The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi, has donated the sum of N20million to the Faith Foundation Mission Hospital in Nsukka, Enugu State. Obi, who disclosed the gesture through his verified X handle (formerly Twitter) on Monday, said the donation was made at the weekend and it … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has adjourned the collation of results of the Bayelsa governorship election by one hour following commotion at the collation centre in Yenagoa, the state capital. The commotion started when party agents disagreed on the result from Brass Local Government Area, which was adopted at the collation centre Monday morning. … [Read more…]
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Ukrainians on Sunday to prepare for new waves of Russian attacks on infrastructure as winter approached and said troops were anticipating an onslaught in the eastern theatre of the war. A military spokesman said Russian attacks on the shattered eastern town of Avdiivka had eased in the past day, but were … [Read more…]
A group, Yiaga Africa, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to clarify the status of locations where elections did not hold, including the upload of results from polling units where elections did not hold. It said reports from observers in Imo State indicate elections did not take place in 12 percent of … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Bayelsa State has adjourned the announcements of the remaining two local government areas results to noon, today. The outstanding local government areas are Brass and Southern Ijaw LGAs. The Head of Department Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, Bayelsa State, Mr Wilfred Ifogah who announced the adjournment after the session … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Usman Ododo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election. Mr Ododo scored a total of 446,237 votes and is “hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” state returning officer Johnson Urama announced at the INEC collation centre in … [Read more…]
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has thanked supporters following his re-election. Uzodimma became the Imo governor in 2020 after the Supreme Court nullified Emeka Ihedioha’s victory. But on Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate as the winner of the Imo governorship election after he cleared all … [Read more…]
An appellate court sitting in Lagos, on Friday, upheld the election of Barr Peter Mbah as the governor of Enugu State. The judgement was delivered by a three-man panel of the Appeal Court in a case filed by Barr Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party, LP. The court affirmed the judgment of Enugu Tribunal delivered … [Read more…]
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, has described the assault on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Joe Ajaero, as regrettable. Uzodimma stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Thursday. Recall Ajaero was assaulted after he was arrested in Imo while leading a protest for better salaries in … [Read more…]
Israeli forces battled Hamas militants through shell-blasted buildings in Gaza City on Thursday as some 80 countries and organisations met in Paris to coordinate humanitarian aid and find ways to help wounded civilians escape the siege. Residents in Gaza City said Israeli were fighting Hamas and other militants and that tanks were stationed around the … [Read more…]
PRESS RELEASE The Renewed Hope administration of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,His Excellency Sen. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR is set to make a historic mark in road Infrastructure revolution in Nigeria. This was revealed by the Hon. Minister of Works, His Excellency, Sen. Engr Nweze David Umahi, Con during the flag-off … [Read more…]
Vice President Kashim Shettima has reiterated President Bola Tinubu’s commitment towards the overall development of the Niger Delta as well as other parts of the country. Shettima, who represented Tinubu at the grand finale of the All Progressives Congress (APC), gubernatorial rally in Bayelsa State ahead of Saturday’s election noted that Bayelsa State, like every … [Read more…]