Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed and APC governorship candidate in Kwara State, Mr Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, all emerged victorious at their polling units at the governorship and state House of Assembly elections held yesterday. For the governorship election, Bukola Saraki was a winner in his Polling Unit 006 at Ajikobi Ward, Ilorin West Local Government Area for the the PDP with 253 votes, while APC got 125 votes. In the state House of Assembly election, PDP polled 257 votes while APC got 118 votes. APC also clinched victory with 573 votes in the state House of Assembly…
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INEC has declared the Kuje Area Council chairmanship and councillorship elections inconclusive. The Returning Officer for Kuji Area, Zainab Gbefwi disclosed that the election ended up with that outcome because of the electoral violence in Rubochi. She noted that because of the violence, the elections in that area and some polling units in Kwaku and Kabihas had to be shut down. She also said election materials were tampered with and and some ad hoc staff sustained injuries. Her words, “After collation, there was no obvious winner since the aspirant with the majority votes had one-quarter of two-thirds of the votes…
Pep Guardiola has refuted rumors linking him to Juventus for next season, saying he could even extend his stay at Manchester City. A report on Radio CRC in Italy stated yesterday that Pep reached a verbal agreement to take over from Massimiliano Allegri in the summer. But Pep has shut down the claims and said he will only exit Manchester City if he is sacked. His words, “I would say that today the social media influences but I don’t understand it. Why the media for one, why Twitter says something and everybody in the big newspapers say Pep is going…
Real Madrid coach, Santiago Solari recently said he has informed his underwhelming players personally that they have been performing below the required standards at the Spanish club. Real’s exit from the UCL at the hands of Ajax came after back-to-back Clasico defeats to Barcelona which wrapped up their Copa del Rey race, and opened a 12 points gap between them and Barcelona in the La Liga. Asked if he felt his players have played as good as they should, he said, “The majority,” “Those who have not been, I have told them personally. They know that from me.” On rumors…
Barcelona defender, Gerard Pique has said Philippe Coutinho must be a man and take the jeers coming his way from Barca fans in his stride, but still tipped the Brazilian to come good. Philippe was booed by some fans of the Spanish giant when he got subbed off for Ivan Rakitic in the second half of Barca’s 3-1 win over Rayo Vallecano yesterday. The former Liverpool player started getting benched for Ousmane Dembele but started the Rayo clash so the Frenchman could rest ahead of a UCL week. Pique said, “Philippe is having a good season,” “Obviously, he cost a…
Patrice Evra has blasted his former teammate, Jerome Rothen after he was slammed for celebrating Manchester United’s Champions League victory over PSG, a club in his own country. He said, “Next time I see you, I’m going to slap you in the face.” The former United defender danced and chanted with current star, Paul Pogba after Marcus Rashford netted the late penalty that sealed the English giant’s passage of the UEFA Champions League quarterfinals. After Jerome accused Patrice of lacking respect, he shared a clip on Instagram and said: “I was told Jerome said some nasty things about me. I…
Tottenham coach, Mauricio Pochettino has accused his boys of joking with the second half against Southampton after his team conceeded twice in five minutes, losing the game 2-1 after a first half lead. 3rd-placed Spurs now face a battle to remain in the top-four and manager Pochettino — serving the first of a two-match touchline ban — spoke about his players’ mentality. His words, “We need to realize if you do not fight with intensity for the Champions League, you will struggle,” “The reality is you cannot only play for 45 minutes, we are a Champions League team, into the…
PDP is currently leading in some polling units in Gwarinpa Estate in the Local Council elections in Abuja, with APC breathing down their neck. The presiding officers revealed the outcome in several polling units in the estate. At the Gwarinpa Model City gate polling unit 013B, Presiding Officer, Nwankwo Bede disclosed that Princess Vivian Anazodo, PDP, received 119 votes while APC’s Alhaji Abdullahi Candido attracted 55 votes in the Chaimanship race. At the same Gwarinpa Model City gate polling unit, PDP received 112 votes while APC polled 54 votes in the race of seat of Councillor. At the Gwarinpa Model…
Yakubu Dogara has tagged the killing of Hon. Olatoye Temitope Sugar, in Oyo State on Saturday as primitive, wicked and barbaric. Yakubu shared that elections should be not be seen as a life and death battle and wondered why 2 decades into democracy, the country is still living in the dark ages. He also asked Muhammadu Buhari to instantly set up a commission of inquiry to investigate the murderers of the Hon. Temitope and ensure the perpetrators of the evil act are made to pay. He said, “I received with shock, the sad and distressing news of the assassination of…
Mr Babajimi Benson, The federal lawmaker representing Ikorodu Constituency 1, has come out to say that Nigeria must turn to technology to end the obstacles that manual voting poses during elections in the country. Babajimi revealed in reaction to the violence being reported in some parts of the country during the governorship polls. His words, “With all the challenges that manual voting has posed to us a nation, I will advice INEC to adopt full use of technology. “It will solve a lot of problems created by manual voting and will also allow people in the Diaspora participate in our…
INEC has confirmed that there will be no elections in three Registration Areas (wards) in Ebonyi State due to deadly violence in the governorship and state house of assembly in the state today. The electoral commissioner in the state, Prof Godswill Obioma, revealed this as he spoke to the press in Abakaliki on Saturday. Reports have it that fully-armed plitical thugs took over 3 registration area camps (RACs) in some parts of Ezza North local government and burnt sensitive election materials. Prof Godswill listed the affected wards to include Ekka with code number 02, having 16 voting points with 137…
Reports have it that unidentified gunmen took over some polling units in Delta State, shooting citizens they suspect to be members of a rival political party. The bad incident took place during the collation of election outcome in some polling units in Ughelli South local government area of the state. One Nigerian was shot to death while several others escaped with gunshot injuries and matchete wounds. The identity of the individual that lost his life is still unknown, but he left the world at Iwhrekan community when he was immediately rushed to the hospital but failed to make it. Shockingly,…
APC’s Governorship candidate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has revealed that he is sure he will win the Lagos State elections. He said this after exercising his franchise alongside his wife at the Lateef Jankande/Femi Okunnu Polling Unit in Ikoyi. Seeing the election as divine, he disclosed that it was exactly six months back when he bought the APC form and got the opportunity to partake the Lagos governorship race. Mr Sanwo shared that he is sure of victory because he did just enough in the campaigns to convince the people of Lagos State. He expressed joy at the election process, saying INEC…
Mr Rotimi Amaechi, Nigeria’s Minister of Transportation, has revealed that heavy presence of soldiers in Rivers State ahead of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state was in the best interest of the people. According to the minister, with the military offering assistance to other security agencies, the electoral process was only going to be safe and free from killings and violence. His words, “With the presence of the military in Rivers State for Saturday’s elections, everybody, including the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party members are protected. They (military) will beef up security in…
Ex governor of Oyo State, Senator Adewolu Ladoja has disclosed that ballot snatchers were allowed to do as they please in some polling units in the state. He said he got reports of ballot-snatching at some polling stations on Iwo Road, Aperin, and Oja Igbo, pinning the disgraceful incident on poor security. His words, “Compared to two weeks ago, most of the electoral officials got to their stations on time. “But it is regrettable that in some areas like Oja Igbo, Aperin, and Iwo Road, ballot boxes were being snatched. It was a field day for the snatchers. I only…
EFCC recently arrested an agent in Benue State with several millions of naira, claiming to work for the APC Benue State governorship candidate, Emmanuel Jimeh. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission shared a picture of the arrest and revealed that the suspect was apprehended in Makurdi. Alongside the picture, they wrote, “At the North Bank Area, Makurdi, a man was caught with large bags containing lots of money. “While trying to arrest him, officers of the Commission were attacked and vehicles vandalised. “Information gathered confirms that the money belongs to Emmanuel Jimeh, the gubernatorial candidate of the APC in Benue…
Ex Governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose could not deliver his polling unit and ward in his hometown Afao Ekiti in Irepodun Ifelodun Local Government Area to his political party, PDP. Ruling party, APC emerged victorious in the House of Assembly election. At the polling unit, APC candidate, Alhaji Hakeem Jamiu received 168 votes to defeat PDP candidate, Sunday Omosilade who received just 26 votes. The former governor also lost in his Afao/Araromi ward, as APC attracted 648 while the PDP got 67 votes.
APC leader, Bola Tinubu has said APC is the only party that can win an election in Lagos State. He revealed this after exercising his franchise at his Ikoyi polling unit, and said he was very confident his party was winning this time around too. His words, “We’re going to win. We’re the only party in Lagos. The rest are repeater stations. They come every four years and go back in again, like crabs.” The candidate representing APC in the state, Sanwo-Olu also said he believed he had done all he could to secure victory for himself and his political…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has frowned at the alleged militarization of the governorship election which held on today, March 9, 2019. The opposition party also said APC were perpetrators of violence in several states in Nigeria as electorates casted their votes. All this were revealed in a recent statement PDP’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan sent to PulseNG. The statement read, “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) condemns the heavy militarization, violence and killing of innocent Nigerians by the desperate All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 9, 2019 Governorship and state assembly elections The world watched with utter horror as soldiers…
PDP Governorship candidate, Governor Nyesom Wike is currently leading in 8 polling units in Woji Ward 6, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers. The outcome revealed by Presiding Officers of Polling Units (PU) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, and 10 proved that Wike is presently in front ahead of his rival Awara Biokpomabo of African Action Congress (AAC). The polling officer in charge of Woji PU 1, Okeh Omenasa, disclosed that Mr Nyesom emerged victorious with 269 while Biokpomabo got 33. Daniel Moses, Presiding Officer of PU 5 also said Mr Nyesom received 166 while Biokpomabo got 31.…