By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Deputy Speaker of Cross River House of Assembly, Mr Joseph Bassey, has congratulated Nigeria’s president-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, just as he said that Tinubu would revive Nigeria’s economic fortunes on assumption in office. Speaking in an interview with the a government owned media agency on Wednesday, 1 March, 2023, in Calabar, Bassey, who is also the House of Representatives member-elect for Akpabuyo/Bakassi/Calabar South Federal Constituency, said that Tinubu’s emergence was the wishes of the people. Thegazellenews.com reports that Tinubu was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) for having the highest vote cast in the…
Author: Soffiyyah Olamide
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Following the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as President-elect by the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Nigerian entertainers have taken to their social media accounts to express their views about Saturday, 25 February, 2023, presidential poll held nationwide. For instance, legendary Nollywood actress and die hard supporter of Tinubu, Joke Silva, via her verified Instagram account showered praise Tinubu over his presidential victory. Sharing some campaign videos of Tinubu on her page, she took to the caption section with these congratulatory words, “Congratulations!!!! “Congratulations Nigeria. We live in a country where we’re able…
The Senator-elect for Lagos Central Senatorial District, Rt Hon Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni has congratulated the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his Deputy, Senator Kashim Shettima for their victory at the just concluded Presidential Election. Rt Hon Eshilokun-Sanni stated this in a statement from his Media Office released on Wednesday, 1 March, 2023. “It’s a well deserved victory for Asiwaju and his Vice in particular and the All Progressives Congress (APC) in general. Asiwaju was consistent in his Renewed Hope manifesto and he is the only candidate that campaigned the most among the Presidential Candidates,” he said. Rt Hon Eshilokun-Sanni stated…
Many Nigerians who have left the country under the ‘Japa’ syndrome in search of greener pastures abroad will return if the words of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is anything to go by. At his residence on Bourdillon Street in Ikoyi, Tinubu said he was optimistic that millions of Nigerians abroad would make a return home if he is elected as President. He assured of friendly policies and improvement on the ease of doing business which will make their home coming a worth while. According to him, Nigeria under his leadership will encourage more…
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo could not deliver his polling unit to his preferred Candidate, Peter Obi of the Labour Party as the All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu won the unit with a wide margin, reports thegazellenews.com. The former President who has been vocal and visible with his support for the Labour Party candidate delivered a miserly nine votes for Peter Obi in his polling unit at Unit 2, Ward 11, Olushomi compound, Totoro-Sokori Area, Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The APC Candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu won with 56 votes while Alhaji Atiku…
By Temitope Ajayi They took a flight of fancy hoping to win the presidency of Nigeria with Igbo votes in Lagos. Such grand delusion. You can’t win a presidential election in Nigeria just because you think harvesting the anger of few hate-propelled young people, including sexual deviants and luminaries of the cybercrime community, who congregated at Lekki Toll gate, in a choreographed exhibition of derangement is all it takes. You’re well advised to perish the thought of anyone being rigged out. This is the most peaceful, transparent, credible, free and fair election in Nigeria, all thanks to BVAS and Buhari’s…
The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed lost his polling unit to Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna state. In the result announced by the Presiding Officer of Polling Unit 021 at Tudun Wada Ward in Zaria Local Government Area, PDP scored 102 votes while the APC polled a total of 99 votes to come second. The Labour Party came a distant third with 54 votes while the NNPP got eleven votes. The total number of accredited voters was 272. – Source: Channels TV
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Voters went on rampage in some communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State over the shortage of ballot papers meant for the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state. The protesters who gathered at Ward 4, Epie 1, which has 47 units, covering Agudama and Akenpai Communities, are insisting that elections would not hold in their area until the missing ballot papers are replaced. The Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO), Austin Atekere, said that when he and his colleagues received the materials from the INEC headquarters in Yenagoa, they were not sorted until they got…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has confirmed that thugs snatched Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, machines in Delta and Katsina States. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, confirmed the development on Saturday, 25 February, 2023, while briefing newsmen at the collation centre, Abuja on the ongoing general elections. Yakubu said reports from the process nationwide indicated that there have been some challenges, noting that challenges include problems of logistics and insecurity. In another related development, voting was disrupted Saturday afternoon, 25 February, 2023, at a polling unit on Ibadan Street near Herbert Macaulay in Lagos. A resident…
Hoodlums Led by PDP Notorious Thug ‘Emir’ – In what appeared like a war situation in some parts of Osun State, political hoodlums loyal to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the State, led by one notorious miscreant Olalekan Ajagungbade popularly called “Emir” reportedly unleashed mayhem on the people of the state who came out to exercise their civic duty. It was reported that the hoodlums, who were large in number, also attacked the country home of the immediate past Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola where several polling units were raided as already thump-printed ballot boxes were carted away by the…