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By Opeyemi Kamil and Halimah Olamide A former Chief of General Staff under the late Gen Sani Abacha, Lt. General Oladipo Diya has died. NPO Reports gathered early Sunday morning that the former Military Governor of Ogun State died in the early hours after a protracted battle with an undisclosed disease. He was said to have died in Lagos . Attempts by the NPO Reports to confirm from a family member was yet to be successful as at press time. However, a short statement purportedly released by one of his children confirmed the demise of the former military man who…
BY Halimah Olamide CLAIM A video has gone viral which showed a one storey building being vandalised by a horde of angry youths including under-aged street urchins. Many who posted the video on Saturday March 25 claimed that the building belongs to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu. FACT-CHECKED: Though, the INEC Chairman hails from Bauchi in the Northern part of Nigeria, there are no significant facts to support the fact that the property belongs to him. The INEC Chairman himself, through a statement by his media aide, Rotimi Oyekanmi, asked Nigerians to disregard the…
By Halimah Olamide The Department of State Services on Saturday alerted Nigerians of a plan to cause mayhem across the country. Peter Ifunaya, Spokesman of the service in a statement said arising from the recent elections, some elements have concluded plans to create confusion across the country. “ It would be recalled that the Service had earlier advised political players to abide by the rules of engagement as well as approach the courts for redress, if and where there are suspicions of infractions on extant electoral laws evident that some aggrieved politicians are already taking advantage of this legal process.…
Safiu Kehinde The Appeal Court on Friday has confirmed Governor Demola Adeleke of Osun as the rightful winner of the July 16 2022 governorship election in Osun State. While setting aside the ruling of the lower tribunal which confirmed his opponent, Gboyega Oyetola as winner, the tribunal also awarded N500,000 in favour of Adeleke to be paid by Oyetola. At the court on Friday were supporters of both camps. The three member led by Justice Mohammed Shuabu said the lower tribunal erred in its ruling which said Oyetola won the election. The Appeal Court said that the party that made…
My fellow Abians, it gives me great pleasure this evening to address you, following the final announcement of the results of the gubernatorial elections conducted across the state last Saturday, March 18, 2023. With deep humility and a profound sense of responsibility, I wholeheartedly accept your mandate to be your chief servant for the next 4 years. Before I go on, I must first dedicate this victory to God the Father Almighty, who makes everything beautiful in His own time. I also dedicate it to the millions of Abia citizens who have been the unfortunate victims of bad governance these…
By Kamil Opeyemi The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Alex Otti, winner of the governorship election that held in Abia state. It is the party’s first governorship seat to be secured. While Otti scored a total of 175,467 votes, his closest rival, Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party, scored PDP 88,529 votes. Details later…
By Kamil Opeyemi Former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, says those planning to overturn the mandate of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, are only daydreaming. Fayose while featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on Tuesday said the 2023 presidential election is over and a winner has emerged, adding that whoever did not win on the field should know that the winner will not sit back and watch their victory disrupted through the courts. “For anybody to say you will unseat Ahmed Bola Tinubu, you are daydreaming, its a nightmare you are putting yourself through; that election has come…
By Halimah Olamide “All the vehicular overpass bridges are very important because of the unfortunate train and bus accident that we saw a few weeks ago at Shogunle. So all these bridges we are building, apart from the fact that they are full vehicular bridges, are also to stop trains, vehicles, and passengers needing to interact. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reassured residents of the State that Red Line Rail will be delivered to them as an alternative means of transportation before the end of his first term in office. The Governor gave the assurance on Tuesday…
By Halimah Olamide The candidate of the All Progressive Congress in the Saturday’s governorship election in Kaduna State, Uba Sanni has been declared winner of the election. The Chief Returning Officer said though there were cancellations of results in disputed areas, they were not enough to declare the exercise inconclusive. The agent of the PDP had earlier called for a supplimentary election saying the irregularities in many parts of the state were enough for such demand. Before declaration, he read out the guidelines on the conduct of elections which he said had guided the commission in making its submission on…
By Kamil Opeyemi The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State, Hon, Sherrif Oborevwori, has been declared the winner of the governorship election held on Saturday. The PDP’s candidate was declared winner by Chief Returning Officer, Prof Onari Abraham having polled a total of 360,234 votes. His closest rival, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, polled 240,229 votes while Mr. Great Ogboru of the All Progressive Grand Alliance scored 110,201 votes while the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Ken Pela scored a total of 48,047 votes. Details later…