The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has won the presidential election in Bayelsa State with a total of 68, 818 votes. The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, came second with a total score of 49, 975 While the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, polled a total
SEC 200m meet win thrills Ofili
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Nigerian sprinter Favour Ofili is delight after winning the South Eastern Conference 200m event on Sunday. Ofili continued her brilliant 2023 season after winning her first SEC 200m gold medal, clocking 22.52secs, the fastest time in the second final at the championships. The Louisiana State University student is hoping to return at a faster time
The New Nigeria People’s Party presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Kano State. He won the state by polling 997,279 to defeat All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party. The results were announced by the Vice Chancellor of Usman
NGX closes positive as investors gain N207bn
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The first day of trading in the week closed positively for investors on the Nigerian stock exchange as they gained N207bn on Monday. The All Share Index grew by 0.69 per cent to reach 55,328.42 on Monday from 54, 949.21 recorded at the end of the trading last Friday. The market capitalisation also increased by
The New Nigeria People’s Party presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Kano State. He won the state by polling 997,279 to defeat All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party. The results were announced by the Vice Chancellor of Usman
Amid the crisis trailing the naira redesign, angry traders have begun to defy the Central Bank of Nigeria’s order banning the use of old N1,000 and N500 notes as legal tender in the country. Findings by our correspondents over the weekend and on Monday revealed that some traders had started accepting the old currencies in
The adoption of mobile technology continues to grow in Nigeria with the total number of mobile subscriptions hitting 225.88 million in January 2023. This is 3.66 million more mobile subscriptions than the 222.23 million subscriptions that were recorded in December 2022. It also continues the sustained growth the mobile technology sector of Nigeria has been
The candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Maureen Gwacham, has been declared winner of the Oyi/Ayamelum Federal constituency in the Saturday, February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections held in Anambra State. Gwacham polled a total vote of 15,299 to defeat her closest rival in Young Progressive Party, Charles Uchenna Okafor, who scored a
Despite the collation of Saturday’s presidential election still ongoing, a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has asked the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to accept defeat. Fayose, a PDP chieftain, made the call in a tweet on Monday night. He asked the former vice president to concede and retire to Dubai
Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City cannot afford to drop any more points if they are to catch leaders Arsenal in the Premier League title race. Guardiola’s second-placed side will trail Arsenal by five points if the Gunners beat Everton in their game in hand on Wednesday. City had seized top spot when they won 3-1
PDP chieftain blasts Tinubu over fuel subsidy removal