The Oba of Lagos, Alhaji Rilwan Akiolu, on Sunday organised a prayer session for peaceful co-existence in Lagos and Nigeria in general. The prayer was conducted at the Iga Idunganran Palace of the royal father on Lagos Island. Akiolu, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the prayer was imperative to peaceful co-existence in Lagos and Nigeria in general, after peaceful conduct of the general election in the state. He urged different tribes in Lagos to work for the progress of the state. The royal father urged the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to assist Lagos in repairing most of the…
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International election observers on Sunday called for the outright cancellation of the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers State. The leader of African Centre for Leadership Strategies and Development (ACLSD), Mr Humphrey Bekaren, who spoke on behalf of the observers in Port Harcourt, the state capital, expressed shock that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ignored the widely reported violent irregularities to begin the process of declaring results in the state. The observers described the election as “a far cry from what elections should be”, stressing that what happened in the state did not meet the accepted international…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for the governorship election in Imo State, Prof Ibidapo Obe has declared the results of Imo state governorship election inconclusive. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Rochas Okorocha, garnered 385,671 votes, while the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Emeka Ihedioha had 306,142 votes. 144,715 votes were cancelled. With the margin, 79,529, less than the number of cancelled votes, INEC had to declare the election inconclusive. Obe said a new date would be announced for a supplementary election in the wards where election was cancelled, spread across several local government areas of…
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the governorship elections for Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, has expressed satisfaction with the results announced on Sunday, in which the All Progressives Congress candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode, was declared winner. He, however, stressed that if there were issues with the process, his party would seek redress through the appropriate channel. Mr Ambode polled 811,994 votes to defeat Mr. Agbaje, who scored 659,788 votes. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole, said Mr. Ambode of the APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law, securing at least 25 per…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is cementing its ruling party status in the country with massive wins in more than half of the states in Nigeria in the governorship elections. According to results announced so far, the APC won in 19 states and was leading in Plateau and Kebbi states. The ruling party now to become opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), however, won in Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Gombe and Enugu. While it lost the governorship seat in Lagos, the PDP won six seats in the Lagos State House of Assembly for the first time ever. Senator Abiola Ajimobi of…
Former Military Governor of Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Umar (rtd.) has urged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to be wary of fair weather friends as he takes over governance in May 29. In a statement issued yesterday, Umar also urged Buhari to ignore the treacherous actions of those opportunists who were presently dumping the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC) barely two weeks after the Presidential election. “A famous political scientist once warned that ‘the career of a politician is too uncertain to make any firm commitment to him’. “Although I find this warning immoral and distasteful…
The Edo South senatorial election, which held on Saturday alongside the state’s house of assembly polls, has again been won by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This would be the second time the election would be conducted, after it was first cancelled on March 28 over the unavailability of result sheets and other electoral materials in the entire Orhiomwon Local Government Area, six wards in Uhumwode; some wards and units in Ikpoba Okha; Ovia North-East; Ovia South-West and Oredo local government areas. The Edo South Collation Officer, Prof. Joseph Osemekhia, on Sunday declared the PDP candidate, Matthew Urhoghide winner amid…
Popular South South singer, Duncan Mighty took to his Instagram account to celebrate the third anniversary of his Mercedes benz SL550 convertible acquisition. Yes, I know it’s weird but who can argue with him? In three different posts on his Instagram page, the self acclaimed ‘Port Harcourt 1st son’ celebrate the third year of the automobile’s acquisition from Coscharis Motors while also praising the auto shop. Also in Duncan’s garage is a Porsche Cayman, which was acquired in 2013 shortly after rumors of him acquiring a $300k Phantom Rolls Royce.
According to a very reliable source, Five Star Music recording act, Harrysong is currently mourning his dad barely two weeks after he celebrated his 34th birthday. The report stated that Mr Songz, as the singer is known, lost his father on Friday, April 10, 2015. In the words of his publicist, Desmond Ike, who allegedly confirmed the sad news: – “Yes its true, the call just came in a few minutes ago and he is currently demoralized. We’ll put out an official statement soon, please excuse me, I have take care of something now, I got to go, thanks.”
People have been wondering where Banky W got his color from, well, here’s your answer. The singer and businessman shared a photo of his family and you’d be amazed. That’s his dad, mum and brother you see below: –
Famous Media Personality and pioneer of Kennis music — Dayo D1 Adeneye was recently spotted on a commercial motorcycle known as Okada in local parlance in Ogun State. The Primetime Entertainment co-owner, who was appointed as one of the aides of the Ogun State governor was spotted on the Okada alongside his aide at Ibefun area of Ogun State while heading to his polling booth to cast his vote. D1 shared a picture of himself on the means of transportation with the caption, “Enroute polling units…for God and country.#okadatinz#nigeriadecides.#change.”
It was very clear that most of the Nigerian entertainers were solidly behind APC’s governorship candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode. While some of the entertainers are currently out of the country, others have only continued to show support to their chosen candidate on social media. Leading the pack is Olamide and Dammy Krane, who are in the country but have only posted pictures of campaign support materials on their Instagram and Twitter accounts. These are yet to upload pictures of themselves voting or getting accredited to vote for the APC candidate. Meanwhile, Iceprince, Yemi Alade and Obafemi Martins, who are currently not in…
file photo Gov. Mukhtar Yero of Kaduna State has congratulated Malam Nasiru El-Rufai for winning the April 11 governorship election in the state. Yero of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), called El-Rufai on phone at about 3:00p.m to concede defeat and congratulate the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for winning the election, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Disclosing this in Kaduna, Samuel Aruwan, Media Officer of the state APC Campaign Council said El-Rufai thanked the governor for his magnanimity in defeat. “He congratulated El-Rufai and wish him success, he prayed for peace and development of Kaduna State and…
The Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) on Sunday dismissed speculations that it received N12 billion from outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan, challenging the author to produce evidence. A statement issued by the Secretary General of JNI, Dr Khalid Aliyu, in Kaduna, said that the allegation was publicised by one Obinna Akukwe via an online medium from where the allegation went viral on social media and other electronic media platforms. “The most unfortunate part of the article was its deliberate and scantiest reference in the paragraph JNI featured, details were not provided at all, whereas to some extent nitty-gritties were provided for the…
Here is what the businesswoman wrote today Hope y’all understand shorthand! “When God wants to use you no man can stop it….over the years ive learnt God is the only answer to any Problem in ones life,Turn to him&you will see his wonders..u dnt need to prove to people that u knw God,they will see it by themselves,Alot pretend to knw him bt dnt,cause if they do u will see it in their character&in hw they treat others secretly ofcourse,competing& pretending to d world youre nice is a game even God sees through… Dnt forget instagram is jst a place…
The governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State Mallam Nuhu Ribadu has conceded defeat halfway into the collation of results of the governorship polls in the state. Although results of only 12 out of the 21 Local Government Areas of Adamawa State had been announced by the Inependent National Electoral Commission (INEC), a statement issued by Ribadu’s spokesman, Malam AbdulAziz Ahmad said he had accepted the outcome of the election in good faith. “I came into this race with lofty dreams and clear vision for our dear state, but the voice of the majority has not…
“I will be the first governor to break that jinx. Who says Ibadan never serves a governor twice? I will be the first to achieve that,” said Abiola Ajimobi last year in Ibadan. Today, he has made history in Oyo State, becoming the first governor to be re-elected in the state. Ajimobi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated two other former governors in the state — Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala of Labour Party and Senator Rashidi Ladoja of Accord party — to win the keenly-contested election. The results showed that Ajimobi had won 20 out of the 33 local governments…
Ahead of the official announcement of results of Saturday’s governorship election in 33 local government areas of Oyo State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Teslim Folatin, has conceded defeat. He conceded defeat in a radio broadcast at about 9:30 pm Saturday, thanking voters for their support. Folarin, in the concession message aired on an Ibadan-based private radio station, Splash 105.5 FM, said feelers from his agents in polling units across the state confirmed to him that there was no way he could still win the election, which has turned…
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State has declared his willingness to accept the outcome of the Saturday’s governorship election result irrespective of where the poll’s pendulum swing. The governor noted that the delay in the arrival of ballot papers, which were later ferried into the state on the Election Day, was as a result of the delay caused by bad weather even as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had to hastily reprint the ballots to include the logo of the Labour Party (LP) which was initially missing. The governor, who spoke to journalists shortly after casting his vote at…
Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, on Saturday said a one party system in the country will not do Nigerians any good as far as the future of the country is concerned. He made this known in Minna, the state capital, during the accreditation exercise for the Governorship and House of Assembly election in Niger state. The governor said, “We don’t want a one party state in the country, we want credible and health competition at least between the two major political parties. “We must do everything possible to sustain the Peoples Democratic Party so that democracy will be entrenched properly. “If…