All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo is coasting to victory in the Edo State governorship election as he has won 10 out of the 16 LGAs announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday. According to the results from 16 out of 18 LGAs announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, APC is is leading by 244,549 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, follows with 195,954. The Labour Party, LP, is third with 13,348 votes. This comes as INEC suspended collation. The…
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British sports promoter, Eddie Hearn has criticized Anthony Joshua for not temporarily stopping his fight with Daniel Dubois after taking a low blow. Recall that Dubois produced a dominant display against Joshua at Wembley on Saturday night. The 27-year-old dismantled his compatriot Joshua in just five rounds in front of 96,000 people. However, there was a brief stop to the fight in the penultimate round after Dubois caught Joshua with a low blow. Referee Marcus McDonnell quickly stepped in to stop the bout with just over 90 seconds of the round remaining. McDonnell then issued a warning to Dubois over…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has so far announced results from 13 Local Government Areas in the ongoing governorship election in Edo State. The All Progressives Congress, APC, is currently leading with about 180,369 votes followed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which has garnered 160,333 votes. The Labour Party, LP, is coming a distant third with 10,247 votes from the local governments announced so far. The collation is still ongoing as the Commission is expected to announce results from five more local government areas. See details… Egor Local Government Area. APC: 16,760 LP: 1,966 PDP: 14,658 Ovia North-East…
Chelsea boss, Enzo Maresca has revealed that he is in love with defender Wesley Fofana’s work at the club. Fofana joined Chelsea from Leicester City in the summer of 2022. He recently recovered from a knee injury that kept him out of action for many months. The 23-year-old featured in Chelsea’s Premier League 3-0 win over West Ham United on Saturday. Speaking about the Frenchman, Maresca said following the match: “Wes is a player I really love, I am in love with Wes because after one year injured he’s doing fantastic. “Any player in the world when you come back…
Fulham midfielder, Alex Iwobi surpassed Nwankwo Kanu’s assist record in the Whites 3-1 victory at Craven Cottage on Saturday. Iwobi teed up Emile Smith Rowe for Fulham’s second goal in the first half. The assist was the former Arsenal player’s 30th in the Premier League. Kanu previously held the record after providing 29 assists while featuring for Arsenal, West Brom and Portsmouth. Iwobi played for Arsenal and Everton. The 28-year-old has scored one goal and provided three assists in five league appearances for Fulham this season. EPL: Iwobi surpasses Kanu’s assist record in Fulham’s win over Newcastle United
Maverick singer Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has opened up about his relationship with late singer Tyna Onwudiwe. Charly Boy disclosed that he almost got married to the late singer. He stated that they were rumours that he was the father of some of Tyna Onwudiwe’s children. “I almost married Tyna [Onwudiwe]. One day, we sat down and talked about it. I said, oh, no, I don’t see myself marrying two wives,” he recalled. “And by the way, if we get married, we will kill ourselves. Let’s be good friends. And we became the best of all friends.…
Governor Umo Eno of Akwa Ibom State said he would soon dissolve the State Executive Council as well as statutory and non-statutory boards. Eno who stated this during a media briefing to mark the 37th anniversary of the creation of the state, said such dissolution would not come as a surprise to the commissioners who had given their time and energy to the development of the state. Recall that governor Eno inherited all the commissioners but one (commissioner of Internal Security and Waterways) and other aides from past administrations, with some of them working with more than three governments. He…
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja for the United States to attend the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA, at the behest of President Bola Tinubu. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications (Office of the Vice President), Mr Stanley Nkwocha, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. DAILY POST reports that Tinubu had earlier directed the Vice-President to lead the Nigerian delegation to the high-level global forum. According to the statement, this will enable the President to focus on addressing pressing domestic issues, including the recent devastating flood disaster in parts of…
The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Abia State Council, has lamented that the high cost of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) has led to outrageous increase in cost of transportation and goods. The union observed that the development has had a negative effect on civil servants in the state. The Council therefore appealed to the Abia State Government to consider reducing the working days of civil servants, who, according to the journalists, spend a large portion of their salaries on transportation. The call was made at NUJ State secretariat in Umuahia during the Council’s monthly congress. In a seven-point communique signed…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won four of six Local Government Area results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the Edo State governorship election. The results were announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna. The results showed that PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo won Esan South East LGA with 14,199 votes, Ovia North East LGA (15,311 votes), Uhunmwonde LGA (9,339 votes) and Igueben LGA (5907 votes). The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Monday Okpebholo won Esan West and Owan West local government areas with 12,952 and…