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Tinubu wins 10 LGs in Ogun State

Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, has won in all 10 out of 20 local government areas that have been declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ogun State.

The local government officers declared the results at the state collation centre in Abeokuta on Sunday. The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, is currently behind the APC based on the results that have been declared so far. The 10 local governments that have been declared are Remo North, Ikenne, Egbado-South, Ewekoro, Abeokuta North, Ijebu-North, Ijebu North-East, Imeko Afon, Odeda, and Ijebu-Ode. Breakdown of the voting results: (1) Remo North: APC- 5814, PDP – 3627, LP – 984, NNPP – 22 (2) Ikenne: APC – 9431, PDP – 6616, LP – 2698, NNPP – 39 (3) Egbado-South: APC – 18471, PDP – 5012, LP – 3126, NNPP – 117 (4) Ewekoro LG: APC – 9,778, PDP – 3646, LP – 2287 (5) Abeokuta North: APC – 20,094, PDP – 5057, LP – 4092 (6) Ijebu North LG: APC – 21,844, PDP – 7233, LP – 2372 (7) Ijebu North-East: APC – 7430, PDP – 2,859, LP – 1779 I(8) Imeko Afon: APC – 12,146, PDP – 4560, LP – 568, NNPP – 32 (9) Odeda: APC – 12945, PDP 3855, NNPP – 73 (10) Ijebu Ode: APC – 16072, PDP – 4057, LP – 3162, NNPP – 56

Tinubu sweeps 12 LGAs in Oyo State

2023 Elections: Tinubu sweeps 12 LGAs in Oyo

As result collation continues in the 2023 elections, Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), emerged victorious in 12 local government areas of Oyo State.

Tinubu competed in the 2023 presidential elections against the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, defeating them both. The local government areas in which Tinubu was declared the winner are as follows: Ibadan North West: APC 13078, PDP 6011, LP 4820 Kajola: APC 11917, PDP 9358, LP 503 Afijio: APC 8876, PDP 4112, LP 1925 Itesiwaju: APC 6180, PDP 4948, LP 387 Atisbo: APC 7928, PDP 4031, LP 1178 Atiba: APC 15046, PDP 6180, LP 1234 Lagelu: APC 16011, PDP 5112, LP 4066 Oyo West: APC 14076, PDP 4544, LP 1724 Iseyin: APC 19731, PDP 6588, LP 1371 Ibarapa East: APC 10575, PDP 4800, LP 779 Saki East: APC 6414, PDP 3634, LP: 1144 Ibarapa Central: APC 10291, PDP 5169, LP 726 The announcement of the results for Ibarapa North and Oyo East has been postponed due to inconsistencies in the figures. The centre is currently on a break and will reconvene later today. The state collation officer, Professor Babatunde Olusola, who is also the acting Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, made the announcement.

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Labour Party demands cancellation of election results in Rivers state

The Labour Party (LP) has called for the cancellation of election results from Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections conducted in Rivers State.

Labour Party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, said elections were manipulated in places like Obio/Akpor, Khana, Eleme, Obigbo and Rumukoro amongst others in Rivers. Abure also alleged that political thugs invaded various polling units and collation centres, took away election materials including the results sheets and “manipulated the BVAS machines and uploaded fake results into the Central portal”. The Labour Party Chairman who also claimed that they recorded 323 votes at the polling units in Governor Nyesom Wike’s compound in Worji, against the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which polled 5 and 2 votes respectively, also alleged that security agents were used to snatch ballot papers. The statement read; “We took particular note of incidences in places like Obio/Akpor, Khana, Eleme, Obigbo, Rumukoro and several other areas where Labour Party was clearly leading in virtually all the polling units with very wide margins. “Nigerians went into this election based on the assurances by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC that the deployment of BVAS was a perfect antidote to electoral malpractices in Nigeria, but what transpired across Nigeria, if allowed to stand is purely a betrayal of trust by millions of Nigerians on INEC. “Some of these manipulations happened way into late in the night. We demand that INEC investigate these atrocities against Nigerian voters by the political class. “We are therefore asking that INEC should rise to the occasion and cancel all the unverified and manipulated results arising from the presidential and national assembly elections in parts of Rivers state particularly in places like Obio/Akpor, Khana, Eleme, Obigbo and Rumukoro amongst others.”

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EFCC nabs woman with 18 PVCs in Kaduna State

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on the 25th of February 2023, intercepted a woman with 18 PVCs in Kaduna State.

The incident reportedly occurred in the Badarwa area of Kaduna, Kaduna State. The suspect identified as Maryam Mamman Alhaji, a member of the support group of one of the leading political parties, also had in her possession, a 17-page list containing names of eligible voters, their bank details, and phone numbers as accredited under Badarwa/Malali Ward 01 and 08, Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State. She was nabbed after undercover operatives pretended they had voter cards and were desperate to sell them. The culprit is currently being grilled by operatives of the Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC. EFCC is also in the process of unravelling other members of her syndicate whom she claimed are also collecting voters’ cards and paying monies through PoS or direct bank transfers

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Missing 300 level Benue State University student found dead

Erekaa Naomi Dooshima, a 300-level student of Benue State University has been reportedly found dead a few days after she went missing.

Dooshima, also known as Affection, who was a Mass Communication. She was reported missing three days ago and all efforts made to locate her whereabouts proved abortive. According to Benue activist, Ukan Kurugh, a phone, ID card, and blood-stained clothes allegedly belonging to the student were found around Rahama clinic opposite Medical school in Makurdi on Tuesday, February 21. The missing 300-level student’s body was found on Wednesday, February 22. Dooshima’s body is currently being exhumed by operatives of the Benue State Police Command.

A post on Facebook reads: “Why this small girl? Her poor mum is now dealing with the pains of losing her husband 2yrs ago and her daughter today. May the killers of Erekaa Naomi Dooshima be caught and dealt with”

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AKA will not get a state funeral

The Presidency has rejected a proposal from the Guanteng Premier Panyaza Lusuif’s office to give Kiernan “AKA“ Forbes a state funeral. According to the report, Guanteng Premier Panyaza Lusuif’s office requested President Cyril Ramaphosa to hold a provincial State Funeral in honor of the late rapper Kiernan AKA Forbes by draping his coffin with the South African flag and flying the flag at half-mast. “We felt that a person of this international stature… there must be some form of honour and we want to clarify that it was not a financial contribution, but it was an honour of draping the coffin, ensuring the flag flies at half-mast, and ensuring that it [is] a befitting funeral.” “We will also provide security support for the family and ensure that the family feels our support and our comfort.” AKA was killed in front of a restaurant on Florida Road in Durban, in a crime that looked like a hit. Presidency rejects Gauteng premier’s request for AKA state funeralhttps://t.co/BHbsxXR0XD pic.twitter.com/Evv1C56Zw0 — News24 (@News24) February 16, 2023

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NAFDAC declares state of emergency on skin bleaching

NAFDAC has declared that the prevalent use of skin-bleaching creams in Nigeria has become a national health emergency.

Mojisola Adeyeye, the director-general of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, made the declaration at the Media Sensitization Workshop on the dangers of bleaching Creams and Regulatory Controls, held in Kano on Thursday, 9th of February. According to her, “The World Health Organization study in 2018 revealed that the use of skin bleaching cream is prevalent amongst 77 percent of Nigerian women, which is the highest in Africa compared to 59 percent in Togo, 35 percent in South Africa and 27 percent in Senegal. These scary statistics have shown that the menace of bleaching creams in Nigeria has become a national health emergency that requires a multi-faceted regulatory approach.
Part of the approach is consultative and sensitization meetings like this. Another is a heightened raid on the cream outlets.”

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Traditionalist arrested with human skull in Niger State

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a suspected ritualist in whose possession a human skull was found in Niger state.

The suspect, identified as Abdulrahman Woru resides in Babana. He is said to be from Gbesewona village of Benin Republic. The 38-year-old suspect was arrested on the 24th of January, 2024 based on a tip-off. Police PRO, Wasiu Abiodun explained that the suspect was arrested at Babana after he was suspected of being in possession of a human skull. According to him, “when a search was conducted in his house a h¥man sk¥ll, three pieces of suspected h¥man ribs, two idols and cash sum of 5000 CFA of Benin Rep currency were recovered. During interrogation, he confessed that the human skull recovered belonged to him. He claimed that he migrated from Benin Republic to Nigeria about four years ago for his business, without any immigration document, and that he is a traditional medicine practitioner.” Wasiu additionally noted that the suspect further claimed that he recently traveled to Benin Rep, and while entering Nigeria, he saw a bag on the road with the skull in it. “The suspect said he tied it on his motorcycle and took it home, because he believed it will be useful for his work, and he did not report to the Police,” the state Police spokesman disclosed.

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Ademola Adeleke breaks silence following dismissal as Osun State Governor

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke rejects the Tribunal’s judgement which sacked him on Friday, January 27, 2023.

This comes hours after the Tribunal declared the former governor, Adegboyega Oyetola as the lawful winner of the July 16th, 2022 elections, having found ‘proof’ of over-voting. Ademola Adeleke has, however, assured his supporters that there is no cause for alarm while affirming that he would challenge the ruling at the Court of Appeal. “Let our people be reassured that we will do everything possible to retain this widely acclaimed mandate,” the governor said in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed. The judgment has stirred mixed reactions across social media networks in Osun State, and Nigeria as a whole.

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Ademola Adeleke sacked as Governor of Osun state by tribunal

An Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has removed Senator Ademola Adeleke as Governor of the state.

Adeleke’s victory in the July 16, 2022, governorship election in Osun state was upturned by a three-man panel led by Justice Tertsea Kume on Friday, January 27. This followed the admission of claims of over-voting in some polling units in the state. According to the tribunal, Adegboyega Oyetola, a former Governor of the state who was the All Progressives Congress candidate in the election, garnered 314,931 votes in the election against Adeleke’s 219,666 votes.

The majority judgement was split two to one. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has now been ordered to withdraw the Certificate of Return issued to Adeleke be withdrawn and issue another to Adegboyega Oyetola.

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