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After a keenly-contested 2023 Kogi State Governorship election on November 11, Usman Ododo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, has clinched the much-coveted seat.   Overly,  Murtala Adodo the overall winner floored Senator Dino Melaye of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Murtala Ajaka of Social Democratic Party (SDP). The State Returning Officer, Prof Johnson Urama, who is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, announced Ododo as the winner at 10:23pm on Sunday. “Ahmed Usman Ododo of APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected,” Urama declared in a…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been charged “to promptly establish a joint, credible, transparent, effective, and broad-based investigation into allegations of electoral bribery and violence in the off-cycle governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states.” In a statement on Sunday, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, urged INEC Chair, Mahmood Yakubu, to immediately “identify, arrest, name and shame suspected perpetrators and their sponsors of these grave human rights crimes, and ensure their effective prosecution, regardless of their political status or affiliations.” SERAP also urged him to “disclose the spending details on the governorship…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Governor Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the November 11, 2023 governorship election in the state. The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof Abayomi Fashina, who was the state Returning Officer declared Uzodinma re-elected on Sunday morning at about 10 am after over eight hours of collation of local government results. “That you Hope Uzodinma of APC having satisfied the law is hereby returned elected,” Fashina declared. Also read Supreme Court Sacks Ihedioha, Declares Uzodinma As Imo Governor  Governor Uzodinma sheds tears over Izombe Carnage…

As University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State convoked thousands, Governor Umo Eno has reiterated his administration’s commitment to the educational development of the state. The Governor stated this at the combined convocation ceremonies of the University of Uyo, at the TETFund Auditorium, Main Campus of the university on Saturday. Eno said education is one of the pillars of the ARISE Agenda, and government is investing in education beginning from the foundational stage to the tertiary. Read also Convocation ceremony: UNIUYO announces fees grace period for graduands Boat Mishap: Bodies Of UniUyo, ABU Medical Students Recovered  UNIUYO, Host Community in…

Nelson Abiam scored the winning goal as Doma United defeated Akwa United 1-0 at the Pantami Township Stadium on Saturday. Abiam volleyed home a low cross into the roof of the net in the 18th minute. Doma United are now unbeaten in their last three NPFL games. Related posts NPLF battle: Akwa United Fall to Enyimba  Villa Thump Brighton as Akwa United fall to Bayelsa United  Akwa United dim Remo Stars in NPFL Match  Akwa United have won once in eight league outings this season. Akinade Onigbinde’s Doma United moved to seventh position on the NPFL table with 11 points…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission  arrested 14 people for alleged vote buying during the governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states on Saturday. In a statement posted on X, the commission said the suspects were arrested  during operations across voting centres in the three states. They were said to have been nabbed based on intelligence gathered before the polls, according to EFCC. Read also Sen Melaye boycotts voting, calls for cancellation in 5 LGAs Gov polls: CDD decries vote-buying, violence in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi IGP Orders Probe into NLC President’s reported Assault  The anti-graft agency said a…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Dino Melaye, rebuffed casting his ballot in the just-concluded Kogi State governorship election.  Melaye who is registered at polling unit 004,  Iluafon quarters, Aiyetoro 1, Ijumu Local Government Area, in Ayetoro-Gbede, Kogi State. He failed to show up at his polling unit situated at Iluafon quarters, Aiyetoro 1, Ijumu Local Government Area of the state. Also read: Gov polls: CDD decries vote-buying, violence in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi  The PDP candidate alleged that result sheets have been prefilled and tampered with in all polling units located in Ogori/Magongo local government area of…

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) on Saturday decried the widespread vote-buying and violence in the Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi governorship polls. A member of the CDD Election Analysis Centre (CDD-EAC), Dr. Jack Johnson, who addressed journalists at a media briefing on the off-cycle elections in Abuja, said the centre deployed over 150 fact-checkers and observers in the three states. Johnson noted that a team of data clerks, reviewers and analysts was also put in place in its situation room in Abuja. He commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the early commencement of the election and the…

Following an allegation of assault on the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Joe Ajaero, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Friday ordered a thorough probe into the matter. On November 1, Ajaero was picked up at the NLC secretariat in Owerri by heavily armed policemen. At the time of his arrest, he was leading a statewide protest and strike in the Imo State capital over what the Congress described as a lack of respect for workers, unpaid salaries and pensions, amongst others.  More than a week after the incident, the IGP said the investigation…

Nigerian singers: Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, Olamide are among the latest nominees for the 66th Grammy Awards. Burna Boy, who secures four nominations at the 66th Grammys, now holds the record as the Nigerian artiste with the most nominations in the history of the awards, totaling 10. In addition, he became the first Nigerian artiste to receive a Grammy nomination for five consecutive years (2019-2023). Read also Burna Boy, Tems Up for 65th Grammy Awards Obi, Davido, Olamide share grief with Wizkid over mother’s demise Headies Award: Davido, Wizkid, Simi, Olamide Top 2018  Nominees’ List Burna Boy’s ‘Sittin’ On Top…