Lagos Police Boss Meets Falz, Macaroni, Others Ahead of Guber Election By Boniface Ihiasota, USA The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, held a meeting with critical stakeholders in the state on Wednesday to discuss security concerns within the state. Among those in attendance were rapper Folarin Falana, also known as Falz, and skit…
Thousands of Users Suffer Twitter Outage A significant number of Twitter users on Wednesday experienced difficulties accessing the social media platform. The development of the outage were submitted to Downdetector, a website that monitors service interruptions. Downdetector collects outage data from various sources, including user-submitted error reports. According to reports, as at 11 am, 3,473…
BREAKING: INEC Declares Tinubu Winner of Nigeria’s Presidential Election The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, as the president-elect of Nigeria. Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos State, won the election after polling 8,794,726 votes in the 2023 presidential election. Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the INEC…
Google Launches $4m Black Founders Fund for Startups in Africa, Europe Google has announced the launch of applications for the third cohort of its Black Founders Fund (BFF) for startups in Africa and Europe. Folarin Aiyegbusi, the Head of Startup Ecosystem, Google sub-Saharan Africa, made this announcement on Tuesday in Lagos, stating that the technology…
Labour Party Candidate, Ireti Kingibe Wins FCT Senate Seat By Boniface Ihiasota, USA Mrs Ireti Kingibe of the Labour Party (LP) has been declared the winner of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Senate seat by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The announcement was made by INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Sanni Saka of the University…
Strange Moment as Justice Lokulo-Sodipe Slumps, Dies in Office By Boniface Ihiasota, USA A 67-year-old judge of the Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, Justice Lokulo-Sodipe, has passed away after reportedly slumping in his office while dressing up for a court session. Efforts to revive him, Excel Breaking News learnt were unsuccessful, and he…
Obi Wins in Abia (See Results) The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in Abia State. The results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday showed that the LP polled a total of 327,095 voted, way ahead its closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party, which polled 22,676 votes….
INCREDIBLE: Peter Obi Defeats Tinubu in Lagos The Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has defeated the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Lagos, his home state. Though Tinubu won more local government areas, Obi defeated him with most of the votes. All the results of the 20 local governments have been…
Labour Party Wins First National Assembly Seat The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Ginger Onwusibe of the Labour Party, the House of Representatives member-elect for Isialangwa North and South Federal constituency in Abia State. Ginger, a former Council Chairman, defeated Governor Okezie Ikpeazu’s preferred candidate and his immediate past Chief of Staff, Professor Anthony…
INEC Shifts Time for National Collation of Results The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has postponed the collation of the result of the 2023 presidential election till 6pm on Sunday. The 2023 presidential election has been a tight battle between the candidates of the APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate, Atiku…