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March 11, 2019

PDP’s Seyi Makinde is Oyo Governor-elect, trumps APC’s Adelabu by 167,000 votes

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared 51-year-old Seyi Makinde, governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), winner of the March 9 gubernatorial election held in Oyo. Declaring the business mogul winner on Sunday by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, and state Returning Officer, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, at the INEC... Read More
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March 10, 2019

Enugu Governor, Ugwuanyi polls 95.54 percent of valid votes to secure 2nd term victory

Enugu Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has won his bid for a second term following Sunday’s declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the March 9 governorship election held in the State. In the result declared by Joseph Ahaneku, Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, and... Read More
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March 10, 2019

APC wins Jigawa, Gombe governorship polls; clears all 30 assembly seats in Jigawa

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won Saturday’s governorship election held in the North East state of Gombe, as its candidate Inuwa Yahaya garnered a total of 364,179 votes of  the 623,230 votes cast to clinch victory over the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Usman Bayero Nafada who scored 222, 868 votes. According to the... Read More
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March 10, 2019

Ebonyi Governor, David Umahi secures 2nd term victory with a landslide

Governor of Ebonyi and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), David Umahi has been declared winner of Saturday’s governorship election held in the state. According to the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at its state headquarters in Abakaliki, the Returning Officer for the election, Chukwuemeka Eze, stated that the PDP flagbearer, Umahi... Read More
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March 10, 2019

Sanwo-Olu wins Lagos guber poll, Agbaje calls to congratulate him

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been declared winner of Saturday’s governorship election held in the state. The 3-time commissioner polled a total of 739,445 votes to secure an emphatic win over his closest rival, Jimi Agbaje of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 206,141 votes from the total votes cast... Read More
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March 10, 2019

APC’s Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq defeats Atunwa, 33 others in Kwara to emerge Governor

The Gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has emerged winner of the March 9 Governorship election in the state, defeating 34 other contenders in all 16 local government areas of the state. According to the results announced on Sunday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with a margin... Read More
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March 10, 2019

Entertainment roundup: Lupita Nyong’o joins Jordan Peele for the world premiere of ‘Us’; ‘Game of Thrones’ season 8 trailer breaks HBO viewing record | Other stories

Here are the biggest stories you may have missed in entertainment during the week and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. Lupita Nyong’o joins Jordan Peele for the world premiere of ‘Us’ Us, Jordan Peele’s eagerly anticipated follow-up to Get Out, had its world premiere on Friday night at... Read More
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March 9, 2019

2019: Lagos, Ogun and the 8 battle grounds to look out for in the governorship race

This Saturday, Nigerians will once again move out to elect their leaders (state executives) for the next four years in the second stanza of the much anticipated general election. If history is anything to go by, the state polls are likely to be more intense especially in states where the incumbent governors are wrapping up... Read More
Thinking Through
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March 9, 2019

I’ll keep attacking Buhari’s govt. – Obasanjo; Tribunal grants Atiku, PDP access to inspect electoral materials and other stories that made the headlines this week

Here are the big ten stories that drove conversation this week: Appeal Court clears Taraba APC governorship candidate The Court of Appeal on Thursday cleared the APC governorship candidate, Sani Danladi, to participate in Saturday’s governorship election in Taraba. Presided over by Chidi Uwa, the Appeal court in Yola granted a stay of execution of an order... Read More
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March 8, 2019

The Late 5: Fire engulfs INEC office in Akwa Ibom; Federal government refute report of earth tremor in Abuja | Other stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: Senator Akpabio withdraws suit challenging election defeat Former Senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, has withdrawn a suit he filed in court challenging his Senate reelection loss. Sunday Ameh, Akpabio’s lawyer, announced the withdrawal in court in Abuja on Friday and did not give reasons for his decision.... Read More
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March 8, 2019

Lupita Nyong’o is now the fifth black woman to be on the cover of horror magazine Fangoria

Lupita Nyongo’s career has accelerated since starring in Marvel’s Black Panther. In short, she’s everywhere, from getting linked to other movie projects to being worthy enough to be considered as the next Bond Girl in the upcoming James Bond movie. This year, she will return to the screens in Jordan Peele’s new horror movie Us,... Read More
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Women
March 8, 2019

Adesua Dozie, Teni Apata, Kadaria Ahmed, Ngozi Nkwoji, … these are Nigeria’s 100 Most Inspiring Women in 2019

Leading Ladies Africa presents its annual #100 Most Inspiring Women in Nigeria list for 2019. For the 5th consecutive year, the list features 100 Nigerian women drawn from a diverse range of backgrounds and sectors who are deliberately impacting their world and local communities through the power and strength of their ideas and achievements. The... Read More
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Buhari
March 8, 2019

If President Buhari’s campaign promises are fulfilled, Nigeria’s healthcare sector might have a great boost

On the 27th of February 2019, Mohammed Buhari was declared the winner of the 2019 presidential elections. In wake of the new administration, we can begin looking forward to a fulfilment of the campaign promises. Some say manifestos are campaign tactics, but here’s an analysis of what to expect from the healthcare sector in the... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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March 8, 2019

Here’s why Kadaria Ahmed’s tweet telling Nigerians to ‘live within their means” should offend you

Kadaria Ahmed, the TV host and journalist you’d remember from interviewing former presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, with such impressively sterile air of non-partisanship, tweeted on Thursday that living within your means shouldn’t be equated as anti-wealth, also adding that we have ”developed appetites that do not support our productivity.” Sure, this caused a furor on... Read More
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March 8, 2019

The Big 5: One dies as APC, PDP supporters clash in Kaduna; Appeal Court clears Taraba APC governorship candidate | Other top stories

Here are the stories you should be monitoring today: Appeal Court clears Taraba APC governorship candidate The Court of Appeal on Thursday cleared the APC governorship candidate, Sani Danladi, to participate in Saturday’s governorship election in Taraba. Presided over by Chidi Uwa, the Appeal court in Yola granted a stay of execution of an order... Read More
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March 7, 2019

The Late 5: PDP’s Gbenga Daniel directs supporters to vote for APC’s Dapo Abiodun; Buhari has subverted Supreme Court, Atiku may not get justice – Agbakoba | Other stories

Here are the stories that drove conversation today: PDP’s Gbenga Daniel directs supporters to vote for APC’s Dapo Abiodun Former Governor of Ogun, Gbenga Daniel and Director General of the Atiku Abubakar presidential campaign organisation has directed the supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Remo, Ogun State, to vote for Dapo Abiodun, governorship... Read More
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March 7, 2019

StateCraft Inc. extends winning streak into Francophone Africa with Senegal presidential win

StateCraft Inc., the elections and governance consulting company under the media group, RED, extended its winning streak into Francophone Africa with the re-election of President Macky Sall of Senegal. The candidate, who oversaw seven years of rapid economic growth and infrastructural transformation, beat his two main rivals, ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck and Ousmane Sonko, to... Read More
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March 7, 2019

Brace yourselves because ‘Chief Daddy’ is coming to Netflix this month

Netflix has just acquired Chief Daddy, the 2018 star-studded comedy drama from EbonyLife Films, which, I believe, is still showing in select theaters. This is the third movie from EbonyLife Films that Netflix would add to enrich its Nollywood content. Fifty (2015) and The Wedding Party (2016) arrived first on the streaming platform. Directed by  Niyi... Read More
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March 7, 2019

The Solskjaer effect may be the next big thing in European football as the Red Devils’ Cinderella story tells it rightly

Arguably the biggest comeback in sports on the year, Marcus Rashford hit an injury-time penalty kick against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), to secure the quarter-final spot for the Red Devils in the UEFA Champions League. The Red Devils needed a two-goal win differential at least, against an opponent they were projected to lose against if they hoped to... Read More
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March 7, 2019

Firstbank marches on, brings the world to a standstill

Nigeria’s Premier financial institution and iconic banking Brand, First Bank of Nigeria Limited held the world stand still on Friday, 1 March 2019, as it held its symbolic flag hoisting ceremony across Nigeria and other countries where it does business. The celebratory flag hoisting officially flags off the bank’s commemoration of attaining the milestone year... Read More
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