The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo winner of the governorship election in Edo State. Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who scored 247,274 votes to come second, while Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party…
Egypt coach, Carlos Queiroz, has said his team’s poor performance in the first half of the Africa Cup of Nations encounter with Nigeria caused the Pharaohs’ loss. He said this during a post-match interview. According to him, Pharaohs were nowhere to be found on the pitch in the first half. He said, “The performance in…
Ahead of the February 25 presidential election, the General Overseer of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Pastor Paul Enenche, has said struggles between different political players for Nigeria’s soul has transcended the physical to the spiritual. Enenche, who spoke passionately about the forthcoming 2023 presidential election during the church’s January 2023 combined service, at Glory…
North Central will determine the future of Nigeria —Saraki Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki Friday harped on the position of the North-Central region in the country, insisting that it will determine the future of the country. Saraki, a former governor of Kwara state, while arguing that the region would further develop the country, said the…
The prince of Mbuburu Kingdom and the CEO of Buzuzu Group of Companies, Prince Lawrence Ezeh, speaks with LEADERSHIP Scorecard on the politics of Enugu State and why he is wading into the deep end of politics come 2019. You have been in the private sector and invested so much in the lives of the…
The House of Representatives ad hoc committee on investigation of recovered loots and assets of government, yesterday, heard how the Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, transferred N20 billion to the Ministry of Defence without due process. According to findings by the committee, which is chaired by Adesogun Adejoru, Idris also transferred another N20…
Members of the New Karu LGA council appointees in Nasarawa Staten have been charged to justify the trust placed in them by the people of the area and give the people something to be happy about their in office. Speaking to the newly inaugurated members recently, the newly elected chairman of the LGA, Hon, Samuel…
The United States Government says the Federal Government is expected to deploy the Super Tucano aircraft only in the northern part of the country where Boko Haram terrorists have engaged the Nigerian state in a decade-long insurgency killing thousands and displacing millions. This, therefore, precludes the possibility of the Federal Government deploying the security equipment…
Very few men who claim to be academics are worth their salt, but for a man like the managing director of the Scientific Equipment Development Institute (SEDI) in Akwuke, Enugu, Professor S.N Ndubisi, Ph.D, MNSE, COREN REG, MIEEE, in a time when academics are rarely recognized for their contributions to their immediate surroundings and their…
It was a gathering of who is who in the field of soccer, Nollywood industry, Industries, corporate organisations, political office holders on Friday as High Friday Emeka Edeh, MD/Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Castle Majestic Hotel, Ogui, Enugu marked his birthday in a grand bash. Among the big shots that graced the occasion that took…
