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Daniel Dubois, the British professional boxer, has defeated Anthony Joshua, the two-time world champion, with a fifth-round knockout to retain his IBF world heavyweight boxing title. The 27-year-old demolished his fellow Briton at a packed Wembley Stadium in the United Kingdom on Saturday night. It was a nightmare outing for Joshua, 34, as Dubois floored the former heavyweight champion thrice in the first three rounds before eventually finishing him off after 59 seconds in the fifth round. Dubois inflicted a fourth professional defeat on Joshua in front of 96,000 fans — the biggest crowd ever for a boxing event at the…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded over 95% of polling unit result sheets of Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election on the commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV).  Out of the 4519 polling units, the electoral umpire has uploaded the result sheets of 4316 polling units on the portal as of 10:00 pm on Saturday. On Saturday, September 21, 2024, the people of Edo State in South-South Nigeria voted to elect a new governor to succeed the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki, whose constitutional eight-year double terms will end on November 12, 2024. Edo is one of the eight states where governorship…

Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo state governorship election, has won his polling unit. Ighodalo polled 200 votes at unit 11, ward 1, in Ewohimi, Esan south-east LGA, where he cast his ballot. Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), garnered 45 votes. Earlier, Olumide Akpata, candidate of the Labour Party (LP), lost his polling unit to Ighodalo. Ighodalo polled 41 votes to defeat the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), who garnered 32 votes at polling unit 11, ward 06, Oredo LGA in Benin. Ighodalo had accused police operatives of intimidating voters…

The Labour Party candidate in the Edo state governorship election, Olumide Akpata, has lost his polling unit to Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to the result announced at Polling Unit 11, Ward 06, Oredo Local Government Area,, Ighodalo polled 41 votes to defeat Akpata who polled a total of 32. Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), scored 19 votes.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced an extension of the voting period in the ongoing Edo governorship election. In a statement on Saturday, Mohammed Haruna, INEC’s national commissioner and member of the information and voter education committee, said the process would be extended at polling units where voting did not start early. Haruna said the extension will allow voting until all eligible voters who arrived at polling units by 2:30 pm have cast their ballots. “The Commission continues to monitor the ongoing governorship election in Edo State from our situation room at the National Headquarters in Abuja,” the…

Ekperikpe Ekpo, minister of state for petroleum resources (gas), says the Nigerian and Libyan governments are in talks to develop a regional gas pipeline to strengthen energy cooperation between the two countries. In a social media post on Friday, Ekpo said he met with Khalifa AbduAlsadik, Libya’s minister of oil, on the sidelines of the 2024 Gastech exhibition and conference in Houston, USA. The minister said they discussed the possibility of “developing a regional gas pipeline from Nigeria to Libya”. “This strategic meeting aims to strengthen energy cooperation between the two nations,” the minister said. According to the post, Olalekan…

Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the September 21, 2024 election in Edo State, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of delaying voting in his strongholds in Edo Central Senatorial District. Ighodalo made this claim when he cast his ballot at Idionrio Primary School, Ward 1 Unit 3 in Ewohimi, in the Esan South East Local Government Area. The PDP candidate and others voted around midday due to the lateness of INEC officials. In a chat with reporters at the voting venue, Ighodalo said, “They (INEC officials) are here now and getting ready to…

The Labour Party governorship candidate in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, has described his voting experience as “seamless”. He, however, said that his wish is that every other voter in the state will have the same seamless experience as he did. Akpata cast his vote at Oredo Ward 6, Unit 11, beaming with smiles and giving thumbs up to the cheering crowd. “For my own process, it was seamless, the machine worked, I was captured and I picked up my ballot paper, I went into the booth, I thumbprint where you would imagine I would thumbprint and so that went well,”…

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo has cast his ballot at Idionrio primary school, Ward 1 Unit 3 in Ewohimi, Esan South East LGA. This was after Channels Television reported that voting commenced around 11:45 AM due to lateness on the part of officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission. While INEC officials were reported to have lagged in arriving the voting unit, voters arrived as early as 7 AM. Security operatives, as well as newsmen, were also sighted loitering in wait for the INEC officials. An angry voter, Christopher Adoghe had berated the officials for delay…

The governorship candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC ) candidate, Monday okpebholo has just cast his vote at polling unit 1, Ward 2 in Udomi Primary School, Udomi, Irrua, Esan Central Local Government Area of Edo State. He described the exercise as well coordinated, commending the electoral umpire for its efficiency especially as observed in his ward. Security operatives are on the ground to ensure a violence-free exercise at the centre. Electoral officers and materials are said to have arrived in good time for voting to commence The gubernatorial elections in Edo State are holding today, with over 2.2…