The Labour Party candidate in the 21 September governorship election in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, on Monday, expressed shock at the electorate’s willingness to sell their votes, noting that the transactional nature of the poll was antithetical to democratic norms. Akpata finished third in the election with 22,763 votes, while APC’s Monday Okpebholo secured first […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party has officially rejected the Edo State Governorship election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission. During a press conference in Abuja, on Monday, PDP acting National Chairman Umar Damagum called on concerned Nigerians to support the party’s rejection of the election results. The Independent National Electoral Commission announced on Saturday […]
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The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday, revealed that the ruling party was motivated to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, in Saturday’s election following the provocative remark made by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. Obaseki, during an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, […]
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Ighodalo The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, has claimed that his mandate was brazenly stolen and has slammed the shameful subversion of the will of voters. In a statement released on Monday, Ighodalo thanked the people for believing in him and supporting him […]
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Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has congratulated the All Progressives Congress (APC) on a hard fought but well deserved victory recorded in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. His spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan said in a statement that he also congratulated the party’s governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo and his running mate, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, […]
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US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (L) joins US television producer Oprah Winfrey at a ‘Unite for America’ live streaming rally in Farmington Hills, Michigan, on September 19, 2024 [Credit: AFP] Agency Report Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris, held a star-studded rally hosted by talk show legend Oprah Winfrey on Thursday in a […]
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By Tunde Odesola Inhumanity was an unknown word in humanity until some white perverts, backed by racist European royals, sailed all the way from Europe to motherland Africa under the darkness of commerce and Christianisation, before drawing the guns of colonialism from under their cassocks to enslave Africa, despoil its minerals, loot its artifacts, condemn […]
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Commuters have appealed to the relevant authorities to fix the deplorable Asaba-Onitsha Expressway to ease the burden on motorists and residents. When Punch Metro visited the collapsed section of the road, especially from the Koka flyover to the Asaba-Onitsha tollgate, on Thursday, our correspondent observed a complete failure of the road as motorists could hardly […]
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The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane, has projected that the Nigerian economy would grow by 3.5 percent by 2026, pushing the country’s gross domestic product to approximately $400bn. He disclosed this at the Access Bank Customer Forum held in Lagos on Thursday. “The Nigerian economy will grow […]
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Agency Report Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called on all political actors and stakeholders to work towards deepening the nation’s democracy by prioritising peace and security in the Edo governorship election on Saturday. Jonathan, in a statement by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, in Abuja, urged politicians to pursue their interests within the confines of […]
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