Month: February 2023

Card Inviting Igbo Leaders to Meeting With Sanwo-Olu Goes Viral, CPS Reacts

Gbenga Adeoti

An invitation card inviting Igbo leaders in Lagos to a meeting with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday went viral on the social meeting. This followed the loss of Sanwo-Olu’s party, All Progressives Congress, in the presidential election in Lagos on Saturday. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Peter Obi Defeats Tinubu In Lagos Be Calm, Peaceful, Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu To Supporters After Obi Wins Lagos BREAKING: Atiku Defeats Tinubu In Buhari’s Kastina State – INEC 2023 Elections: Tinubu Wins Rivers, Sweeps Niger And Benue The presidential candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,…

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2023 Elections: Tinubu Wins Rivers, Sweeps Niger And Benue

ADEOLA YUSUF

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress in last Saturday’s general elections, has won the keenly contest polls in Rivers State. The APC flagbearer also swept Niger and Benue states, garnering massive votes in both states. Earlier, there was a strong battle for who would take Rivers State, with the Labour Party and All Progressives Congress going neck and neck. At the time, results from 21 local government areas had been collated and they indicated Obi was in a slight lead, however, all that changed…

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Lagos Blue Rail Line Suffers Major Setback As Fire Razes Through Station

ADEOLA YUSUF

A section of the newly-inaugurated Blue Rail Mass Transit project at Marina, Lagos State, has been gutted by fire, causing a setback for the state’s transportation sector. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, had caused people to take to their heels, causing a stampede. According to eyewitnesses, the fire outbreak started at about 2 p.m. and rapidly spread through the station, causing extensive damage to the generator used in the facility. Many people who were at the station when the fire broke out, including workers and commuters,…

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Asking iNEC To Cancel Result of Election in Which You Have a Candidate Judgemental, Premature – CSO To Obasanjo

Aliyu Aliyu

“It is equally morally reprehensible for the elder stateman to do so at a time when he is supporting a candidate on the partisan scale.“   A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Lygel Youths & Leadership Initiatives, has declared that former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s call for cancellation of results of the 2023 election is judgemental and premature. The organisation, for the record, deployed more than a hundred observers to 23 states of the federation and worked as a team with other prominent groups such as Nigerian Social Workers, Save Life Foundation,…

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BREAKING: Wike’s Deputy Wins Rivers West Senatorial Seat

Ganiyu Amodu

Rivers State deputy governor, Dr. Ipalibo Harry-Banigo, has been declared winner of the Rivers West senatorial district election held on Saturday. READ ALSO: BREAKING: INEC Postpones Collation Of Results To 2pm Today BREAKING: INEC State Official Alleges Threat To Life, Adjourns Collation In Rivers BREAKING: Peter Obi Wins Abuja With Wide Margin BREAKING: Obasanjo calls for cancellation of presidential election where exercise was disrupted Elections: 41-Year-Old Mother Of Three Shot Dead Harry-Banigo defeated the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former chairman of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and…

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BREAKING: INEC State Official Alleges Threat To Life, Adjourns Collation In Rivers

Ganiyu Amodu

The state collation officer for the presidential election (SCOPs) in Rivers State, Prof Charles Adias has adjourned the collation of results for February 25, 2023 election over an alleged threat to his life by unnamed party supporters. The official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Otueke announced the adjournment on Tuesday morning while addressing journalists at the State Collation Centre in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Peter Obi Wins Abuja With Wide Margin Nigeria Bonds…

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BREAKING: Peter Obi Wins Abuja With Wide Margin

Ganiyu Amodu

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has emerged as the winner of the presidential election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Mr Obi, a former Governor of Anambra State, secured 281,717 votes, Bola Tinubu of the ruling APC polled 90,902 votes while Atiku Abubakar of the PDP got 74,199 votes. The Labour Party candidate defeated his closes challenger with 190815 votes. READ ALSO: Nigeria Bonds Rise as Tinubu Leads in Pivotal Election Tally – Bloomberg Lionel Messi Wins Best Fifa Men’s Player Of The Year Award…

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Nigeria Bonds Rise as Tinubu Leads in Pivotal Election Tally – Bloomberg

Efw Wellington

As Nigeria Election Results Trickle In, five of the West African nation’s dollar bonds ranked among the 10 best performers on Monday in a Bloomberg index of 71 emerging and frontier nations..     Nigerian bonds are posting some of the best gains in emerging markets as investors bet that ruling-party candidate Bola Tinubu, who’s taken an early lead in the nation’s presidential election tally, will offer reforms to pull Africa’s largest economy out of a fiscal mess. Five of the West African nation’s dollar bonds ranked among the 10…

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Lionel Messi Wins Best Fifa Men’s Player Of The Year Award + Full List Of Winners

Ganiyu Amodu

Argentina and Paris St-Germain forward Lionel Messi has been named men’s player of the year at the 2022 Best Fifa Awards. The 35-year-old beat French forwards Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema to the prize. Messi captained Argentina to World Cup glory in Qatar, and scored 27 goals in 49 games for club and country in 2021-22. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Obasanjo calls for cancellation of presidential election where exercise was disrupted BREAKING: INEC Declares Adebule Winner Lagos West Senatorial Election Be Calm, Peaceful, Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu To Supporters After Obi Wins Lagos…

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BREAKING: Obasanjo calls for cancellation of presidential election where exercise was disrupted

Gbenga Adeoti

As the outcome of the presidential election and the alleged bias of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) continues to cause ripples, former President Olusegun obasanjo and former military head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, have weighed in strongly. Obasanjo in an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said Saturday’s presidential election failed integrity test and as such, the election must be cancelled. Gen Abubakar also spoke in the same manner in his letter. Obasanjo, who on January 1, openly endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party,…

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