Mimiko, who is the incumbent governor, ran on the platform of the Labour Party, and won by 260,199 while the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Olusola Oke, came second followed by Akeredolu with 143,512 votes.
Sunday, October 21, 2012
ACN, governorship candidate decline to congratulate Mimiko
Mimiko, who is the incumbent governor, ran on the platform of the Labour Party, and won by 260,199 while the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Olusola Oke, came second followed by Akeredolu with 143,512 votes.
Laughing on his private jet - the £93m pastor accused of exploiting British worshippers
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| Plenty to smile about; Preacher David Oyedepo of the Winners Chapel movement aboard one of his private jets. He also owns a Rolls Royce Phantom |
Followers are ferried in double-decker shuttle buses to the church, handed slips inviting them to make debit card payments, and are even told obeying the ministry’s teachings will make them
Headies 2012: List of Winners
Best Vocal Performance (Female) - Tiwa Savage - Love Me Love Me Love Me
Best Collaboration - Sound Sultan ft Excel and Flavour - Orobo
Revelation of the Year - Wizkid
Recording of the Year - Brymo - Ara
Jonathan congratulates Mimiko
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President also commended the dutiful, patriotic and law-abiding electorate of the state as well as the INEC personnel and security agencies who ensured that the elections were peacefully and successfully.
2015: Sanusi faults rotational presidency
By Taye Obateru, Jos
…Tasks Gowon biography
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has disagreed with advocates of a return of power to the Northern part of the country in 2015 saying leadership should no longer be based on ethnic or regional considerations.
Address election problems, NGOs urge INEC
Mr Ezenwa Nwanga, the Chairman, Partners for Electoral Reforms, has called on INEC to address some of the country’s perennial election problems such as late arrival of voting materials.
Nwanga also suggested in Akure that some electoral units be split into two or three to allow the presiding officers cope with the large number of voters on the queue.
He spoke at a meeting between INEC officials and domestic observers under the aegis of the Nigeria Civil Society Election Situation Rooms.
Mimiko wins Ondo governorship election
Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Rahman Mimiko, has won the October 20, 2012 governorship election in the state.
According to the summary figures declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s Chief Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Biyi Daramola of Federal University of Technology, Akure, in a live telecast at the state office of the agency, Mimiko scored a total of 260 199 votes.
Daramola, who read the results for five minutes, said Mimiko was followed by Mr. Olusola Oke of the Peoples Democratic Party, with 155961 votes; and Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the Action Congress of Nigeria, with 143512 votes.
More details later.
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Yobe Desert Rollers ready for Africa Hockey Championship
Damaturu – Alhaji Sani Fema, Chairman, Yobe Sports Commission, has assured Nigerians that the Yobe Desert Rollers hockey team was prepared to win the forthcoming African Men Hockey Club Championship in Zimbabwe.
Fema gave the assurance on Saturday in Damaturu in an interview on the team’s readiness for the championship which will hold in December in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Mimiko leads
LP’s Mimiko being accredited for the election| credits:
Results of some polling units announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission have shown that the Labour Party candidate, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, is leading.
Mimiko polled 348 votes at his Ondo Ward 7 Unit 20, while the PDP and the ACN scored 18 and 16 respectively.
2015: Sanusi faults rotational presidency
By Taye Obateru, Jos
…Tasks Gowon biography
Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi has disagreed with advocates of a return of power to the Northern part of the country in 2015 saying leadership should no longer be based on ethnic or regional considerations.
‘Keret House’: world’s narrowest abode opens doors in Warsaw
Etgar Keret, the celebrated Israeli author, on Friday unveiled Keret House billed as the world’s narrowest abode and destined to become a home away from home for artists in an area of the Polish capital that was the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.
Bank customers make panic withdrawals in Ondo State
Less than 24hrs to the governorship election in Ondo State, commercial activities in Akure, the state capital, and major towns across the state, intensified as people made a last-minute rush to stock their homes with household needs.
Checks by our correspondent on some hotels in Akure, Ondo, Owo, and Okitipupa showed an increase in bookings by lodgers.
The investigation showed that a cross-section of the lodgers included security operatives, independent election monitors, Independent National Electoral Commission employees, journalists, among other groups of lodgers.
Some popular hotels in Akure, which included Flourish Hotel and Suites, Bliss World Hotels and Suites, RafTeju Hotel and Ade Super Hotel, witnessed increase in patronage.
Meanwhile, banks within the three senatorial districts of Ondo witnessed increased activities with customers thronging their halls to make last-minute transactions.
Findings showed that some of the banks witnessed massive cash withdrawals from politicians, even as some banks informed their customers that they would close at 3 pm on Friday.
The tempo of buying and selling in popular markets across the state with people visiting markets to stock household needs such as food, drinks, kerosene and petrol.
Most filling stations in Akure were closed; along the Oyemekun-Ilesa Garage road, a few that had fuel sold above the N97 official pump price.
‘N3.3tn stolen from LG pension funds since 1976’
Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina| credits: File copy
About N3.3tn has been stolen from the Local Government Pension Funds from 1976 till date.
The Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, and another member of the team, Ngozika Ihuoma, said the amount was deducted from the funds without proper accountability.
They said the team also recovered N36bn that was embezzled from the Police Pension Funds Office.
Soldiers detain Oke, commissioner, others
Olusola Oke casting his vote| credits:
A team of soldiers arrested and detained the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olusola Oke, at Igbotako town in company with hefty men in four jeeps and two hillux vans around 6:30 am on Saturday.
Our correspondent learnt that when the soldiers accosted Oke and his men at the
Boko Haram Commander Arrested By JTF In Senator's Home
One of the Wanted Boko Haram Commanders, Shuaibu Mohammed Bama has been arrested at the private residence of Senator Ahmed Zanna representing Borno Central Senatorial District.
Bama was arrested yesterday when the Joint Task Force JTF Operating in Borno State storm the house of the serving Senator who has been under serious watch by security forces for allegedly romancing and sponsoring the Boko Haram sect.
These was contained in a press statement Issued to reporters in Maiduguri by the Spokesman of the JTF, Lieutenant Sagir Musa.
According to Musa the JTF intensified its cordon and search operation ” when suspected Boko Haram sect launched multiple attacks at different locations of the JTF troops in Sinimari and Lagos street of Gwange general area and that all the attacks were repelled by JTF”.
He continued ” the JTF was able to arrest one notorious Boko Haram Commander in a serving Senator’s House along Damboa road GRA”
Pointblanknews.com recalled that the Senator Ahmed Zanna was once indicted by the former Police Commissioner in Borno State Simeion Midenda for finding some Boko Haram related materials in hands of Zanna’s Supporters.
Consequently, a top security source in the state revealed that he had made available enough security reports on to his headquarters on Senator Zanna’s connections with the Boko Haram terrorist.
Zanna who belong to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) became very popular when he defeated the then incumbent Governor Ali Sheriff to occupy the Borno Central seat.
Election observers commend security agencies, electorate
•People celebrating the early results of the election at the riverine area of Ilowo, Ondo South, Ondo State... on Saturday.
| credits: Odutayo Odusanya
The Nigerian Civil Society Election Situation Room on Saturday in Akure, commended the people of Ondo State for conducting themselves peacefully during the governorship election.
An interim report signed by the coordinator of the 30 civil society organisations that made up the situation room, Mr. James Ugochukwu, said the group also commended security agents who were on duty to ensure the safety of voters and election officers while voting lasted.
Ugochukwu said the situation room dispatched over 30 election monitors to various parts of the state.
He said, “The governorship election has progressed peacefully, and the people of Ondo State have so far conducted themselves in an orderly manner.
“Reports we are receiving from our network of observers throughout Ondo State indicate that election officials and security agents were deployed in sufficient numbers in most polling units, and that these officials have conducted themselves in a professional and commendable manner.”
The group further noted that distribution of materials and commencement of accreditation started on time.
The group also noted that although some centres experienced delays in commencement of accreditation and voting, there were no reports of large-scale disenfranchisement.
He said, “The Nigerian Civil Society Election Situation Room received reports that some polling units were overcrowded with as much as over one thousand voters, making it difficult for the election officials posted to the units to control the voters and efficiently manage the election.
“We were also informed by observers that late redeployment of Electoral Officers constituted a major challenge due to the inability of some of the redeployed officers to locate and arrive at their new postings on time.
“The late arrival of these officials delayed the commencement of accreditation in some areas.”
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Chukwumerije insists on 2015 Igbo presidency
Senator Uche Chukwumerije| credits: senatorchukwumerije.net
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, has called for political restructuring of Nigeria that will redress the alleged injustice that has been done the Igbo nation since the end of the civil war.
Funke Akindele: I'm The Only Legal Wife of My Husband
"I am the woman he got married to. I was married properly. Alot of negative comments came from sadists who want to run their mouths. So because I am a Youth Ambassador or Celebrity, I can't have my life?
It is my life. If I do things because people want me to, I will end up unhappy. I do what I do because I want to be happy. I would still continue to teach
S’East govs spend N28m on Ekwueme’s birthday
former Vice President, Chief Alex Ekwueme| credits: premiumtimesng.com
Governors of the South-East geo-political zone spent N28m to celebrate the 80th birthday of former Vice President, Chief Alex Ekwueme.
Former Senate President and Chairman of Ndigbo Organising Committee, the group that organised the birthday for Ekwueme, Senator Ken Nnamani, made this disclosure.
Video: From Felabration Day 3; Asa Duet With Femi Kuti, Omawumi, Chidinma, Naomi
The 3rd Day of the week long Felabration will no doubt go down in the annals of history as one of the most significant. The day somewhat served as the unofficial diva’s night as some of the biggest female artistes in Nigeria graced the stage together.
Also, another magical moment worth remembering is when the king of Afrobeat; Femi Kuti came on stage with his world renowned skill on the saxophonist skill in a duet with Nigeria’s biggest female musical export; Asa in a perhaps once in a lifetime experience. They undoubtedly held the crowd spellbound with their instrumental duet. Omawumi, Chidinma, Naomi, Reminisce, Durella, Dj Jimmy Jatt and many more artistes rocked the night to the fullest.
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