THE Court of Appeal has granted permission to Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to serve his petition challenging the February 25 presidential election on Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). News Point Nigeria reports that, Obi is challenging the victory of Tinubu who was declared the President-Elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The LP flag bearer’s counsel, Ikechukwu Ezechukwu (SAN), in an exparte application, asked the appellate court to grant Obi and the Labour Party leave to serve the petition on Tinubu and the Vice President-Elect, Kashim Shettima, through substituted means. Ezechukwu argued that it…
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THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Peter Mbah as the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Enugu State. Mbah polled 160,895 votes slightly above his closest rivals — Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP) who scored 157,552 and Uche Nnaji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 14,575 votes, amongst others. “That Mbah Peter Ndubuisi of Peoples Democratic Party, having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” declared the Returning Officer, Prof Maduebibisi Ofo-Iwe, who is the Vice Chancellor…
ALEX Otti of the Labour Party (LP) has won the March 18 governorship election in Abia State. He trounced his opponents like Okey Ahiwe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Enyinnaya Nwafor of the Young Peoples Party (YPP). News Point Nigeria reports that, the Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, Prof Nnenna Nnannaya-Oti declared Otti the winner on Wednesday evening at the resumption of the final collation of governorship election results in Umuahia, the Abia State capital over 48 hours after INEC suspended the exercise in the South-East state. Before the announcement, Nnannaya-Oti…
TRAGEDY struck in the Onitsha area of Anambra following the outbreak of a fire at the White House section of the main Market. News Point Nigeria reports that the fire started in the early hours of Tuesday in the popular market situated in the Onitsha Local Government Area of the state. It led to the loss of several goods worth millions of naira. Onitsha Main Market, famed to be the biggest market in West Africa, hosts a large population of traders, who are mainly importers of goods, and who also deals in varied products. According to some traders who raised…
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. Alia, who is a member of the ruling APC, is expected to take over from Governor Samuel Ortom of the PDP G5.
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the 2023 governorship election in Ebonyi State. Nwifuru who is the present Speaker, State House of Assembly scored a total votes of 199,131. He is followed by the candidate of the Peoples Democrstic Party (PDP), Mr. Ifeanyichukwuma Odii, who polled 80,191 votes. The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Bernard Odo, came third with a total of 52,189 votes. “I Prof. Charles Igwe due here declare that Nwifuru Francis having satisfy the processes due hereby declared him…
CANDIDATE of the Peoples Democratic Party Rt Honorable Sheriff Oborevwori has been declared winner of the March 18th Governorship election in Delta State. Declaring the result at INEC Collation Center in Asaba, the INEC State Returning Officer Prof Georgewill Owunari, Vice Chancellor Rivers State University said Sheriff Oborevwori polled 360234 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress APC Candidate Senator Ovie Omo-Agege who scored 240229. While the Labour Party candidate, Kennedy Pela came a distant third with 48047. Oborevwori clinged 21 out of the 25 Local Government Areas of the state leaving the APC with four local government Areas.
ANNOUNCEMENT of final result of the march 18th, 2023, governorship election for Ebonyi State has been postponed. Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state Ugochi Onyeka, made the announcement following the inability of the returning and collation officers for Ishielu Local Government Area, to reconcile figures compiled with the ICT desk at collation centre today. Meanwhile, out of the thirteen local government areas where elections took place on Saturday, twelve LGS have their results announced putting the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead, with wins in nine LGAs. The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate Professor Ben Odo has won two…
A PEOPLES Democratic Party chieftain and agent in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Ebonyi State, Oyibo Nwani, was on Saturday shot dead by thugs who stormed his polling unit in the Onicha Local Government Area. Onicha LGA is home of the PDP governorship candidate, Chief Ifeanyi Odii. News Point Nigeria gathered that the thugs allegedly came to snatch ballot boxes but youths made frantic efforts to resist them. In the ensuing melee, the PDP chieftain who held tightly to a ballot box was shot in the head. When contacted, Ebonyi Police Public Relations Officer, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya,…
THUGS have invaded the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State. The commission disclosed this on its Twitter handle on Sunday. “Thugs have invaded our Obingwa Local Government Area office in Abia State,” the electoral body stated. “Security agencies have been alerted. The Commission is monitoring the situation and will issue a statement shortly.” More details in a while….
THE Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party PDP in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno has won 30 local government areas while the Young Progressives Party YPP Senator Bassey Akpan won his own local government area, IBIONO Ibom LGA. Meanwhile, stakeholders are waiting for the official declaration by INEC. Total results from 31 Local government areas of Akwa Ibom announced on Sunday.
THE Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue state, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has taken early lead in the result of Saturday’s election announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The results from the 11 Local Government Areas, LGAs, as announced by the various Collation Officers, at the State Collation Centre in Makurdi, the APC candidate won in eight LGAs while the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Mr. Titus Uba won in three LGAs The eight LGAs won by the APC includes: Apa, Gwer West, Ado, Katsina-Ala, Buruku, Tarka, Ukum and Obi. The sum…
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ogori Magongo local government in Kogi State, Bode Ogumola, has been declared winner of the House of Assembly election held on Saturday in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission’s Returning Officer for the election, Mr Ekundayo Mejebi, declared the results at the council’s collating centre at Magongo in the early hours of Sunday. He said the PDP candidate polled 2,910 votes to defeat his closest rival, Major Akerejoka of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who recorded 2,162 votes.
THE Police have arrested five persons suspected to be thugs mobilized to disrupt election in Anambra State Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Tochukwu Ikenga said the men were arrested in Ihiala, adding that five automatic machine guns were recovered from them.
OUR reporter observed at Ihiagwa Ward, Polling Unit Community School II that voting had started but there is massive vote buying for a political party with N2,000 transfer. A POS machine is available, once a voter identifies, payment will be made. In a pre-election press conference on Friday in Abuja, the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) through its Election Analysis Centre (EAC) had said politicians are devising new and creative strategies to engage in vote trading. The report was jointly presented by the Chair, CDD-EAC, Prof. Adele Jinadu; Executive Director, CDD, Idayat Hassan; member CDD-EAC, Mrs Ladi Bala; member…
POLICE operatives in Imo State have rescued 19 INEC Ad-Hoc staff who were kidnapped in the early hours of Saturday in Imo State. The development was confirmed by INEC authorities in the state. According to officials, the 19 INEC Ad-Hoc staff were on their way to seven different polling units in Ugbelie ward 06 in Ideato South LGA of Imo state when they were abducted. INEC spokesperson, Chinenye Chijioke-Osuji, said the rescued took place after a distress call and information about the incident was made to the operatives who immediately swung into action. She added that even though they were…
A HOUSE of Representatives member representing Buruku Federal Constituency, Kpam Sokpo, was on Saturday beaten to a pulp allegedly by soldiers of 401 Special Forces Brigade in Benue State. Sokpo was reportedly beaten at the Old Barn in Gboko Town, Gboko Local Government Area of the state by the soldiers who allegedly arrived at his location at 2:30am. The federal lawmaker who narrated the incident to our correspondent on the telephone, said, “I dont know what came over them, I came to the hotel where I was staying in Gboko, Old Barn around 2:30am when about five trucks filled with…
A PARTY official has been reportedly shot dead in Ogoja, the northern part of Cross River State. He was allegedly shot dead close to a polling unit in the area. Irene Ugbo, Police Public Relations Officer in Cross River, confirmed the incident when she featured on a radio programme. She said the soldiers were supposed to stay distance away from polling units. An eye witness account said the deceased whose name was simply given as Joe was a popular bike rider in Calabar, the state capital. He had reportedly travelled to his hometown for the election. The incident has already…
THE Supreme Court on Friday affirmed Mr Herman Hembe as the rightful governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in Benue State. The apex court dismissed an appeal brought before it by Benjamin Lorlumum and one other, seeking the disqualification of the respondent from the governorship race on various grounds. In a unanimous judgement, Justice Helen Ogunwumiju dismissed the disqualification request on the major grounds that it lacked merit and legal backing. The grouse of the two appellants was that the Labour Party governorship candidate was still a member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) as of the time he…
NIGERIAN singer Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu better known as Burna Boy will perform in the final of the 2023 UEFA Champions League in Istanbul, Turkey. UEFA revealed this in a statement on its platform on Thursday, saying the Grammy’s award-winner singer will co-headline the competition’s final kick-off show by Pepsi, at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul on Saturday, June 10. “Known for his global chart-topping hits Last Last and It’s Plenty, the Nigerian star will bring his energy and signature soulful vibes of afro beats to millions of fans before the biggest club fixture in football gets underway,” UEFA wrote…