelsea dressing room despite yesterday’s incident. Chelsea GK, Kepa Arrizabalaga refused to get off the pitch in a substitution that would’ve seen Chelsea’s second goalkeeper be between the sticks for the penalty shoot-out, clearly disregarding Sarri’s decision to sub him. He said, “The coach has the power over the group,” “He has our respect. People can think in a negative way or a positive way. It is about our lives, it is always like that. People are negative, people are positive, people are happy, they are sad. For me there…
Kepa Arrizabalaga has said sorry for failing to heed to Maurizio Sarri’s order for him to get subbed off for Willy Caballero during their final clash vs Manchester City. Kepa eventually saved Leroy Sane’s kick in the penalty shootout, but Jorginho and David Luiz missed from 12 yards for The Blues to seal the victory for Manchester City. Kepa has remained firm that he never tried to disrespect his manager. His words, “I have to say it was misunderstood,” “In no moment was it my intention to disobey, or anything like that with the boss. Just that it was misunderstood,…