The Governorship Candidate of Labour Party in Lagos, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has said he his party would fight for his mandate through all legal means to birth a better Lagos. Rhodes-Vivour, who came second at the just concluded election, insisted that there was no governorship election in Lagos. He posited that the President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,…
Governor Nyesom Wike has issued a 48-hour quit notice to Daar Communications, owners of AIT/Raypower television and radio stations to remove the building housing facilities of the media outfit at Ozuoba area of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, or it will be demolished in 48 hours. The State Government gave the ultimatum in…
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Pantami says a total of 3,834,244 attacks were recorded, during the just concluded Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, originating from both within and outside Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday by his Senior Technical Assistant (Research and Development), Dr Femi Adeluyi, the Minister noted…
Alex Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State. He trounced his opponents like Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). Otti scored 175,467, Ahiwe polled 88,529 while Nwafor got 28,972. The LP candidate also won 10…
Three Big Brother Titans housemates have been evicted from the reality show. The trio, Blue Aiva, Nana and Miracle Op, were evicted during the live show on Sunday. They had the least votes among eight, housemates nominated for eviction this week. On Monday, Kanaga Jnr, Nana, Thabang, Miracle Op, Tsatsii, Khosi, Yvonne, Blue Aiva were…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has been reelected for a second term in office. Zulum, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared the winner of the gubernatorial election in the state having scored 545,542 votes. He defeated his closest opponent, Mohammed Jajari of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who polled 82,147…
A suspended Roman Catholic priest and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia has been declared winner of the Saturday governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, through Returning Office Prof Faruq Kuta, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, made the announcement on…
Nollywood veteran actor, Kanayo O Kanayo has raised concerns over the safety of the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Kanayo O Kanayo disclosed that Nigerians should watch out because Obi would soon be arrested. He alleged that some people are conspiring against the LP flag bearer, adding that he feels like something fishy…
Anambra Governor Chukwuma Soludo has dismissed the allegation that his government spent N3.5bn to win the Assembly election as satanic. He described the group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, as none existent and serial blackmailers. Soludo spoke Monday through his Press Secretary, Chris Aburime, in a statement in Awka. He said…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has won the gubernatorial election in the state for another term. The election was conducted in all the 33 local government areas of the state on Saturday. Makinde who contested on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the election. The returning officer…
