The Chairman of Ward E branch of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Ifako-Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Akin Aderinoye narrowly escaped death on Saturday, 18 March, 2023, when some aggrieved members of the party threatened to set him ablaze over alleged misappropriation of fund meant for payment of party agents and canvassers. One of the canvassers who spoke with thegazellenews.com stated that Aderinoye has refused to pay them despite having collected their money from the leadership of the party at the state level. “He has been dodging us since Tuesday that the money has been paid to him. He…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Cornellius Oyefolu Ojelabi has delivered all the polling units in his town for his party and Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Pastor Ojelabi proved to be a prophet loved even at his home base as his popularity shine through leading his party to win all the polling units in his town, Ese ofin in Ojo Local Government Area of the state. In Unit 003, APC polled 135 votes for both Governorship and State Assembly Elections while its nearest rival, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) polled 41 and 38…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested four vote buyers in Sokoto and Katsina States during the governorship and houses of assembly elections on Saturday. In its election monitoring operations across the States of the Federation, officers of the anti-corruption agency encountered some vote buyers at Kauran Miyo Primary School in Bodingo Town of Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The Sokoto State Monitoring Team of the Commission arrested the three male vote-buyers – Mahe Bello, Musa Adamu and Mustapha Mohammed, all of Kauran Miyo Bodinga. Mahe Bello was caught in possession of a…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has vowed that with the improvement in the electoral process by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the ongoing Governorship and State Assembly Elections, he will accept the outcome of the election. The Governor, who is seeking reelection for second term on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), made the vow during a chat newsmen won Saturday, 18 March, 2023 after casting his vote at Bakin Dutse Polling Unit 008, in Yelwan Duguri, Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state. According to the Governor, the process so…
The attention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to a statement made by Labour Party (LP) Governorship Candidate, Gbadebo Chinedu Rhodes-Vivour on today’s elections. He accuses the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the police of “provoking Lagosians” and warning that “if tonight Lagos catches fire, it is not our fault”. He says “a lot of places are still under attack by thugs and hooligans of the APC”. This scaremongering is typical of bad losers who lack the spirit of sportsmanship. The security agencies should note Mr Rhodes-Vivour’s threat to set Lagos on fire as his predilection…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia, has won the two polling units in Benue State Government House in Makurdi. Alia, the APC candidate polled 130 votes to defeat PDP’s candidate, Engr. Titus Uba, who scored 43 votes at the Arts Theatre polling unit 011. At the Protocol polling unit 022, APC scored 36 votes while PDP scored 10 votes. Governor Samuel Ortom is one of the seven governors who lost their senatorial bids. A member of the G-5 led by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Ortom has been struggling to maintain his…
The Minister for Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, has that he is glad with the way BVAS machine turned out at his polling unit during the Governorship and House of Assembly polls. Fashola who cast his ballot few minutes to mid-day at Unit 023 on Itolo Street in Surulere said the entire process was seamless. According to him, Nigerians though deserves an improvement in the conduct of the Electoral process by INEC adding that casting aspersions on them may prevent the right people to seek employment there. The Minister explained that the major challenge faced by INEC during…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Palpable fear enveloped some parts of Ojo in Lagos State as suspected hoodlums disrupted voting exercise in some of the polling units, near a military zone housing the popular Ojo Cantonment. It was gathered that voting was going on peacefully this morning when some hoodlums came around and started shooting sporadically into the air to scare voters away from the polling units. As a result of this development, the military personnel from the cantonment had to wade in to bring peace back to the areas under siege of the hoodlums. A resident in the area told thegazellenews.com on phone that…
Abimbola Ogunnaike No fewer than 10 ballot boxes were destroyed across several polling units in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of Kano State on Saturday,18 March 2023. It was gathered that voting was progressing peacefully until when unidentified hoodlums went on rampage disrupted the electoral process and destroyed the ballot boxes. Some of the wards and polling units where the incident happened include: Dugurawa (4 boxes), Jujin Kosau, Jili ward; Yelwa, Kongi 009. The voters had no option but to run away from the polling units to safety. It was gathered some officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Few weeks after the largest market, Monday Market, in Maiduguri, Borno State was razed down and over 10,000 shops burnt, Biu Central Market, the second largest market in the state is currently on fire. Traders were rushing to the scene on Saturday, 18 March, 2023 as smoke billowed into the sky. Some sections of Biu Central Market were razed while voting exercise was on Vice Chairman of Civilian JTF in Biu, Aliyu Isa, said they were alerted of the outbreak around 9:00am, adding that it took the effort of good Samaritans and fire service to subdue the inferno. “It’s has…