Author: Nigeriacurrent

INEC Declares Sanwo -Olu As Winner Of Governorship Election In Lagos

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has  declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC) Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu as the winner of the Saturday  Governorship election Sanwo Olu polled a total of 762,134 votes, defeating  Labour Party Candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour o who scored 312,329 votes, followed by the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Abdul-Azeez Adediran aka Jandor with […]

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BREAKING: Seyi Makinde Wins Oyo Gubernatorial Election

 The incumbent and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Seyi Makinde has been declared winner of the Saturday Governorship election in Oyo state. Seyi  Makinde  polled total votes 563, 756 to defeat his closet rival and candidate  of All Progressives Congress(APC) , Teslim Folrain who scored 256 685 Based on the results, Mr. Makinde  […]

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INEC Postpones Election In 10 Polling Units in VGC

The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) has announced the postponement of   Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in 10 polling unit in Victoria  Garden City,(VGC) the in Lekki area of  Lagos Stte. This was disclosed by INEC  Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Segun Agbaje in a statement on Saturday Agbaje made the announcement when he addressed reporters […]

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Sanwo-Olu Wins In Tinubu’s Unit

The candidate of All Progressive Congress(APC) Babajide Sanwo-Olu  has won the polling unit of Nigeria’s president-elect, Asiwaju Bola  in the Lagos governorship election The polling unit is  085, Alausa , Ikeja The Presiding officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) announced that , Sanwo-Olu polled 43 votes to defeat Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of the Labour Party, […]

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BREAKING: LP Governorship Candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour Loses Polling Unit to Sanwo- Olu

By Olatunji Buhari The governorship candidate of the Labour Party(LP) Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour has lost his polling unit 045 to the incumbent and candidate of  All Progressives Congress(APC), Governor Babajide  Sanwo- Olu in the governorship election. The results were announced by the Presiding Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC ), Abiodun Daniel. The presiding officer […]

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Gianni Infantino Re-elected As FIFA President

Gianni Infantino has been re-elected as the president of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)  for the third – until 2027. On Thursday, the 52-year-old Swiss lawyer was waved in for a third term by acclamation after running unopposed at the FIFA Congress in Kigali, Rwanda Speaking in his re-election, Infantino promised to continue […]

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Bassey Otu: Towards Healthier Diversity Management in Cross River 

By Anthony Andem  It was Nelson Mandela who once said, “It is not our diversity which divides us; it is not our ethnicity, or religion or culture that divides us. Since we have achieved our freedom, there can only be one division amongst us: between those who cherish democracy and those who do not.” The significance […]

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Davido Deletes All But 3 Posts On Instagram

Nigerian singer, David Adeleke better known as Davido has deleted   all his Instagram posts but left only three. Davido whose return to social media is anticipated  deleted over 4,000 posts from his timeline and also removed his profile picture. The singer left only three pictures: one of his deceased son, Ifeanyi Adeleke, who passed away […]

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INEC Denies Appointing  Femi Odubiyi As Head of ICT

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied appointing Femi Odubiyi as the head of its ICT department. The commission made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. On Sunday,  a Lagos politician and People’s Democratic Party (PDP)  chieftain, Olabode Goerge said  that the commission had appointed Mr. Odubiyi, a former commissioner […]

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Call Your Supporters To Order, De-escalate Tensions, CAPPA Urges Candidates

Ahead of the March 18th governorship polls, the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged politicians to call their supporters to order and de-escalate rising tension and election-related violence in several states across the country. CAPPA in a statement issued over the weekend, expressed worry over the rising use of hate speech, tribal and […]

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