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Day: September 22, 2024

Don’t gloat over your victory – Tinubu greets Okpebholo as APC takes Edo

The President urged all those aggrieved by the election outcome to seek redress through legal channels. President Bola Tinubu has congratulated Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Saturday’s Edo governorship election, on his victory at the polls. Okpebholo was declared the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday,…

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Access to cure for sickle cell disease becomes reality at LUTH

It explained that this procedure has been much improved over the last 20 years to ensure good outcomes and limit complications. The Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), in partnership with Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria (SCFN), has established a high-quality, safe bone marrow transplant programme that meets international standards for the cure of sickle cell disease…

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INEC declares APC’s Okpebholo winner of Edo governorship election

Okpebholo emerged victorious after brushing aside his closest challenger and PDP candidate, Ighodalo to win the keenly contested Edo governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Senator Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the hotly-contested Edo governorship election. Okpebholo secured a total of 291,667 votes…

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Obaseki loses LG to APC as Okpebolo stretches lead

The APC has extended its lead margin against the PDP in the Edo governorship election with one local government result left to be announced. Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has lost the Oredo Local Government Area to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ongoing governorship election. Obaseki, who hails from Oredo, is backing the…

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PDP asks INEC chairman to review results of Edo poll before final declaration

Aziegbemi alleged that votes recorded in the polling unit results uploaded on the IREV showed that the APC obtained 10,972 votes while 16,760 votes were recorded in the EC8C declared. The PDP on Sunday appealed to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to review the collated results for the Edo governorship election before the…

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PDP protesters storm INEC office in Benin as APC holds 48,595 margin lead

The APC has taken a wide margin lead after results collation and announcement from 16 of the 18 local government areas where the governorship election took place in Edo State. Members and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party have stormed the Head Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to protest the results of…

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PDP wins Enugu East LGA chairmanship election

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) followed with 3,839 votes to finish third. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Enugu East Council Area, Pst. Beloved-Dan Anike has been declared the winner of Saturday’s chairmanship election in the state. Dr Nelson Ossai, the returning officer, while announcing the result on Sunday said that the PDP…

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NDLEA intercepts ₦16.1bn opioid, 3 times stronger than tramadol in Lagos

Babafemi said that the Octogenarian claimed he has been in the business of selling illicit drugs for 25 years. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted 25 million pills of tapentadol, an opioid three times stronger than tramadol and 350,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth ₦16.1bn at the Tincan port complex in Lagos….

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Kwankwaso donates ₦50m to support Maiduguri flood victims

Zulum assured him of judicious use of the donation for the maximum benefit of the people intended. The Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 election, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso has donated ₦50m to support the victims of the Maiduguri flood disaster. Kwankwaso presented the cheque to Governor Babagana Zulum at…

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INEC suspends collation in Edo election, awaits results from 2 LGAs

Oredo and Ikpoba Okha, two municipal local government areas in Benin, Edo capital, are the most populous local governments in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Edo governorship election held on Saturday. Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, INEC’s Returning Officer announced the suspension on Sunday due…

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