BREAKING: Ighodalo Wins Edo Governorship Olumide Akpata, Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Edo Governorship Election, has lost his polling unit to candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo. According to the result announced at Polling Unit 11, Ward 06, Oredo Local Government Area, Ighodalo polled 41 votes while Akpata trailed with 32 votes. Monday Okpebholo of the All Progress Congress (APC) came third with 19 votes. After casting his ballot earlier on Saturday, Ighodalo had baosted that he would win the governorship election by landslide. “We will win this election by landslide and move our state forward…
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BREAKING: ASUU Begins Indefinite Strike The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Imo State University (IMSU) chapter, on Friday, September 20, 2024, declared an indefinite strike to push for the resolution of long-standing issues related to their benefits. In a joint statement signed by the Chairperson and Secretary of ASUU-IMSU, Comrade Odinakachukwu Ejiogu and Comrade Lazarus Chikwendu, the union expressed frustration over the failure of authorities to address concerns that have persisted for several years. The statement emphasized that the decision to embark on a “total and comprehensive indefinite strike” was made after several attempts at negotiation yielded no results.…
Real Reason I Love Dancing — Says Adeleke As He Reveals New Style The Executive Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has explained the reasons behind his deep passion and love for dancing. The ‘Dancing Governor’, as he is fondly called, revealed this on Wednesday while responding to a tweet on X. An X user, @Iwogoke, while praising the governor, stated that Adeleke has been busy fulfilling his electoral promises to the people of Osun State, while his political opponents believe he is only good at dancing. Iwogoke tweeted, “I’m not flattering you, Your Excellency, your opponents think you can…
Labbadia Who Initially Rejected NFF Appointment, Announces Self As New Super Eagles’ Coach A German tactician, Bruno Labbadia has reannounced himself as the next head coach of the Nigerian National Football team, Super Eagles. This was disclosed in his recent post on Instagram on Friday, a few days after the football coach rejected his earlier appointment with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF). A report published by Kicker in August wrote: “Bruno Labbadia will not be the new national coach of Nigeria. The 58-year-old German football coach had been negotiating with the Africans for a week and, according to information from…
Edo Guber: CDS Speaks On President Tinubu’s Preferred Candidate The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa on Wednesday said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has no favourite candidate in the next Saturday Governorship election in Edo State. Ibom Focus reports that the Chief of Defence disclosed this at a meeting with the stakeholders, including INEC, Police and other security agencies in Benin City. Musa said the President’s favourite will be the person the electorate in the state elected as their governor. According to him, we want this election to be the most peaceful. That is the mandate from Mr. President.…
Fear In Abuja Over Earth Tremors Residents of Abuja living in Mpape district of Bwari Area Council have continued to live in panic and fear over suspected earth tremors and vibrations in parts of the Federal Capital City. The residents said that no one has formally come out to tell them the real cause of the tremors, but that they believed it was because of the regular blasting of rocks by mining companies in the area that may have caused it. A resident of Katampe axis of Mpape, Shedrack Illiasu, said that the tremors and vibrations were more than the…
BREAKING: EFCC Asked Me To Leave Without Interrogation; Says Wanted Yahaya Bello The immediate-past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has left the office complex of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja hours after reporting at the facility on Wednesday to honour the invitation of the agency over alleged N80.2bn fraud. Ibom Focus reports that the development comes after months of hide and seek game between the operatives of the anti-graft agency and the former governor. It will also be recalled that Bello was declared wanted by the EFCC after failing to honour the Commission’s invites and…
WATCH: Police Rescue Kidnap Victim Hidden Inside ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ Bag The Police Command in Rivers has rescued a teenager, who was kidnapped in Enugu and transported to Port Harcourt in a ‘Ghana-Must-Go’ bag. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Olatunji Disu, announced this during a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Disu said that the teenager, aged 16, was repeatedly raped by her kidnappers after being taken to Port Harcourt. He said that the crime was uncovered when officers in Abuloma Police Station received credible intelligence regarding suspicious movement of one of the suspects “Upon receiving the information,…
Tinubu Is Wealthy, Not Interested In Looting Nigeria’s Treasury; Says Minister Minister of State for Youth Development, Ayodele Olawande, has expressed confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s integrity, highlighting his wealth as a reason he has no interest in looting Nigeria’s resources. Speaking at the Joint Union Negotiating Council’s week in Abuja, Olawande reassured Nigerians of forthcoming positive changes under Tinubu’s administration. “I urge you to be patient with this administration. In no distant time, the country will take good shape and the lives of the citizens will be transformed,” Olawande said. He emphasised, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not a…
‘I Will Be Glad When You Gone’ – Old Tweet By Man Who Tried To Assassinate Trump Resurfaces Old tweets made by Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect arrested for the latest assassination attempt on Donald Trump, has resurfaced. The suspect fired shots in Trump’s vicinity on his golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday. Despite the shots fired, Trump wasn’t hurt as the US Secret Service spotted the suspect immediately. In a tweet shared in June 2020, Routh wrote: “@realDonaldTrump While you were my choice in 2106, I and the world hoped that president Trump would be different…