Nigerian automobile tycoon and socialite, Olanrewaju Rasak Shittu is dead, reports thegazellenews.com. Shittu, who was one of Nigeria’s prominent automobile dealers and socialites, passed away Monday morning, 27 February, 2023 at age 65. A successful entrepreneur and the number one dealer of Mack trucks in Africa, holding the sole franchise for Mack brand vehicles in Nigeria and also the only dealer of Sany heavy duty equipment and Yutong buses in Nigeria. The successful business man was also a licensed dealer of KIA, NISSAN, Jinbei buses, and was the leading supplier of genuine spare parts to automobile dealers in Nigeria and…
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The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won in Jigawa State, reports thegazellenews.com. In the final result released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Dutse, the state capital, Tinubu polled a total of 421,390 votes to beat his nearest challenger and Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar who polled 386,587 votes. The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) candidate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso polled 98,234 to come fourth. Below is the full result as presented by each local government: Gagarawa APC: 8091 LP: 29 NNPP: 3770 PDP: 8870…
The Presidential Candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso has won the presidential election in home state, Kano, reports thegazellenews.com. In the final result released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kwankwaso polled a total of 1,179,889 votes to beat his nearest challenger and Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who polled 773,528 votes. The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar came a distant third with 143,213 votes.
The Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has been re-elected for the sixth consecutive term in the just concluded 2023 general elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Rt Hon Gbajabiamila winner of the election to represent Surulere Federal Constituency I on Sunday, 26 February, 2023. According to the official result declared by the Returning Officer for the Federal Constituency, Prof. Virgy Onyene at the Surulere Local Government office of the INEC, Femi Gbajabiamila of the APC won with 19,717 votes to defeat his closest rival Bosun Jeje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 5,121…
The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has sympathised with the victims of the early morning fire that gutted the popular Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State on Sunday, 26 February, 2023. Lawan sympathised with shop and property owners who must have suffered unquantifiable loss to the fire incident. He also commiserated with the State Government and the entire people of Borno over the unfortunate incident and expressed the belief that the appropriate authorities would find out the cause of the incident with a view to preventing a recurrence. “I commiserate with all the victims particularly the traders and shop…
The House of Representatives candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Agege Federal Constituency, Dr Wale Ahmed has been declared winner of the election and will be representing the Federal Constituency in the Green Chamber for the 10th Assembly, reports thegazellenews.com Dr Ahmed was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for the Federal Constituency on Sunday, 26 February, 2023. He polled a total of 27,445 votes to beat his nearest challenger, Sola Osolana of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 13,376 votes.
tTThe All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed deep sadness over the huge fire that razed the popular Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State and spoke of his readiness to help in the rebuilding of the market and giving succour to the victims of the inferno. In a condolence message by his Media Office, signed by Mr. Tunde Rahman, the APC candidate said: “I’m deeply saddened by the news of the fire that razed down the Maiduguri Monday Market. “My prayers and thought are with Governor Babagana Zulum, the government and people of Borno State and…
Three sexagenarian, who are also grandfathers and a Nigerien top the list of suspects arrested in connection with the seizure of over 52.25 kilogrammes of cocaine, methamphetamine, and skunk as well as 32,590 pills of opioids in some states. A press statement on Sunday by the spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi revealed that the suspects were arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in the past week. in Lagos, Kwara, Plateau, Sokoto and two courier companies. According to the statement, a suspect, Onyebi Chimaobi who frequents Cameroun, Ethiopia, Uganda and has been on NDLEA’s watchlist…
The Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Dr Ahmed Audi has commended officers and men of the Corps for their impressive performances and professional conducts during the first phase of the 2023 general election. He stated that from the reports obtained across the country, personnel of the Corps gave good accounts of themselves in the various polling stations they were deployed to in the 774 Local Government Areas of the country without undue interference and compromise. He charged them to carry over, the resilience, doggedness and commitment they displayed during the Presidential and National Assembly…
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has announced an emergency relief of N1 billion to provide urgent support to victims of fire incident at Monday Market. The Governor’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, in a statement said Zulum made a broadcast soon after he had visited the scene of the incident and had mobilized armed forces to secure the area to prevent breakdown of law and order. Zulum, in his broadcast in Hausa and Kanuri languages to the people of the state, said: “My fellow people of Borno State, We woke up today with a very sad and unfortunate fire disaster…