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Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala have said the turnout in Saturday’s presidential election was the highest he’d seen in more than two decades.“The turnout is very, very impressive,” Dangote told Channels TV after voting in the commercial hub, Lagos.“I’ve been voting since 1999 when we returned to democracy and this time around I’ve seen much more than the usual times,” Bloomberg quoted him to have added. On her part, Okonjo-Iweala, who tweeted after casting her ballot, noted that the turnout…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council, yesterday, urged President Muhammadu Buhari to call his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to order for claiming victory in an election they stood no chance. The party, which claimed its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, was the only one with national spread in Saturday’s presidential election, has alleged plot by some governors of the APC to alter results of the election in some states, including Katsina, Kaduna, Kano and Zamfara.While thanking Nigerians for voting massively for Atiku, whom it said had begun to coast home…

*INEC: IRev challenges not due to sabotage, intrusion *Declares Tinubu winner of Ekiti poll*Holds remaining election in Bayelsa, others*Atiku wins Buhari’s State with 489,045 votes*NLC warns INEC, security agencies of dangers of subverting people’s will*National Assembly outcomes trickling in Adedayo Akinwale, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Udora Orizu in Abuja, Olusegun Samuel in Yenagoa, Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti, Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo, Laleye Dipo in Minna, Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt, Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano and Gideon Arinze in Enugu Tension is palpably high across the country as Nigerians await results of the presidential and the national assembly elections, over 24 hours…

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for vigilance as winds and rising temperatures increase risks of fires in forests, homes, public buildings and markets. Buhari’s call is coming on the heels of an outbreak of a major fire incident, which has razed the popular Maiduguri Monday Market. The president, who expressed grief over the destruction caused by the fire, yesterday, said the nation’s prayers and condolences are with the hardworking traders and their families, who have reportedly saved little or nothing from the fire. He commended the immediate response of Governor Babagana Zulum’s government to the incident, as he directed effective…

Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, yesterday, accused Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, of kitting thugs up in military uniforms to attack APC supporters in the state. Omo-Agege, who spoke to journalists shortly after casting his vote in company of his wife at Orogun Ward 2, Polling Unit 19, said he could not sleep all through Friday night because he was inundated with reports of attacks on APC supporters by PDP thugs. But speaking after casting his vote at Eghoma Primary School, Ward 2, Unit 17, Ika North East Council, Okowa, who is the vice presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party…

• INEC declares Tinubu winner of Ekiti, shelves further announcement• Says IReV portal experiencing challenges• APC plotting to alter results in Katsina, Kaduna, Kano, Zamfara, others, PDP alleges • LP: We have documentary evidence results were manipulated• Allow INEC perform its duties, attempt to discredit election will fail, says APC• Only result announced by INEC is legitimate – Yakubu• Ohanaeze warns against manipulating results• Despite glitches, YIAGA Africa scores BVAS over 80% in areas monitored• CNPP wants results cancelled where BVAS machines were bypassed• NHRC urges redress of rights violation to avert violence Despite heightened hope, optimism and assurances over electronic…

Gov. Ben Ayade has lost his bid to return to the Senate following his defeat by the incumbent senator representing Cross River North, Sen. Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe. Ayade who was in the Senate between 2011 and 2015, lost the National Assembly elections conducted on Saturday with 56,595 votes against Agom-Jarigbe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 76,145 votes. The returning officer, Dr Emmanuel Emanghe, who spoke on behalf of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the result for the polls around 3:05 a.m. on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Agom-Jarigbe, a two-time member of…

The Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has again blamed vandals and thieves for the dwindling revenue from the nation’s oil and gas sector. Sylva, in a release, however insisted that the Federal Government was determined to end the trend through improved investments and security along the major oil and gas pipelines in the Niger Delta region. He denied that 40 per cent of the volumes of crude losses did not come from measurement inaccuracies, as claimed in the public.Sylva said the major sources of crude oil losses have primarily been theft, pipeline vandalism and production deferment as a…

Fellow Nigerians, it is with a tremendous sense of history and an immense awareness of the challenges ahead of us as a country that I address you today. For the past few months, my running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima and I and other leaders of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) have traversed the length and breadth of our country in the course of our campaigns for the forthcoming presidential, governorship and legislative elections at all levels. I have been overwhelmed by the enthusiastic crowds that have trooped out to receive us in all the states we visited.…

On 27th May 2022, I took a most important decision in my life to join great and patriotic Nigerians in Labour Party to rescue our dear country Nigeria from litany of leadership and governance failures. Later, I was most graciously elected as the Presidential Candidate to lead the crusade for a New Nigeria! I sincerely thank the members and leadership of Labour Party and other committed Nigerians like Professor Pat Utomi that made it possible. On deep reflection, I am eternally grateful to God for the decision to join Labour Party and to offer myself to serve and lead a…