OGUN State Governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Saturday governorship election, Dapo Abiodun has won eight of fifteen Local Government results so far announced at the collation center in Abeokuta. He’s closely followed by Ladi Adebutu, candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, who has won in seven Local Government Areas. Abiodun defeated Adebutu in Odeda, Ewekoro, Egbado North, Egbado South, Ipokia, Abeokuta North, Ijebu North and Ijebu Ode. Adebutu won in Ikenne, Abeokuta South, Remo North, Odogbolu, Ogun Waterside, Ijebu North East, and Ijebu East.
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THE People Democratic Party (PDP) has won 25 out of the 26 seats in the Osun State House of Assembly, which was under the control of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to the official results released by Independent National Electoral Commission, APC won in only Boripe Boluwaduro state constituency. While members and leaders of PDP were celebrating the victory, APC members and leaders have continued trading blame over the party’s misfortune in the election. PDP has defeated APC in three consecutive elections, including the July 2022 Governorship poll, the February Presidential and National Assembly elections and last Saturday’s state…
THE Oyo State Governor and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Seyi Makinde, is leading his closest rival, Senator Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by a wide margin in the governorship election results. In the results from 16 local government areas of the state announced so far, Makinde won in 15 LGAs, while APC won in one local government. The PDP is leading with 281,522 votes, ahead of APC’s 128,971 votes. The collation of results will resume shortly for the announcement of the remaining 17 LGAs.
THE Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has been elected for a sixth term to represent Agege 1 constituency in the state assembly. The INEC Returning Officer for Agege constituency election, Dr Lukman Adeniji, made the declaration on Sunday at the Collation Centre in Orile Agege. He said that eight political parties fielded candidates for the election held on Saturday. According to him, Obasa secured 17,214 votes to beat Raheem Alani of the Labour Party who had 3,933, Kafayat Biobaku of the African Democratic Congress with 62 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party got 1,609 votes.…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will begin collation of results for the governorship elections in Lagos and Ogun states on Sunday morning (today). News Point Nigeria reports that collation of results for the Lagos governorship election has been postponed to 11 am on Sunday due to non-arrival of any results from the local government areas (LGAs) the day before. The exercise would be held at the Lagos Collation Centre within the INEC office. Similarly, the Ogun Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Niyi Ijalaye, disclosed that collation of the governorship and house of assembly election results would be suspended…
THE Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says four party agents were intercepted in Ogun with multiple credit cards with the intent to buy votes amid the governorship and state house of assembly elections. The NDLEA, in a tweet on Saturday, noted that its Chairman, Brigadier-General Buba Marwa (rtd.), had ordered that the suspects be handed over to the police. “Operatives of @ndlea_nigeria on election duty stop and search, just intercepted four party agents with hundreds of money credit cards, to buy votes at Ibara housing estate, Ogun state. Each card contains 10k and activated to cash with a code.…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in 10 polling units in the Victoria Garden City (VGC) around the Lekki area of the state. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Segun Agbaje made the announcement when he addressed reporters at the VGC. According to him, corps members deployed as ad hoc staff on Saturday were hesitant to enter the VGC estate as they alleged that they were held hostage in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. Agbaje said the commission’s ad hoc staff set up voting materials in front of the estate on…
GBADEBO Rhodes-Vivour, Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos State, has lost his polling unit in Anifowoshe, Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos Sate to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The incumbent governor who ran on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 29 while Rhodes-Vivour garnered 18. Olajide Adediran of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), came third with two votes. Abiodun Daniel, the Presiding Officer of the unit, announced the result.
THE Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Frank Mba has confirmed the arrest of some persons who tried to manipulate the electoral processes in some locations around the state during Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections. He made the disclosure during an on-the-spot assessment of the elections in the Iperu area of the Ikenne Local Government Area of the state. He commended the professionalism and resilience of the police and other sister security agencies, saying that investigations to determine the culpability or otherwise of those arrested would commence very soon. Meanwhile, the police have also confirmed the arrest of three political…
FORMER President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday failed to exercise his civic duty in the ongoing governorship and House of Assembly elections in Ogun State. He was absent on election day at his polling unit 22 ward 11, Olusomi compound ,Totoro,Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the State. Obasanjo cast his vote at the same polling unit during the February 25 presidential election, but Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Peter Obi of Labour Party whom he endorsed. When our correspondent visited the place on Saturday, it was gathered that the former President was not on ground. Obasanjo’s…
SOME polling units in the Ajiran area of Agungi, Lekki, Eti-Osa Local Government Area in Lagos State were on Saturday morning attacked by hoodlums, who snatched ballot boxes. Our correspondent observed that the hoodlums attacked PU 108, PU 007, PU 028 and others in the area. Our correspondent further observed that following the attack, voter turnout in the area dropped rapidly as many people went back to their homes for fear of being attacked. A resident of the area, who was attacked and flogged by the hoodlums with blood dripping down his head said he was intimidated while trying to…
ONCE again, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) takes centre stage, this time around for the conduct of governorship and state house of assembly polls across the country in less than an hour. The polls come three weeks after a dramatic round of presidential and National Assembly elections, which has received mixed reactions from stakeholders at home and abroad. Next up? The state-centred elections. The polls were initially scheduled for March 11. But the fallout of the presidential election set back reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices, prompting a one-week delay. Amid hopes of a hitch-free exercise,…
PRESIDENT-ELECT Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that he would not sacrifice competence on the platter of mediocrity and primordial sentiments. He pledged to put in place an economy of double-digit GDP growth, greater food security and one with a strengthened manufacturing base as well as an active digital economy where young people will have ample space to fulfill their dreams and aspirations. Sounding conciliatory, he called on Nigerians irrespective of their political, religious and ethnic leanings to join hands with him the task of nation-building. He noted: “As your incoming president, I accept the task before me. There has…
THE Police and other Heads of Security Agencies in Oyo have barred vendors of food, alcohol and other consumables from operating around polling units during the Saturday’s election. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adebowale Williams, made this known while briefing newsmen on the outcomes of the strategic security meeting of all Heads of Security Agencies and paramilitary organisations on Thursday in Ibadan. He said: “Vendors of food, alcohol and other consumables shall not be allowed to operate around polling units/wards as no opportunity shall be created for points of negotiation to aid vote-buying. “Going armed is a criminal…
THE Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday arraigned four suspected terrorists before a Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Isabo area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The suspects – Aliu Abubabar, Abubabar Usman, Abubabar Amadu, Adamu Aliu – were arrested on December 9, 2022 for terrorism and kidnapping within the jurisdiction of the court. They were later arraigned before the court for terrorism and kidnapping charges via a suit marked MISC/15/2023 between the State VS Aliu Abubabar and three others. The Prosecution Counsel, Emmanuel Zamba told the court that the DSS had filed a motion exparte dated March…
NOVA Merchant Bank, the leading Bank in Nigeria, has pledged to promote gender equality by supporting women who embrace technology skills, especially in our ever-evolving world. This commitment was made during the 2023 NOVA International Women’s Day (IWD) conference held recently, at the Bank’s headquarters in Lagos. The IWD conference is part of the Bank’s women empowerment initiative which began in 2020, where women in NOVA converge to discuss gender equality issues and proffer solutions. This year’s event featured prominent women who have distinguished themselves in their industries by leveraging technology and innovative solutions to drive value in Nigeria and…
THE Appeal Court on Monday, reserved judgement on the Osun State Governorship Appeal filled by Governor Ademola Adeleke. Adeleke had on February 9th, appealed the judgement of the Osun State Governorship Tribunal which nullified his election. The tribunal ruled in favour of a former governor of the state Gboyega Oyetola. While delivering the judgement, two out of the three-member panel of the tribunal held that Oyetola proved that there was over-voting in some of the polling units. But Adeleke swiftly rejected the ruling and described it as a “miscarriage of justice”. Weeks later, the governor filed an appeal before the…
THE Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has commended Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State for removing his name from the signboard of Adogba Central Mosque, Iwo Road, Ibadan in Oyo State. The governor reportedly gave orders for the removal on Sunday, following Saturday’s protest by MURIC who criticised the governor for renaming the demolished but now rebuilt mosque after himself. MURIC Executive Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, said on Monday in a statement that “Reports reaching MURIC’s Lagos headquarters say Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has removed his name from the signboard of Adogba Central Mosque, Iwo Road, Ibadan. “Recall that…
OPERATIVES of the Ogun Police Command have rescued a journalist, Seun Oduneye, from kidnappers after a gun battle which reportedly lasted for 45 minutes. Oduneye, who’s the publisher of Issues Magazine, was kidnapped at Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode on Thursday. The journalist was on his way to Ijebu-Ode from Abeokuta when the kidnappers pounced on him at Mobalufon area. He was riding in his Toyota Camry car when he was attacked at about 7:50 pm. The abductors phoned his wife the following morning and demanded N30million ransom to free the victim. The Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Monday morning,…
AHEAD of their scheduled parley with the ruling All Progressives Congress and the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in Abuja, a number of senators-elect and members-elect of the House of Representatives were on Sunday spotted in town. Among those seen were the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan; Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, who was recently re-elected as the senator representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, and Kano North senator-elect, Barau Jibrin. The closed door meeting, which is scheduled to hold at the State House in Abuja on Monday, has generated a lot of talking interest in the last few days. Although the agenda of the…