The Chief Whip of the Senate, and winner of the Abia North Senatorial district election, Sen. Orji Kalu, has declared his intention to contest for Senate presidency in the 10th National Assembly. Kalu disclosed this Tuesday while briefing newsmen at the National Assembly. The ruling All Progressives Congress maintained a majority in the Senate, having secured 57 seats. APC senators eyeing the Senate presidency have been lobbying their colleagues to seek their support. Aside from Kalu, who has publicly declared interest in the position, Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Sani Musa (Niger); Barau Jibrin (Kano); and Dave Umahi (Ebonyi) are also…
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IBM has started accepting proposals for the next cohort of its Sustainability Accelerator, which will focus on water management solutions. Quoting the World Health Organisation in a statement, the firm stated that over two billion people live in water-stressed countries, and its competition will create solutions that will solve some of these challenges. According to the report, 70 million Nigerians have no access to basic water services and 114 million did not have basic sanitation facilities in 2021. The General Manager of IBM Africa Growth Markets, Julia Carvalho, stated, “Sub-Saharan Africa remains one of the most water-stressed regions in Africa…
No fewer than 27 persons were killed during the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections across the country, a report by a leading intelligence organization, SB Intelligence stated on Monday. The deaths were recorded in 10 states out of the 28 where governorship elections were conducted, according to the report. The report said at least six persons were killed on election day in Rivers and Benue states; while five died in Delta, three in Lagos, two in Akwa-Ibom, and one each in Cross River, Ebonyi, Niger, Kebbi and Katsina states. The organisation said the casualty figure might be…
PDP Dauda Lawal Unseats Matawalle at Zamfara Guber Poll Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara state has lost his reelection bid. The incumbent lost to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Dauda Lawal. Lawal polled 377,726 votes to defeat Governor Matawalle of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 311,976 votes. Details later.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, as the winner of the March 18 poll and the Governor-Elect. The Catholic priest won 473,933 votes ahead of his closest rival and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Titus Uba, who scored 223,913. The Returning Office, Prof Faruq Kuta and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna declared Alia the winner. More to follow…
Church Celebrates Ex-Polaris Bank Staff, Emeribe after 31 Years in Servic Winners Pinnacle Ministry International Incorporated, a pentecostal gospel church in Benin, Edo State, has celebrated Chinyere Love Emeribe, after a stint of 31 years in the banking sector. In an event which took place at the church auditorium in Benin on Sunday, the church in a very distinctive way honoured her own. By 11 am on Sunday, the church auditorium had a throng of guests from all walks of life in an unusual capacity. Guests compromising friends, colleagues, family members and well-wishers were in attendance to honour the celebrant. Vision-bearer…
The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Cross River state, Sen. Bassey Otu has been declared the winner of the governorship election held last Saturday. The Returning Officer, Prof. Teddy Charles Adias declared Sen. Bassey Otu the winner at exactly 3:56 pm on Monday. Otu who was declared the winner of the election polled 258, 619 votes to defeat Sen. Sandy Onor of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP who scored 179,636. The governor-elect, Sen. Bassey Otu of the APC won 15 Local government areas out of the 18 LGAs while Prof. Sandy Onor won the remaining…
APC Accuses Gov Fintiri of Intimidating Adamawa Guber CollationThe All Progressives Congress (APC) has pointed a finger at the incumbent governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, for trying to intimidate his opponent, Senator Aishatu Binani, by using thugs to disrupt final collation of the governorship election in the state. The National Publicity Secretary of APC, Morka Felix, in a statement released on Monday, accused the governor of Adamawa state of destroying the results sheet at the collation centre. He added that, Fintiri already knows he’s loosing, hence his intimidation and use of thuggery to cause havoc in the state.…
Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has congratulated Governors Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Sen Bala Mohammed (Bauchi) and Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos on their re-election success. With Rivers Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Siminialayi Fubara, also certain of succeeding Wike in the results coming out, the governor in a Tuesday statement by his Media Aide, Kelvin Ebiri, said, “I am excited by the cheering news of the resounding re-election of governors Makinde, Mohammed and Sanwo-Olu. “I am pleased to express to Your Excellencies the most sincere fraternal congratulations. I look forward to us consolidating the bonds of brotherhood and…
The Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly and governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC), Rt. Hon. Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, has been declared winner of the last Saturday’s governorship election in the State. Declaring the result at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) State headquarters in Abakaliki, the State Returning Officer, Prof. Charles Igwe, said that Rt. Hon. Nwifuru garnered 199,131 votes across the 13 local government areas of the State. His closest challenger, Chief Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) scored 80,191 votes to come second while the candidate of the All Progressives Grand…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended further collation of governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu states. This was made known in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye on Monday. It will be recalled that INEC’s office in Obingwa Local Government Area in Abia State was invaded by thugs on Sunday, March 19, 2023, and its officials were held hostage in relation to the collation of results from the Local Government Area. Similarly, reports from Enugu State called for a review of the results of…
Zamfara Speaker, Deputy Lose To PDP Candidate The Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Nasiru Muazu Magarya and his deputy, Musa Bawa Musa Yankuzo, have been defeated in the last Saturday’s election by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party. The returning officer for the Zurmi West Constituency election, Ismail Mudassir Moriki, declared Bilyaminu Ismail of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the election in their Speaker’s constituency. Ismail polled 11,213 votes to defeat the Speaker who scored 9,530 votes. In the same vein, the deputy speaker of the state assembly, Yankuzo, lost his reelection bid to…