Author: David Great

A fine goal from Brazilian forward Gabriel Martinelli earned Arsenal a narrow 1-0 win at Leicester City on Saturday, giving the Premier League leaders a five-point lead at the top of the standings. January signing Leandro Trossard arrowed a stunning strike into the net midway through the first half, but the Belgian was denied his second goal for Arsenal after VAR ruled Ben White to have fouled Leicester goalkeeper Danny Ward in the build up. It took the dominant visitors until the first minute of the second half to break the deadlock, as Martinelli raced onto a Trossard pass and…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the presidential election in the polling unit of Vice President Yemi Osibanjo in Ikenne, Ogun State. Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo voted at Ojurege ward 1, polling unit 14, Ikenne Local Government Area, Ogun state. APC polled 33 votes in the presidential candidate while Labour Party polled nine votes and Peoples Democratic Party got seven votes. Sixty of the 110 registered voters at the polling unit participated in the election with eight votes categorised as voided votes. Speaking after casting his vote, Osinbajo said, “Well, this polling unit in Egunrege is very peaceful,…

Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the polls where he voted on Saturday in Yola, Adamawa state. Abubakar who voted at polling unit 012, Ajiya ward, Jimeta garnered a staggering 282 votes. The All Progressives Congress (APC) placed a distant second with 57 votes. The Labour Party (LP) secured six votes, while the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) got one vote. Abubakar who was quizzed by journalists on his chances after voting, simply replied, “I am optimistic of winning,” he said. Atiku Abubakar votes in Yola, frowns at quality of ballot paper Abubakar, however called for an…

A team of operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, who were on duty monitoring the presidential and national assembly elections was on Saturday, February 25, 2023, attacked by political thugs near Chief’s palace in Bwari Area council of the Federal Capital Territory. The attack followed the arrest of a man for allegedly masterminding a well-orchestrated vote buying procedure at the polling unit situated at Science Primary School, Bwari. The team had arrested the suspect, said to be about 30 years old, and retrieved from him a list of beneficiaries he had already paid some money to, through…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has admonished Nigerians to resist the temptation of posting or sharing unverified election results on social media. The minister gave the admonition on Saturday in his home town, Oro, near Ilorin after casting his vote in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister voted at Polling Unit 006, Oro Ward 2 in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara. Mohammed who arrived at the polling unit at about 10.05 a.m. joined the queue, waited till about 11.15 a.m. (about one hour thirty minutes) before…

The President of the World Medical Association (WMA), Dr. Osahon Enabulele has exercised his franchise in the presidential and national assembly elections in Nigeria. Enabulele voted in Egor Local Government Area, in Benin City the capital of his home State, Edo State. The WMA President who arrived Benin City last week, was seen entering his polling unit at about 10.00am, in the company of his wife, Asso. Prof. Joan Enabulele. After due accreditation of the WMA President and his wife, they were both given the ballot papers, after which they took turns to enter the cubicle where they respectively voted…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, have adjudged the 2023 presidential and national assembly elections in Ogun as smooth and credible. Osinbajo and Obasanjo expressed their views in separate interviews with journalists after casting their votes in Ikenne and Abeokuta respectively. Commenting, Obasanjo who voted at about 10:32 a.m. at Ward 11, Polling Unit 22, Olushomi Compound, Sokori area of Abeokuta-North, expressed satisfaction at the peaceful and orderly conduct of the polls. “I think we are getting it through in election in our country. “One can see things that are encouraging and giving hope for future as far…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) has voted in his 019 Polling Unit in Umudimakasi Square, Amatutu, Agulu in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra. Obi who was accompanied by his wife, Margaret was accredited at 11:39 a.m. and voted at exactly 11.44a.m. Speaking shortly, Obi said he was hopeful of victory, saying that he had solutions to Nigeria’s challenges as he was prepared for the task. “If you look at this election, if there is anybody people should step down for, it is me,” Peter Obi said after voting. “I have the solution, I have…

Mr. Sunday Zaka, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chairman in the Federal Capital Territory has died in an auto crash in the early hours of Saturday in Kuje. A close aide of the deceased, Bawa Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the accident happened around 2 a.m. along the Gudaba-Arena road on the outskirts of Kuje town. He said the deceased was returning from a meeting of party officials in Abuja, and his Peugeot car lost control and crashed into a tree. Gunmen ambush PDP candidate “He was rushed to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital at Gwagwalada,…

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo, have cast their votes in the presidential election holding across the country. The vice president and his wife, both from Ikenne, voted on Saturday at Polling Unit 14, Egunrege, Ikenne Local Government Area. The officials of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived at the polling unit as early as 7:15 am while accreditation of voters and voting commenced at 8:35am. The Vice President and his wife arrived at the unit at 9:54a.m; got successfully verified by the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) at 9:58 a.m. and voted at 10am. Speaking with newsmen…