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Dino Melaye wins Kogi PDP governorship primary

Former Kogi West Senator, Dino Melaye, emerges as the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate for the Kogi State Governorship Election.

In an indirect primary held in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, Dino Melaye won 313 votes, defeating Jabiru Usman, his closest rival, who polled 127 votes. Yomi Awoniyi, a former Deputy Governor, scored 77 votes, while Musa Wada, the PDP’s governorship candidate in 2019, received 56 votes. Ahmed Makarfi, the chairman of the PDP Primary Election Committee, announced the results on Sunday. Dino will be running against the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Usman Ododo, a former Auditor General of Local Government in Kogi State in the November 11, 2023 poll.

House of Representatives majority leader, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, wins re-election bid

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado Doguwa wins the Tudun Wada/Doguwa Constituency seat of Kano State.

Doguwa bagged the federal seat following a supplementary election held on Saturday in the area. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)’s returning officer Professor Sani Ibrahim announced the results, saying the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate got 41, 573 votes. His closest opponent and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) flagbearer Yushau Salisu polled 34,831 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) got 211. A breakdown of the voter register showed that 227, 912 persons were registered, and 80, 933 got accreditation. But after Saturday’s exercise, the total votes cast was 79, 705; valid votes were 78,788, and rejected ballots amounted to 917. Doguwa will be serving his fifth term when the 10th assembly is inaugurated in June. This is coming weeks after he was arrested for alleged m¥rder on Election Day in Kano.

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Timipre Sylva wins APC governorship ticket in Bayelsa

Timipre Sylva, who recently served as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has emerged as the winner of the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary held on Friday.

The announcement was made by A.T. Jibrin, the chairman of the election committee, at the APC State Secretariat in Yenagoa. Sylva defeated five other contestants, including Joshua Machiver, Festus Danumiebi, Maureen Etebu, David Lyon, and Isikima Johnson, with a total of 52,061 votes. The committee chairman expressed gratitude to all stakeholders for the peaceful conduct of the primary election. In his acceptance speech, Timipre Sylva, a former governor of the state, called for the support of his fellow contestants to ensure victory for the APC. Represented by Sunny Goli, a member of the House of Representatives, he said, “Lets us work together as a family to win the Bayelsa governorship election on Nov. 11, 2023.”

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Drake wins $2.7million as Israel Adesanya floored Alex Pereira

Drake has won a massive $2.7million after Israel Adesanya floored Alex Pereira at UFC 287 to reclaim the middleweight title. The Nigerian mixed martial artist won back the 185lb title just five months after he lost it to Pereira, who has previously beaten him twice in kickboxing. Reports have it that Drake lost the sum of $ 1.6 million after backing Adesanya to win in that fight but he made amends for the rapper in his rematch with Pereira.

The American rapper placed a $500,000 bet on Adesanya to win. Drake’s bet returned $885,000 and a $400,000 bet for him to win by knockout, returned a whopping $ 1.8 million. When asked about Drake’s bet after his fight, Adesanya said: “Shoutout to everyone that bet on me but you have to realise that when I step into the octagon I put my life on the line. That’s the biggest parlay you can ever do. I’m a betting man too so shoutout to stake, we are about to make another deal and get more money.”

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Bukayo Saka wins first Premier League player of the month award

Arsenal forward Bukayo Saka has won the Premier League’s Player of the Month award for March. Saka was among a six-man shortlist for the award alongside Alexander Isak, Alexis Mac Allister, Tyrone Mings, Mohamed Salah, and Arsenal teammate Leandro Trossard. This is the first time Saka will be winning the award. He moved into double figures for both goals and assists in March, netting his tenth goal of the campaign in a 4-0 win over Everton to kick off the month, a game in which he also bagged an assist. It is the second time this season the prize has been handed to an Arsenal player, with captain Martin Odegaard receiving the November/December award.

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Tsatsi makes history, wins HOH for the 3rd time and free slot to finale

Big Brother Titan housemate Tsatsi has made history as she wins the Head of House (HOH) games for the third time.

Tsatsi did not only win the head of house this week but also got a free slot in the finale on the 3rd of April. Tsatsi and Ebubu who were formerly pairs (Royals) won the heads of house in the third and the 7th week. She has however won the Head of House once again after the pairing in the house was dissolved. She also gets the chance to join the two veto power holders Ipeleng and Ebubu in the finale.

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Catholic Priest, Fr. Hyacinth Alia wins Benue governorship election

Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, has been declared as the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Benue state, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Fr. Alia polled 473,933 votes to defeat his closest rival and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Titus Uba, who scored 223,913 votes. The Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna declared Alia as winner of the election.

The Catholic Priest will now be taking over from Governor Samuel Ortom of the PDP who lost in a senatorial election he contested in. Ortom is a two-term Governor.

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APC’s Umar Namadi Dammodi wins governorship election in Jigawa State

Umar Namadi Dammodi, candidate for the All Progressive Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the governorship election in Jigawa State.

Umar Namadi was declared the winner of the governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Jigawa State after polling 618,449 votes. “The candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) Namadi Umar Alhaji scored 618,449 to beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Lamido Mustapha Sule who scored 368,726 votes and Ibrahim Aminu Ringim of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) scored 37,156 votes. “Therefore, Umar Namadi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the higher votes, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,” the returning Officer for the state gubernatorial election, Prof. Zayyanu Umar Birnin Kebbi, announced at the Collation Centre in Dutse.

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Aisha Binani wins poll in Adamawa, becomes second female governor in Nigeria

Sen. Aisha Dahiru Binani of APC becomes Nigeria’s second female Governor after emerging victorious in the governorship poll in Adamawa State.

The state happens to be the home state of Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s Presidential Candidate for the 2023 elections. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Yola, the state capital, declared Binani as the winner of the election on Sunday. Her PDP closest rival scored 406,617 votes, while the senator garnered 409,909 votes, leading to her victory. Following the election of Aisha Dahiru Binani as governor, she made history as Nigeria’s second female Governor, with the first being Dame Virginia Etiaba of Anambra state, from November 2006 to February 2007.

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Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto wins Sokoto governorship election

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Sokoto State.

Armaya’u Hamisu, the returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Sokoto governorship election announced the result on Sunday evening. Aliyu polled 453,661 votes to defeat his closest rival, Saidu Umar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 404,632 votes.

Mr. Aliyu, an ally of a former Governor of Sokoto State and sitting senator, Aliyu Wamakko, was the deputy to Governor Aminu Tambuwal during his first tenure between 2015 and 2019. In 2019, he contested against Mr. Tambuwal, a member of the PDP, and lost with a close margin of 342 votes after a re-run.

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