The incessant scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, vandalism of pipelines, oil theft and several other menaces in the oil and gas sector are due to the gross mismanagement of the industry by the Federal Government and politicians, the Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise has said. CPPE described the management of the oil sector by politicians as a disaster, stressing that the government should reduce its hold on the industry and privatise some facilities in it, such as the four refineries being run by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. “Let’s take the oil and…
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The National Human Rights Commission on Sunday, said it would invite Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and the Chairman of Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya a.k.a. MC Oluomo for questioning, following their behaviours and alleged inciting comments during the 2023 general election. The PUNCH reports that a day before the Presidential and National Assembly elections held, on February 25, Bello allegedly ordered bulldozers to demarcate a road, linking Kogi Central Senatorial District. The move was seen as an alleged ploy to prevent officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission from taking election materials to the stronghold of…
Gov Sule wins re-election bid in Nasaraw The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the governorship election in Nasarawa state. Ishaya Tanko, the state collation officer and returning officer, made the declaration on Monday. The APC candidate polled a total of 347, 209 votes to defeat his closest opponent David Ombugadu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 283, 016 votes.
The gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, Engr. Kabir Abba Yusuf, has been declared winner of the 2023 Kano State Governorship election. He was declared winner and returned elected a few minutes after 7am this morning, by the election’s returning officer, Prof. Ahmed Doko, a Deputy Vice Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Abba Kabir, popularly called Abba Gida Gida, scored 1, 019,602 votes to defeat his arch rival and serving Deputy Governor of the State, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna of the All Progressives Congress, APC, who polled 890,705 votes. Details later…
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has declared the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Pastor Umo Eno as the winner of the governorship election in Akwa Ibom state. Eno polled 354,348 to beat his closest rival Bassey Akpan of Young Peoples Party (YPP) who polled 136, 263. The All Progressive Congress (APC)’s Akan Udofia came in distant third with 129,602 votes. Details Later
There was wild jubilation in Anambra State, the homeland of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), as the ruling party in the state survived the wave of the OBIdient Movement in the March 18 House of Assembly election in the state. Available reports show that APGA, the party of the incumbent Governor, Prof Charles Soludo, won 17 out of 30 Anambra State House of Assembly seats in the state. APGA won in Anaocha 2, Njikoka 1, Dunukofia, Aguata 1, Aguata 2, Awka-North, Awka South 2, Orumba South, Ayamelum, Njikoka 2, Idemili South, Ekwusigo, Ihiala 1, Ihiala 2, Anambra West, Oyi…
Sanwo-Olu Leads LP’s Rhodes-Vivour with Over 400,000 Vote Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has cleared 15 of the 20 local government (LGs) in the March 18 governorship election conducted in the state. The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and incumbent who is seeking reelection has 718,595 votes at the collation of 15 local government results on Sunday. Sanwo-Olu is ahead of Labour Party (LP)’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour who presently has 257,502 from the 15 LGs announced so far. The governor is also ahead of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Olajide Adediran aka Jandor who has 59,172 votes from the…
Suspected political thugs have invaded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office at Obingwa Local Government Area office in Abia State. According to INEC, Security agencies have been alerted. The Commission is monitoring the situation and will issue a statement shortly. Details later
Security Operatives Killled Ballot Box Snatcher in Benu A suspected ballot box snatcher was on Saturday gunned down at a polling unit in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. Witnesses said the young man was shot dead while another sustained gunshots injury when they tried to snatch a ballot box at a polling unit in Gboko South. Chairman of Gboko LGA, Isaac Mtom, said he got information thar one person shot while trying to cart away electoral materials. “What I was told is that one person was shot by security operatives. I wasn’t there but that’s what I…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the majority of the seats in the Ondo state house of assembly. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the results of the state assembly elections on Sunday. The APC won 22 of the 26 constituencies, while the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) won the remaining four seats. Ondo is one of the eight states where governorship election did not hold on Saturday. Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of the state, is expected to complete his second term in office in 2024. The state assembly elections took place across 3,933 polling units and 203 wards. Four…
Bayo Onanuga, a spokesperson for the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Saturday night, warned Igbo in Lagos against “interfering” in politics in the state. Onanuga, who is the director of media and publicity of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, issued the warning in a tweet via his official Twitter account, @aonanuga1956. He said, “Let 2023 be the last time of Igbo interference in Lagos politics. Let there be no repeat in 2027. Lagos is like Anambra, Imo, any Nigerian state. It is not No Man’s Land, not Federal Capital Territory. It is Yoruba land. Mind your business.” The…
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, has lost his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party in the governorship and House of Assembly elections held yesterday in Nasarawa State. It was reported that in his GRA (A1) Polling Unit 010, in Keffi, the headquarters of Keffi Local Government Area, the PDP got 159 votes, while APC polled 129 as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s presiding officer, Okoh Everest. The result also showed that the Social Democratic Party got one vote, while the Labour Party, got zero. However, recall that two days…