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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the winner of this year’s Presidential Election, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Reacting to the presidential election results announced this morning by Chairman of the Independent National ElectoralCommission (INEC), Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, President Buhari said: “I congratulate His Excellency Bola Ahmed Tinubu on his victory. Elected by the people, he is the best person for the job. I shall now work with him and his team to ensure an orderly handover of power.” According to the President: “The election was Africa’s largest democratic exercise. In a region that…

THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has defeated his counterparts Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in the February 25th presidential polls which held in Abuja. Obi made some massive wins in the Federal Capital Territory, taking four out of the six Area Councils. Obi who had been in an early lead since Sunday, took Bwari, Kuje, Gwagwalada and AMAC with a good number of votes. In the final collation, the LP Candidate polled a total of 281,717 votes beating the APC who polled 90,912 votes. The PDP came in third place with a total…

THE collation centre for the presidential and National Assembly elections situated in the Jos North Local Government secretariat was invaded by thugs who attempted to scuttle the collation and announcement of the results on Monday. Reinforcement of security personnel to the venue temporarily prevented the thugs from gaining access to the hall after forcefully entering the premises while sorting and collating for polling units from parts of the local government. Trouble started after the announcement of results from Bassa and other parts of Jos North were declared by the returning officers but when it was the turn for the presentation…

AT least 14 journalists and media workers were detained, harassed, or attacked while covering the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections, including private news website WikkiTimes‘ owner, Haruna Salisu, who remains in police custody without charge, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Monday. Police detained Salisu on February 25 in Duguri town, southeastern Bauchi state, shortly after he and other reporters had met with the state governor, according to WikkiTimes editor, Yakubu Mohammed, who spoke to CPJ, and a local coalition of press freedom groups. Police said they took Salisu into custody to protect him after supporters of the…

ARGENTINA and Paris St-Germain forward Lionel Messi has been named men’s player of the year at the 2022 Best Fifa Awards. The 35-year-old beat French forwards Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema to the prize. Messi helped Argentina win the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, scoring 27 goals in 49 games for club and country in 2021-22. Barcelona’s Alexia Putellas was named women’s player of the year. Messi, who won the award for a second time, said: “It’s amazing. It’s been a tremendous year and it’s an honour for me to be here and win this award. Without my team-mates I…

THE Chief Whip of the Senate and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Abia North Senatorial district election, Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu, has been declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. According to the Nation’s Electoral umpire, the former Governor polled a total of 30,805 votes to defeat his closet rival, Nnamdi Iroh of the Labour Party, who polled 25,540 votes, while Chief Mao Ohuabunwa of the Peoples Democratic Party got 15, 175 votes The returning officer for Abia-North, Mr Chinedu Nnamdi, declared Kalu, the winner having polled the highest number of valid votes…

THE member representing Yagba in the Kogi State House of Assembly, Jimoh Omiata, is dead. He was said to have died in the early hours of Monday at a Lagos hospital where he had been recuperating from an undisclosed ailment. The Chief Press Secretary to the Kogi State House of Assembly Speaker, Femi Olugbemi, wrote on his verified Facebook page, “Very sad, we lost a vibrant, articulate and outstanding lawmaker, Hon. Musa Jimoh Omiata, I sympathise with his immediate family, traditional rulers and people of Yagba East State Constituency, may Allah grant his soul perfect rest.” Omiata, who hailed from…

THE President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, has emerged winner of the just concluded senatorial election in Yobe North. The position was keenly contested between the two major political parties in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Returning Officer of the zone, Professor Omolola Aduoju of the Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, announced the result at Umar Suleiman College of Education Gashua. Adunoju said Lawan polled 91,318 votes to defeat his rival of the PDP, Ilu Alhaji-Bello, who got 22,849 votes out of the 122,136 total valid votes cast. The Senate President…

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Danjuma Goje of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Gombe Central senatorial election. The INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Mustapha Muhammad, who declared the results on Sunday in Kumo, said Goje polled 102,916 votes. He defeated his closest rival, Mr Aliyu Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 37,870 votes, and Mr Bibikir Muhammad of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), who secured 1,155 votes. Goje is the incumbent senator representing the senatorial district and was a two-term governor of Gombe State.

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ogun East, Gbenga Daniel, has won the senatorial election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State on Saturday. Daniel, a former governor of Ogun State, secured 115,147 votes to defeat other candidates in the contest for the senatorial seat. The official results were announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Christopher Onwuka, at the Ogun East Senatorial Collation Centre in Itoro Hall, Ijebu-Ode. Daniel cleared all nine local government areas (LGA) in the senatorial district, including Ijebu North, Odogbolu, Remo North, Sagamu, Ijebu North-East, Ijebu Ode, Ijebu East, Ikenne and…

THE Senator representing Nothern Senatorial District of Cross River in the National Assembly, Sen Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe of the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, has defeated Governor Ben Ayade to clinch the Senate seat. Senator Jarigbe garnered 76,145 to defeat governor Ben Ayade who polled 56, 595 votes in the exercise. Declaring Sen. Jarigbe winner of the Senatorial election in the early hours of Monday, 27th, 2023, the returning officer, Dr. Emmanuel Emanghe who spoke on behalf of Independent National Electoral Commission INEC commended stakeholders for their peaceful conduct Emanghe also lauded all security agents for giving the needed security support…

Manchester United claimed their first trophy since 2017 with victory over Newcastle United in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley. Newcastle’s own wait for silverware, stretching back to 1969, goes on after two goals inside six minutes in the first half established Manchester United’s superiority and set them on their way to a first success under manager Erik ten Hag. Casemiro broke the deadlock after 33 minutes when he headed home Luke Shaw’s free-kick. His side doubled their advantage after Sven Botman deflected Marcus Rashford’s shot out of the reach of Newcastle’s debutant keeper Loris Karius, deputising for the suspended…

YIAGA Africa said the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) deployed in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls in Nigeria functioned properly in 88 per cent of the polling units it monitored across the country. There are 176,606 polling units nationwide. Yiaga Africa’s Watching The Vote in its preliminary findings released in Abuja on Sunday, said it observed that BVAS was deployed for the accreditation of voters and matching of the results in the 99 per cent of the polling units its election observers monitored. “In 88 per cent of polling units, the BVAS functioned properly. However, in nine per cent…

FOLLOWING a major fire outbreak which has largely raised down the Maiduguri Monday Market, Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has in a quick statewide broadcast, announced an emergency relief of one billion naira to provide urgent support to victims, pending assessment of the incident.  The governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in a statement said Zulum made a broadcast soon after he had visited the scene of the incident and had mobilized armed forces to secure the area to prevent breakdown of law and order. Below are Zulum’s words which he made in Kanuri and Hausa languages: “My fellow…

THE long-awaited presidential and National Assembly elections finally took place on Saturday, signalling a crucial departure from the string of postponements that characterised the last three general elections. Moreover, reports of early arrivals by ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) drew accolades. The commission’s apparent desire to meet expectations was matched by the palpable enthusiasm among voters across the country who showed up en masse to perform their civic duty. Voting, sorting and counting even continued into the dead of night at several polling units – several hours after the 2:30 pm limit for voters to…

AMID the ongoing elections in Nigeria, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, succeeded in arresting a number of alleged vote buyers and a female possessing multiple Personal Voters Cards, PVCs. The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. News Point Nigeria reports that, one of the suspects arrested in Kaduna is a woman found with 18 voter’s cards at Badarwa area of Kaduna, Kaduna State. “The woman, one Maryam Mamman Alhaji, who is a member of the support group of one of the leading political parties, also had in her possession, a 17-page list containing…

BARRING last-minute changes, Nigerians will on February 25 and March 11 head to the polls for the seventh general elections since the country’s return from military rule to democracy in 1999. Nigeria, now in its Fourth Republic, after three democratic epochs burgled by military through bloody coups, has enjoyed uninterrupted democracy in the last 24 years. Though nascent, the democracy in Africa’s most populated country with over 200 million people has withstood many challenges in over two decades. Of its over 200 million citizens, 93,469,008 persons have been listed as eligible voters for the 2023 general elections, according to data…

MANCHESTER United will play Real Betis in the Europa League last 16 after overcoming Barcelona, while Arsenal face Sporting Lisbon. United beat the La Liga leaders 2-1 at Old Trafford on Thursday to seal a 4-3 aggregate win in the play-off tie. Arsenal will play the second leg of their tie at home after qualifying as group winners, while Manchester United host Betis at Old Trafford first. The Europa League last-16 ties will take place on 9 and 16 March. Premier League leaders Arsenal avoided the knockout round play-offs by topping Group A with five wins from their six games.…

THE Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has ordered the closure of the country’s borders throughout Saturday for the presidential and National Assembly elections. The Comptroller General, NIS, Isah Jere Idris, gave the directive to command comptrollers across the country in a circular made available to News Point Nigeria late on Thursday. The circular titled ‘Border Closure for the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly Elections’ read: “The Federal Government has directed the total closure of all Land Borders effective from 00:00 hours on Saturday 25th February, 2023 to 00:00 hours Sunday, 26th February, 2023. “Accordingly, all Command Comptrollers especially those in the…

DEAR country men and women. THE election to chose   Nigeria’s  president and President Buhari’s successor holds  on Saturday,  February 25, 2023. Former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC,  Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the Presidential candidate of APC. Senator Kassim Shettima is his running mate. *What to except at your various polling units* (A) The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)  will make use of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS. It is a device to check and confirm the information of voters through Fingerprint and Face scanning. (B) The accreditation of  voters…