In the result so far announced for the Kogi West Senatorial district rerun election, Senator Dino Melaye of the Peoples Democratic Party is trailing Senator Smart Adeyemi of the All Progressives Congress.
Out of five of the seven local governments of the zone announced so far, Adeyemi beat Melaye in three, while Melaye won in two. Adeyemi now has 48,676 votes, while Melaye has 39,189 votes.
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Here are the results:
Kogi Koton Karfe LG
Total Registered Voters – 53,580
Accredited Voters – 25,809
APC – 14,168
PDP – 9,786
TOTAL VALID VOTES- …
In May this year, the Supreme Court had declared null and void, the elections of all the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State in the 2019 general election and held that the Appeal Court in Sokoto was right, when it agreed with the party that the APC did not conduct primaries in the state.
In a unanimous pronouncement by a five-man panel led by the then Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Tanko Muhammad, the apex court declared the party with the highest number of votes cast at the election aside the appellants (APC and co) …
The one lesson from the recent ruling against celebrity photographer, Mrs. Busola Dakolo in the rape charge against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of Commonwealth Zion Assembly is that the law does not pander to emotions but facts. Tobi Soniyi writes
The judgment of Justice Oathman Musa of a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja, dismissing the suit filed by celebrity photographer, Mrs. Busola Dakolo, against the Senior Pastor of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, would not be a surprise to lawyers, who know their onions.
This is because it was obvious that Mrs. Dakolo did …
Nigeria is an untapped market for mobile money with significant revenue potential. The telcos operating in the country have, therefore, positioned themselves to grab the opportunities presented by the evolving business expected to rapidly drive the cashless policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria and deepen financial inclusion, writes Bamidele Famoofo
Mobile money is a service whereby customers use their mobile phone device to send and receive monetary value – or more simply put, to transfer money electronically from one person to another using a mobile phone as mobile wallet.
The planned incursion of telcos into the space, as they …
With the recent abduction of Justice Chioma Iheme-Nwosu, a judge of the Benin Division of the Court of Appeal, it might have become profitable targeting judges for kidnapping, Davidson iriekpen writes
After two weeks in captivity, a judge of the Court of Appeal in Edo State, Justice Chioma Iheme-Nwosu, who was kidnapped in Benin City, the state capital, last Wednesday, regained her freedom. Information reaching THISDAY said the judge was released in the city in the dead of the night from where she made her way home.
The Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Danmallam, who later confirmed the …
Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has advised lawmakers not to join the rank of killers with their plan to pass the Hate Speech Bill into law.
Soyinka, in a statement he issued on Friday tittled ‘Is it now cool to kill? – An anguished letter to Nigerian lawmakers,’ advised the legislators to reconsider their position even as he reminded them that they might be victims of the law in the future.
Also yesterday the Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON) called on the kicked against any attempt by …
President Muhammadu Buhari has explained that 35 aides were not sacked from the Office of the Vice President instead they were redeployed to a new ministry.
The President who fielded questions from NTA State House Correspondent at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, upon his return from a private visit from the United Kingdom described the interpretations of his directives as a sack as ‘unfortunate’.
The President described what happened as a re-organisation and not a sacking, stressing that, a new ministry has recently been created, that is, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and …
Sources across the state indicated that the card readers functioned smoothly in most polling units.
In Yenagoa, a voter, Ebikeme Doubra, described the process as “peaceful except for isolated cases of attempts to snatch ballot box which was thwarted by security agents”.
“Some thugs attempted to disrupt the process and they were contained by security agencies in Ekeki and Opolo areas of Yenagoa, but other places were peaceful.
“The election was smooth
At least 10 civilians have been killed and about 15 others wounded in a car bomb attack in the northern Syrian border town of al-Bab, according to the Turkish defence ministry.
In a Twitter post, the ministry said Saturday’s attack on a bus terminal also wounded more than 15 others. Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency gave a higher toll of at least 18 dead and 30 wounded, saying several cars and buildings were damaged in the attack, which involved two bomb-laden vehicles.
Since 2016, Turkey and its Syrian rebel allies have mounted three separate military operations in northern Syria against
Beirut, Lebanon – In the unlit parking lots around Martyr’s Square in downtown Beirut, the darkness is illuminated only by lightbulbs strung from camping-style tarps. Thousands have gathered here every evening for the last few weeks. Rows of plastic chairs are full, others sit on the floor or jostle among those standing to get a good view.
From afar, it resembles an outdoor festival, but this is no fairground. These private parking lots lie in the heart of the upscale Beirut Central District run by a private corporation, Solidere, which has effectively transformed the heart of the Lebanese capital into …
The House of Representatives Committee on Air Force says that Chief of Air Staff Sadique Abubakar should appear and explain the factors that lead to the crash of a training helicopter in Enugu.
The committee gave the directive in a statement issued by the Chairman, Rep. Shehu Koko (APC-Kebbi) on Saturday in Abuja.
Koko said that the house had the determination to investigate the remote cause of the ugly incident to avoid future recurrence.
The chairman gave thanks to God that no life was lost in the accident which occurred as the helicopter was returning from a routine exercise.
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The journalists were returning from the polling station when the incident happened and left the victims submerged but the timely intervention of sympathisers rescued the journalists whose mobile phones, cameras and recorders were all completely drenched beyond repair.
