Senator representing Adamawa North at the senate, Elisha Abbo appears to have mocked his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate for the 2023 general election, Bola Tinubu.Abbo’s seeming mockery of Tinubu followed the defeat suffered by incumbent Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola of the APC in the Saturday, 16th governorship election in the state. Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner of the governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) having scored 403,371 votes to defeat Oyetola who polled 375,027 votes. Adeleke won in 17 local government areas…
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Dr. Iyiochia Ayu, the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, has commented that the party is now on set to win the Presidential Villa come 2023, after its victory in the Osun State Gubernatorial election. He claimed that the announcement of the PDP governorship candidate, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, as the duly elected Governor , by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was a referendum of the people on the All Progressives Congress-led administration at all levels.He said, “This election was a referendum on the disastrous APC stewardship, and proves conclusively that Nigerians want PDP back. And, indeed, PDP is…
It is no longer news that the Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, the winner of the Osun governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke got a total of 403,371 votes beating the incumbent, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, who got 375,027 votes in a keenly contested race.He said, “I declare Adeleke Ademola Jackson Nurudeen, on behalf of the chairman of INEC, of the PDP, having satisfied the requirement of the law, is…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has posted a crypt message that many believe was his verdict on the outcome of the governorship election in Osun State.IDOMA VOICE reports that Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, polled the highest votes to beat his main challenger, Gboyega Oyetola to win the keenly contested election. Oyetola, despite having the support of Bola Tinubu, Abdullahi Ganduje and some top APC stakeholders, lost his second term bid.In a post on his Facebook page, El-Rufai believes that truth is stranger than fiction. He wrote, “SUNDAY WISDOM: It’s no wonder that truth is stranger…
Interior Minister, Raid AregbesolaMinister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola appeared to have gloated over the electoral loss of Osun state to the Peoples Democratic Party by his All Progressives Congress.In a post on Facebook Sunday, Aregbesola justified the victory of Ademola Adeleke, over incumbent Governor Gboyega Oyetola, by uploading a Biblical verse. He wrote: “This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up…
A video of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, tackling a Nigerian man who brought out his phone to record him inside a restaurant in the United States has been shared online. The minister was taking his meal when the Nigerian man accosted him and began to record him. Aregbesola expressed his dissatisfaction at the man for filming him without his consent, while the man behind the camera, said he was within his rights as an American to record him if he so chooses. Watch the video below.
Watch Moment Adekele Prostrated For Davido’s Father After INEC Declared Him Winner #Watch #Moment #Adekele #Prostrated #Davidos #Father #INEC #Declared #Winner Welcome to Eye9jaA video showing the moment the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, prostrated for Adedeji Adeleke, father of Nigerian singer, Davido after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared him winner of the Osun governorship election has surfaced on social media.Recall, the Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, announced that Adeleke got a total of 403,371 votes, beating the incumbent, Adegboyega Oyetola of the All…
Notorious Bandits kingpin Ado Aleru turbaned as Sarkin Fulani (The King of Fulani) of Yandoton Daji Emirate in Zamfara State.The event took place around 3:30 WAT Saturday 16, July 2022. Pictures from the venue of the turbaning ceremony can be seen below.“I Aliyu Garba Marafa, the first Emir of Yandoto, do hereby confer and declare Ado Aleru as the new Sarkin Fulanin Yandoton Daji in accordance with the cultural requirements of the Emirate. “Your appointment and subsequent turbaning today is in line with the demand for peace and reconciliation efforts highly needed for our people in our Emirate, Tsafe local…
…Says he won in 17 LGAs …PDP- 403, APC- 375,037The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the Osun State off-cycle gubernatorial election held on Saturday, July 16, 2022. Announcing the result at about 7. 10 am Sunday morning, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, vice chancellor, University of Lagos, who was the returning officer, said that Adeleke won in 17 local government areas of the state. He also said that Adeleke polled a total number of 403, 271 to defeat his closest rival who scored 375,027.
ANC Deputy Secretary General, Jessie Duarte. Image via Twitter/@MYANCThe African National Congress (ANC) has confirmed that its Deputy Secretary General, Yasmin ‘Jessie’ Duarte has died. Duarte reportedly passed away in the early hours of Sunday, 17 July. JESSIE DUARTE HAS DIEDAccording to the ANC, Jessie Duarte was undergoing treatment for cancer and had been on medical leave since November 2021. The party said the passing of Comrade Jessie is a great loss, not only to the family, but to the democratic movement and the country as a whole. It added that as a committed internationalist and former diplomat, not only…