… as Gov. lauds RCCG’s intervention in Eket LGA Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has stated that government will establish ten new dialysis centres, one for each of the ten federal constituencies of the state. Consequently, the governor has directed the immediate commencement of recruitment and training of professionals to meet the manpower need of the dialysis centres which are expected to be fully operational by June 2024. The Governor disclosed these at the Immanuel General Hospital, Eket, where he commissioned the Enoch and Folu Adeboye Dialysis Centre, donated by the Redeemed Christian Church of…
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Daniel Okafor, the second son to actor John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, has debunked claims by Stella Okafor, the actor’s wife, that Jasmine, Mr. Ibu’s adopted child, hijacked his bank account. Stella took to her Instagram page on Sunday to allege that Jasmine hijacked the bank account where money was donated for the ailing actor by well-meaning Nigerians. Her post partly read, “I do not have access to the main Access bank account where people make donations. It is being secretly controlled by Jazmine yet she is cooking up all kinds of lies and propaganda…
Dino Melaye has called for the cancellation of the Kogi State governorship election, describing the conduct of the exercise as “shameful”. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate in the election said this during a press conference in Lokoja on Sunday just as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collates results for the poll. “I will start by condemning in its totality the conduct of the elections yesterday and outrightly call for the total cancellation of the election because that was not an election,” the PDP candidate said. “It is shameful that the unhealthy INEC refuse to realise, ameliorate or palliate…
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has thanked supporters following his re-election. Uzodimma became the Imo governor in 2020 after the Supreme Court nullified Emeka Ihedioha’s victory. But on Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate as the winner of the Imo governorship election after he cleared all 27 local government areas of the South-East state. He said the latest victory shows he actually won the Imo governorship election back in 2019 but was cheated until the Supreme Court came to the rescue. “This victory is very dear to me because it is…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday night, adjourned the collation of results in the November 11, 2023, Bayelsa State Governorship Election till Monday noon. Results from six of the eight local government areas in the state namely Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, Yenegoa, Sagbama, Nembe and Ekeremor have been collated. The remaining local government areas are Brass and Southern Ijaw. Prof Faruq Kuta, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, and the state Returning Officer for the election in Bayelsa adjourned the exercise on Sunday night. Sixteen political parties sponsored candidates for the election in Bayelsa.…
Residents of Odiemerenyi in Ahoada East Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers State have been thrown into panic as suspected cultists have shot and killed five members of the community. The dastardly act which took place at about 1 am Sunday is suspected to have been orchestrated by the dreaded David Gift aka 2baba and his gang who are wanted for the murder of late DPO Bako Angbashim. A native of the community informed journalists that the gangsters invaded the village at about 1 am and shot and killed two of his brothers and another person in his compound. Speaking…
The Social Democratic Party (SDP)’s governorship candidate in Kogi State Muritala Ajaka has faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the conduct of the governorship election in the state. While the commission has concluded the election in the North-Central state with results being collated, Ajaka, who is vying to unseat the All Progressives Congress (APC), has accused INEC officials of compromising the exercise. “INEC disappointed all of us,” he said on Sunday during Channels Television’s The Verdict programme for the off-cycle governorship elections. “Check from the results. Just like the last man [on the show] was complaining, INEC gave…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh polls will be conducted in 59 polling units in the Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area of the state. In its statement on Sunday, INEC said it received an update from Kogi regarding the suspension of election in some locations in the state where result sheets were completed before the commencement of voting. “The most critical incident occurred in nine out of 10 Wards in Ogori/Magongo Local Government Area (LGA),” the statement added. “We received reports of similar and other incidents in Adavi (5 Polling Units in Okunchi/Ozuri/Onieka Ward), Ajaokuta (5 Polling Units in…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November 11, 2023 governorship poll in Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and security agents of harassing his supporters. Sylva spoke on Saturday after he cast his vote at Ward 4, Unit 4 in the Brass Local Government Area of the South-South state. The APC candidate fingered security agents “especially the Army”, alleging that they are “playing on the side of the PDP”. Sylva said violence has been recorded in Yenagoa, the state capital, alleging that an APC member was shot. He wondered why large…
The sorting and counting of votes in Saturday’s Governorship election in Imo is currently ongoing in most polling units in the state. Here Are The Benefits Of Smart Beds. See Their Price Range. Smart Beds In Mexico | Search Ads | SponsoredHere Are The Benefits Of Smart Beds. See Their Price Range.Jubna Ads Choice The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent monitoring the poll reports that voting ended in most polling units in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area at about 4.30pm. At Umunumo Town School 08, Central School Umueze I (010) in Umueze and Central School Umueze II (011) in…