By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday, 25 February, 2023, won in the polling unit of Vice President Yemi Osibanjo in Ojurege Ward 1, Polling Unit 14 in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State. Tinubu gathered 33 votes, Peter Obi of the Labour party, LP polled 9 votes, and Atiku Abubakar, Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received 7 votes. Of the 110 registered voters, only 60 participated at the polling unit, which recorded 8 void votes. In the senatorial results in the polling unit, the…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday, 25 February, 2023, won in the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde’s polling unit. According to the results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Tinubu gathered 104 votes, the Labour Party candidate, Peter Obi, who came second, received 82 votes while Atiku Abubakar had 27 votes. The Action Democratic Party, ADP, and All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA recorded 2 votes each, while the Action Alliance, AA, had one vote. A total of 17 void votes were recorded.
By Abimbola Ogunnaike At least ten people were confirmed killed and 35 others injured on Friday after a bus fell into a ravine in northern Algeria. The Algerian civil protection authority which confirmed the accident in a statement issued late Friday night, 24 February, 2023, added that the accident took place in the province of Bouira. Algerian President, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, offered his condolences to the families of the accident victims. According to the statistics of the Algerian National Center for Prevention and Road Safety, more than 90 percent of traffic accidents in Algeria were caused by human errors, in particular…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike No fewer than 13 civilians were killed and three others wounded in a Thursday, 23 February, 2023, raid on a village in central Mali by armed men. In a video posted by a news website, crackling automatic weapons could be heard as the village of Kani-Bonzon was set on fire on Thursday afternoon. The attack and casualties were confirmed by Amadou Yaro, president of the Bankass Circle Council, who said the governor of the region went to the scene at night to support the victims of “this barbaric attack. “It is horrible what we have just seen.…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Nigerians will be going out to the polls today, Saturday, 25 February, 2023, in their millions to elect the country’s next president for the next four years. They will decide the fate of 18 presidential candidates who are jostling to replace the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) who is completing his second term in office. The standard-bearers: Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC; Atiku Abubakar, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Peter Obi, Labour Party(LP); and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP); among others, had within the period of the campaigns, traveled to…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike with agency report The European Union has approved a tenth package of sanctions against Russia, following Washington’s announcement of imposing sweeping restrictions on the country. “Together, the EU member states have imposed the most forceful and far-reaching sanctions ever to help Ukraine win the war,” the Swedish EU presidency announced on Twitter on Friday night. “The EU stands united with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. We will keep supporting Ukraine, for as long as it takes.” The EU package includes tighter export checks regarding dual-use goods as well as sanctions against entities supporting the Russian war in…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The National Conscience Party (NCP) has endorsed the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Leaders of the party took the decision after its emergency National Coordinating Council meeting in Abuja. A Communique signed by Adebola Lateef, National Secretary; Pastor Peters Omoragbon, NDC South-South; and Comrade Waheed Lawal, Acting National Chairman was issued at the end of the meeting. In the communiqué made available to thegazellenews.com via email on Saturday, 25 February, 2023, the party also denied endorsing the Labour Party(LP) Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, stressing that its leadership was not consulted by the former chairman…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has assured that today, Saturday, 25 February, 2023, Presidential and National Assembly Elections would be concluded and a winner declared as quickly as possible. Yakubu made the promise on Friday, 24 February, 2023, in Abuja at the second press briefing on preparations for the 2023 general elections at the national collation centre situated at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja. Recall that in the previous election circles, presidential results and winner were formally declared after two days of the elections. Assuring that the commission will…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Ahead of Saturday, 25 February, 2023, presidential election, a large number of armed soldiers have taken over Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, particularly the Obudu town where the state Governor, Ben Ayade comes from. They can be seen in strategic locations in complete battle gear and their Armoured personnel carriers. Different other platoons are also stationed in other parts of Cross River North Senatorial District considered to be flashpoints of violence. This development, thegazellenews.com gathered, maybe connected to the fact the state Governor is in the race against a sitting Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe for the…
The police in Rivers State have arrested a serving member of the House of Representatives with over US$500,000 in his possession. Hon. Chinyere Igwe, a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) member representing Port Harcourt Federal Constituency II, was arrested in the early hours of Friday, 24 February, 2023, in Port Harcourt. He was caught with over Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($500,000.00) which he claimed was given to him by his party’s Presidential Candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to ensure his electoral success in Rivers State. The police also recovered the sharing formula from him. From the document recovered from him, they…