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After two days of tension, uncertainty and behind the scene manoeuvrings, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has officially announced the result of Akwa Ibom Northwest(Ikot Ekpene) senatorial district. Announcing the result Tuesday at the commission’s office along Udo Udoma Avenue Uyo, the returning officer for last Saturday’s election in the area, Professor Peter Iko Ogban declared the People’s Democratic Party  candidate, Engineer Christopher Ekpenyong winner. Ekpenyong, a former deputy governor, according to Professor Ogban polled a total of 118, 215 votes to beat the incumbent, Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress who scored 83, 158 votes. The returning officer for Ikot Ekpene/Obot Akara/Essien Federal constituency, Dr. Daniel Udoh had similarly declared Ekong Nsikan Okon of the PDP winner of the election for the federal constituency, having scored a total number of 29,849 votes. Professor Ogban said total registered votes f

Gunmen, claimed to be wearing military camouflage, have attacked Kaduna village, killing many The attack occurred in two local government areas, Kajuru and Kachia.  This is coming barely few weeks after the state governor had, in a statement, alleged that over 150 persons were killed in Kajuru. A statement by Samuel Aruwan, the spokesman to the Kaduna state Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, confirmed the attack. According to the statem ent,  “The Kaduna State Government has today (Tuesday) received the sad news of renewed attacks in Kajuru and Kachia local government areas,” the statement read.  “The government condemns this recourse to violence, and calls on all communities to support the efforts to restore calm in the area.  “Today, the Kaduna State Government was briefed by security agencies of renewed attacks in Kajuru local government area, and in parts of neighbouring Kachia LGA.  “The Kaduna State Government has been assured that the security agencies are working assiduou

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo in collaboration with Alaigbo Development Foundation (ADF) on Thursday insisted on its preference for Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The body spoke at an emergency meeting of Igbo Stakeholders on Thursday insisting on the endorsement of Atiku/Obi ticket. The meeting expressed the solidarity and commitment of all Pan-Igbo groups and stakeholders to work together in view of the dire situation facing Nigeria in general and Ndigbo in particular. At the meeting were President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Chief Nnia Nwodo; President of Alaigbo Development Foundation, Prof. Uzodinma Nwala; Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu; Prof. A. B. C. Nwosu; Chief Ben Obi and Gary Enwo Igariwey. The leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), Uchenna Madu was also in attendance. In a communique after the meeting, Ohanaeze said: “We note that only one political party

All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Comrade Adams Oshiomhole yesterday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of working for the main opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), ahead of the general elections. Oshiomhole was, however, quick to add that the governing party would not decent to the level of bringing down state institutions because the party believes that state institutions should be allowed to perform their functions. Responding to questions about an alleged collusion between the INEC and President Muhammadu Buhari, Oshiomhole alleged that at the moment, two Resident Electoral Commissioners in the Southsouth have been going about campaigning with the PDP. Oshiomhole, who asked Nigerians not to return the PDP to power, said the pledge by the PDP candidate to float the naira was a recipe for economic woes, adding that Atiku has always been part of problem facing the nation. He also dismissed PDP’s allegations that the APC was r

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on the leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to accept the reality that their party will not be on the ballot for the 2019 General elections in the state. According the statement made available to newsmen by the special assistant the Governor on electronic media, Simeon Nwakaudu, Governor Wike urged the leaders of Rivers APC to accept the judgement of the Supreme Court as the will of God, saying that nobody can resurrect a dead horse. The governor made the call on Thursday in a State broadcast on the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections coming up on Saturday, 23rd February, 2019. The governor said: "Truth be told, the Supreme Court has spoken. INEC has confirmed. It is the will of God and there is nothing anybody can do to return the APC to the ballot for the 2019 general elections in Rivers State. " But this, I believe, is not the end of life for the APC in Rivers State. There is alw

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has vowed to probe all federal government road projects executed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), Senator Sunny Ogbuorji in the state. Umahi spoke in Isiaka, the Council headquarters of Ivo local government area, during his re-election rally in the area. He maintained that Ogbuorji would vomit every kobo he embezzled from the money meant for the projects. The governor said all the road projects being executed by Ogbuorji had already failed, nothing that he won’t allow any substandard project to be executed in the state under his watch. “I am going to probe all the federal government roads that he (referring to Ogbuorji) is currently doing that have already failed. “I will probe all of them and the street light project and I assure you that I will make him vomit every kobo that he has embezzled in those projects,” he stressed. Umahi appealed to the people to stop wasting time on the APC guber candi

The Kaduna State Gubernatorial Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Isah Ashiru has urged the State Government and Security Agencies to fish out and prosecute those involved in the killings of villagers in Kajuru area of the state. Ashiru, in a statement he issued in Kaduna on Monday, expressed shock by the report of the murder of innocent people, describing the situation as unfortunate. ” This unfortunate incident is not only an unwanted addition to the list of the past similar ones, but is also a clear indication that insecurity still remains a huge challenge in some parts of Kaduna state. “The fact that the loss of human lives has been confirmed makes the whole issue terribly shocking. “The act clearly smacks of callousness and a descent into barbarism. “This will require a tremendous determination and demonstration of a sense of justice and fairness on the part of the authorities whose responsibility it is to not only deal appropriately with the perpe

Ebonyi electorate have been urged not to be deterred by the mindless action of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the postponement of the last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Election, but should rather come out en-mass and cast their ballot to the right candidates this Saturday, February, 23 rd , been the rescheduled day for the presidential and National Assembly Elections in the country. The Special Assistant to Ebonyi state governor on Abakaliki Capital city, Hon. Stanley Okoro Emegha, made the appeal while addressing a cross section of members of Nigeria Union of teachers NUT and the Nigeria Union of local government employee NULGE, Afikpo south chapters, on Monday. Hon. Emegha noted that, though, the disappointment orchestrated by the postponement was devastating, he urged the people to see it as some of the sacrifice for the sustenance of our democracy. “I know it is not easy, but I want you to see it as a sacrifice we must all make to g

Sen. Sonni Ogbuorji is a man who believes in Machiavellian principle that the end justifies the means. This principle he erroneously likened to playing of a “draft game”, believing that what matters in the game is how to be crowned by your opponent. This is the philosophy that guides both his private and public life. In as much as this principle has been working for him, it has nevertheless estranged his relationship with friends and foes. This is why anybody who has ever come into contact with him believes that he is a selfish, self-centered, a wicked and a treacherous dangerous politician that is always plotting on how to outsmart even his best friend. A cursory reflection of Ogbuorji’s antecedents clearly shows that his adventure in politics was in 1990 following the mysterious circumstances of his abscondment from the house of his political godfather, Dr Udo Oji Okoro which in its entirety was questionable. This incident coincided with the period of the 1990 two pa