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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared incumbent governor Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. THE INEC returning officer, Farouk Adamu, made the declaration on Monday afternoon. Mr Adamu said Mr Diri scored a total of 175,196 votes to emerge the winner while ex-governor Timipre Sylva, who is …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has scheduled elections in some parts of Kogi State for Saturday, November 18, 2023. INEC made this announcement on Sunday in a statement signed by spokesperson, Mohammed Kudu Haruna. “Further to our statement yesterday, we have received an update from our Kogi State office regarding the suspension of election in some locations in the …

Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, has said his refinery has secured a licence to refine more than 300,000 barrels of Nigerian crude per day and will begin to process gasoline soon. “We don’t want to start our refinery with foreign goods, we want to start with the Nigerian crude,” Dangote said in an interview in Riyadh on the sidelines of …

•Bayelsa collation continues Monday Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) won his re-election with a landslide victory. According to the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Returning Officer, Abayomi Fasina, Uzodimma won all the 27 local councils of the state. He polled 540,308 votes to floor Senator Samuel Anyanwu of the …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Ugbineh Community in Ovia North-East local government area of Edo State has joined its neighbors in Upper Ekehuan road to appeal to governor Godwin Obaseki to hasten the ongoing reconstruction of Upper Ekehuan road project. The Community while commending Mr. Godwin Obaseki-led Edo State government for adding value to the lives of Edo residents through execution of …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Operatives of Edo State Police command have arrested 26 irregular migrants from Cameroon and Bokina Faso. The migrants are 16 males and eight females totalling 24 Cameroonians while a male and one female said they were from Bokina Faso. The Public Relations Officer, Edo State Police command SP Chidi Nwabuzor said the hotel raid followed credible intelligence …

Dr. Mohammed Ghneim has not left his hospital in Gaza City in four weeks. He can’t remember the last time he slept or ate, and his blue scrubs are stained in the blood of patients who’ve died in his arms. His voice cracks under the weight of the horrors he’s seen: fetuses pulled from the wombs of dying mothers, children …

The Kogi State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Ododo, is in early lead with a total of 402,598 votes after the announcement of results from 18 local government areas of the state. The Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, Murtala Ajaka, is trailing with a total tally of 187,680 votes from the same local governments. The APC …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to begin the collation and announcement of the final results of Saturday’s Bayelsa State governorship election. The commission had Saturday postponed the exercise till Sunday, as only the result of one out of the eight local government areas of the state was ready at the time. INEC returning officer, Farouk Kuta, had while briefing journalits …

INEC has again adjourned the collation of governorship election results from the local government areas in Bayelsa State to 6pm today. The State Returning Officer, Prof Kuta Farouq, announced this adjournment after the collation of results from Sagbama, Nembe and Ekeremor LGs. The two remaining local governments are Brass and Southern Ijaw. PUNCH