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Guber Elections: Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour loses his polling to Sanwo-Olu
The Labour Party governorship candidate in Lagos state, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has lost his polling unit to the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress Rhodes-Vivour polled 18 votes while Sanwo-Olu won with 29 votes while PDP’s Olajide Adeniran popularly known as Jandor, polled two votes. In the House of Assembly election at the polling unit, the APC polled 34, LP 15, while PDP polled one vote.
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Guber Elections: I still do not believe in INEC – Atiku Abubakar
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar has expressed that he still does not believe in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC to do better in the ongoing governorship and state house of assembly elections than it did on February 25 when it conducted the presidential election Atiku made the remark around noon Saturday after casting his vote at his Ajiya Ward voting unit in Jimeta, Yola, stressing that he still has no confidence in INEC. He said the commission has since taken no steps to make him believe that this round of elections will be better…
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”Oga Police was he really joking? Shameless people”- Paul Okoye lambast the NPF over reaction to MC Oluomo’s threat to Igbos
Paul Okoye of the Psquare duo has called out the Nigeria Police Force over its response to a threat by the Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo. Oluomo had, in a trending video, threatened Igbos residing in Lagos State to either come out and vote for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the ongoing governorship elections or remain in their respective homes Responding to the threat, the Force spokesman, Adejobi Olumuyiwa said the threat by MC Oluomo against Igbos was a mere joke. Reacting to this, Paul Okoye in a tweet described the security agency…
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Lagos Guber election: MC Oluomo’s threat a joke – NPF
The Nigeria Police Force has reacted to the threats issued by the Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, against Igbos in the state ahead of the governorship election. In a statement by Adejobi Olumuyiwa, the Force Public Relations Officer, he described Oluomo’s statement as a joke. According to him, nobody has the audacity to tell Nigerians not to come out and vote. Featuring on Channels Television, Olumuyiwa assured that the Lagos State Police Command has commenced an investigation into MC Oluomo’s inciting comments. He said: “I saw a video of MC Oluomo with…
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Thugs gunned down while attempting to snatch ballot boxes and BVAS in Benue
At least three persons suspected to be political thugs have been killed in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State. The thugs had invaded polling units 026 and 004, Gboko South while electoral processes were ongoing and attempted to snatch ballot boxes and the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS. An eye-witness, Moses Agure-Dam who confirmed the development said military officers gunned down the thugs. He said, “The thugs invaded the polling units and disrupted the election. They were three in number, one snatched the BVAS while others snatched ballot boxes but they didn’t not succeed. “They were all shot dead…
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I am not congratulating someone that has his mandate from voter suppression and intimidation – Lagos LP Guber candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour
The Lagos state Governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has claimed that there are incidences of vote suppression by thugs supporting his opponent. He has vowed to seek redress in court if the outcome of the ongoing election does not favour him. Speaking shortly after casting his vote at his polling unit 045, Oshifila/Abule Igbira in Anifowose, Ikeja, he said he would not congratulate anyone that has his mandate from voter suppression and intimidation He said, “The will of the people will prevail. There has been a lot of targeted voter suppression. “We have a situation where in…
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Desmond Elliot reacts to attack on his LP counterpart Olumide Oworu by thugs allegedly loyal to him
Actor cum politician Desmond Elliot has reacted to the attack on his Labour Party counterpart, Olumide Oworu by thugs allegedly loyal to the APC lawmaker on Tuesday. On Thursday, March 16, Olumide tweeted that thugs invaded his campaign rally, which held on Tuesday, March 14, at Iponri, Surulere. The attack was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin. ”I can confirm that but I don’t have all the details yet, he said. Reacting to this, Desmond Elliot in a statement released on Facebook condemned the attack adding that he has called on everyone, to allow reasons…
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My brother’s death and his family opened my eyes to see the wickedness of this country and our leaders. We spent millions before the Govt released their corpses – Woman who lost her brother, his wife and children in Ojuelegba container accident, writes after burial
The sister of a cleric, Pastor Emma Okoli, who was killed alongside his wife and their two children in the Ojuelegba container accident, has claimed that the family spent millions of Naira before the Government released their corpses for burial. The cleric, his family, and nine other passengers died when a container-laden truck fell on a commercial bus at Ojuelegba bridge in Lagos on January 29, 2023. The remains of the family were laid to rest in their hometown in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Thursday, March 16, 2023. The Sister of the deceased, in a post…
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APC senator printed ballot papers and another one printed result sheets – Dino Melaye alleges
Former Kogi Lawmaker, Dino Melaye, has accused Senators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, of electoral malpractice. In a series of tweets he shared, Melaye accused an APC senator participating in the governorship election of printing ballot papers, and another APC Senator printed result sheets ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. “APC senator printed ballot papers, another APC senator printed result sheets. How can this election be credible, fair and transparent? Yahoo Yahoo election indeed. SDM “How can a person who is participating in an election be the one printing security and sensitive electoral material? A sitting Senator and gubernatorial candidate…
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The ruling on the old Naira notes has not ended the suffering. It will uncage the monster of vote buying – Shehu Sani
Former Kaduna lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has insisted the Supreme Court ruling on the old Naira notes has not ended the suffering of Nigerians. He stated that it would ”uncage the monster of vote buying”. The Supreme Court recently nullified the Naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, ordering the apex bank to allow the use of old Naira notes. Reacting to this in a tweet, Shehu Sani wrote; “The ruling on the old Naira notes has not ended the suffering of the ordinary man on the queue as purported; But it will unchain and Uncage the…
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Women steal single threads from men’s underwear and tie them around a piece of paper with their names, so they don’t get an erection elsewhere – Zimbabwean lady claims
Twitter User @Sahib_misse, a Zimbabwean has shared some scary things women do to their men. She claimed that some ladies steal a single thread from their men’s underwear and tie it around a piece of paper with their names on it so that he doesn’t get an erection with other women. She disclosed this on Thursday, March 16, after a South African lady claimed that some women bath with milk and Fanta mixture to attract wealthy men. “They should also stop this thing of stealing a single thread from men’s underwear and tying it around a piece of paper with…
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If the court upholds Tinubu’s victory, It will then stand that it is a corporate criminalised country – Peter Obi
Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has continued to reiterate the need to sort out the election issues legally. Tinubu, the president-elect, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been dragged to court by Obi over the outcome of the February 25 election. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday, He was asked what he would do if he were called upon to be a member of Tinubu’s Government of National Unity, he responded that he was still challenging the process of the election and the declaration. According to him, the process of the…
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