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Speaking after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Okpebholo the winner on Sunday, Shaibu said he has been “over the moon” since the results were announced.

The call comes following the announcement of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s election.

The spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, September 22, 2024, said the suspect was nabbed while attempting to board a Qatar Airlines flight to Iran via Doha with 76 wraps of cocaine in his stomach on September 15. 

Okpebholo won in 11 local government areas out of the 18 local government areas in the state, while Ighodalo won in the remaining ones.

At polling unit 11, Ward 06 in Oredo Local Government Area, Benin City, Ighodalo secured 41 votes, while Akpata, the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), garnered 32 votes.

Reports indicate that the attackers used improvised explosive devices (IEDs) around 2 a.m., causing another blackout in Maiduguri and its surrounding areas, security analyst in the Lake Chad area, Zagazola Makama reports.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Joe Igbokwe has revealed that he no longer drives his car or go everywhere due to the prevailing economic…

In a statement released today September 21, the spokesperson of the police force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, says police operatives conducted synchronized raids on identified black spots on September 20, 2024, at approximately 1900hrs.

On Saturday, September 21, 2024, the people of Edo State in South-South Nigeria voted to elect a new governor to succeed the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki, whose constitutional eight-year double terms will end on November 12, 2024.

Gwo gwo gwo is a warning against deception. It is an awakening to the reality of the world of competitive pressure where one’s neighbour could be one’s enemy. It calls for vigilance. It calls for navigational intelligence, the ability to get through the world of hostility and deviousness. It is in this context that the Igbos value ‘ako na uche’, the intelligence or smartness that is rooted in prudence, in paying attention to the true nature of things, not the way they appear, because the bitter cola is not as sweet as it sounds.  We should bear this truth in mind as we proceed on this conversation.