Labour Party Wins As INEC Announces National Assembly Election Results In Rivers Labour Party Wins As INEC Announces National Assembly Election Results In Rivers The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Rivers has released winners of the National Assembly election conducted on Feb. 25 in Rivers. INEC announced the results in a statement issued to newsmen by the commission’s Public Affairs Officer, Mrs Geraldine Ekelemu, in Port Harcourt on Saturday. The commission announced the winner of the Rivers South-East Senatorial District as Mpigi Barinada of PDP with 53,734 votes to defeat his closest APC rival, Ngofa Nyimenuate who polled 24,123…
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Tinubu’s Victory: I Will Renounce My Nigerian Citizenship – Farooq Kperogi Tinubu’s Victory: I Will Renounce My Nigerian Citizenship – Farooq Kperogi Prof. Farooq Kperogi, a Nigerian social critic based in the United States, in March 2022, stated that Bola Tinubu, then as a presidential aspirant under the All Progressives Congress (APC), was unfit for office and he (Kperogi) would immediately renounce his Nigerian citizenship if Tinubu ever became president. Not only Tinubu, Kperogi also listed the Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, Rivers State counterpart, Nyesom WIke, and the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, as “Presidents who will make me renounce…
Tinubu’s Victory: Wike Mocks Atiku Says We Made History Tinubu’s Victory: Wike Mocks Atiku Says We Made History Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said he commended Nigerians for supporting the power shift to the Southern region of the country. Wike who spoke on Friday in Ibadan, Oyo State capital said with the emergence of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress as the President-elect, the issue of the rotational presidency had been settled for good. The governor also lauded the governor of the state, Seyi Makinde for being part of those that make the historic movement achievable. Wike…
2023: I Would Have Picked Obi As Running Mate – Atiku Abubakar Cries Out 2023: I Would Have Picked Obi As Running Mate – Atiku Abubakar Cries Out Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) party in the just concluded polls, Atiku Abubakar has said he would have picked his challenger in the Labour Party, Peter Obi again as his running mate should he have remained in the party. Atiku said this on Thursday during a world press conference on the 2023 presidential election. According to him, Obi left PDP in 2022 when it was obvious he won’t get…
Ikpeazu Lands In Trouble Over N27.4b Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Ikpeazu Lands In Trouble Over N27.4b An Abia lawmaker, Hon. Obinna Ichita has once again asked the governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu to account for the N27.4 billion World Bank grant to the state. The member representing Aba South state constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Obinna Ichita, through his lawyer, Mr Aloy Ejimakor, formally wrote to Ikpeazu, demanding details of how the money was deployed. In his two-page letter requested the governor under the Freedom of Information Act, to immediately furnish him with…
Presidency: We’ll Go Extra Mile For Peter Obi To Reclaim Mandate Presidency: We’ll Go Extra Mile For Peter Obi To Reclaim Mandate Apex Igbo sociocultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said it is willing to go extra mile to ensure Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) reclaim his mandate in court. Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Obi in the recently concluded presidential election held last Saturday. Following his defeat, the LP presidential candidate vowed to challenge Tinubu’s victory at the election tribunal. Dr. Alex Ogbonnia, National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze said the group…
PDP Speaks On Gov Adeleke Defecting To Another PDP Speaks On Gov Adeleke Defecting To Another The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State has denied any plans by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is as the Osun PDP also dismissed all the rumours being spread on social media as fallacious and cheap lies. Unconfirmed reports on social media on Friday claimed Governor Ademola Adeleke had sent emissaries to the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu The reports also had it that Governor Adeleke planned to defect to the APC in the coming…
Aso Rock Chapel Will Be Shut Down Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Aso Rock Chapel Will Be Shut Down Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, has lamented that it is not the will of God that the chapel in Aso Rock will be closed for four years as a result of the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Okowa spoke on Friday at a meeting with members of Isoko Church Leaders Council held at God’s Fountain of Life Mission, Oleh, Isoko South local government area of the state, pleading that is time for people to truly pray and…
Atiku Lost Presidential Polls, Primaries Six Times Serial presidential aspirant Atiku Abubakar once again lost out in the February 25th presidential election. Fortune failed to smile at him this time around again. Atiku, since 1993, has continued to eye the presidency seat but has been unsuccessful. Running for President six times — 1993, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023 — was fraught with many of the same hurdles. He has contested six times for presidential tickets. On February 25, it was the third time he lost a presidential contest. At 76, this may be Atiku’s last attempt at having a shot…
Police Speaks On Labour Party Supporter Committing Suicide Police Speaks On Labour Party Supporter Committing Suicide Plateau State Police Command has described the case of an alleged suicide by a Labor Party supporter in Plateau State as false, unfounded, and inciting. The social media was awash during the week that a 19-year-old boy who was a Labor Party supporter committed suicide in Jos, Plateau State, after the presidential election result was announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). It was gathered that the boy left a message on his Facebook page, which read: “I will tell God INEC killed…