Governor Tanko Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has been declared winner of the Nasarawa South Senatorial election. Al-Makura of the APC, defeated the incumbent, Senator Suleiman Adokwe of the PDP. Professor Mohammed Kida, the INEC Returning Officer, said the governor polled 113,156 votes against Adokwe’s 104,595 votes.
Senator Binta Garba, a first-time senator and the only woman in the Upper Chamber from Northern Nigeria has lost her re-election bid. Garba, who contested under the APC, was defeated by Ishaku Abbo of the PDP in the Adamawa North senatorial election. Garba, a former House of Representatives
Omosede Igbinedion, the member of the House of Representatives for Ovia Federal Constituency (PDP) in Edo State has lost her re-election bid. Dennis Idahosa of the APC was declared winner of the election by the INEC returning officer Professor Victor Igbinedion. The returning officer said Omosede, the
President Muhammadu Buhari has left his hometown, Daura in Katsina State en route to Abuja following his participation at Saturday, February 23 presidential and national assembly elections. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Buhari was seen off at a helipad in Daura by the Emir of
President Buhari has won Nasarawa State, the fourth officially declared presidential election result by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. In the result announced by the returning officer, Prof. Nwakwo A, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party got 283,847 votes, while President Buhari of the All Progressives Congress polled 289,903??????? votes.
The Senate President Bukola Saraki of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has lost all four local governments in the Kwara Central senatorial district. According to Channels, results collated from both Asa Local Government Area and Ilorin East of the Kwara Central Senatorial District had Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in a
NAN is reporting that the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) has declaredShina Peller of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the winner of the Iseyin/ Itesiwaju/ Iwajowa and Kajola Federal Constituency seat in Oyo State. Professor Adeniyi Olatunbosun, the INEC returning officer who declared the result, said Peller polled
Samsung’s Galaxy Fold reveal kicked off Unpacked with a bang on Wednesday, showing off an eye-catching foldable phone with an astounding price tag of $1,980 (about £1,500 or AU$2,800). It’s a high price, but it does contain a lot of luxury-level specs. The phone has six
In the wake of Jussie Smollett‘s arrest, his character “Jamal” has now been dropped from the last two episodes of the current season of TV show Empire. A statement jointly released Friday by the executive producers of the show, Lee Daniels, Danny Strong, Brett Mahoney, Brian Gazer, Sanaa Hamri,
RnB star R. Kelly has been charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, New York Times is reporting. Kelly, who has never been convicted and has denied all allegations of sexual abuse against women and minors for decades, was charged on Friday, Kim Foxx, Cook County state’s attorney said.
The world’s most iconic and prolific designer was widely known as the king of fashion. PARIS, France — Karl Lagerfeld, arguably the world’s most iconic designer and undoubtedly the most prolific, has died in Paris. He was 85. In a seven-decade career as fashion’s ultimate free agent,
The two leading political parties in Nigeria have condemned the postponement of the 2019 general elections by INEC. Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson for the APC Presidential Campaign council said in a statement that the party “received with great disappointment and disillusionment the announcement” about the postponement. “We
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed disappointment over the postponement of the 2019 general elections which was supposed to commence today. The president made this known in a statement posted on his official Facebook page just before noon today. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had shifted the date
Barely hours to the commencement of the 2019 polls, Anambra state has recorded cases of election related violence. A member of House of Representatives, Mr. Gabriel Onyenweife, who defected from All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, after failing to secure
The two “potential suspects” arrested in the Jussie Smollett attack, Olabinjo “Ola” and Abimbola “Abel” Osundairo have now been released. Chicago police spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi confirmed earlier today on Twitter that they were released without charge. Ola and Abel had been picked up by the police as persons of interest in the attack of Empire star,