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According to the US Mission, starting March 1, 2023, the visitor visa validity period for Nigerians who want to visit the US for business or tourism would be extended from 24 to 60 months. According to a statement issued on Monday, the visa validity extension allows Nigerians to utilize the visa for 60 months to make brief excursions to the United States for tourism or business before needing to renew their visa. The visa application fee, which is presently USD160, will not increase as a result of the longer visa validity, according to the statement. “Increasing visa validity is one…

Sen. Mohammed Sani-Musa of the All Progressives Congress has been re-elected to the National Assembly for Niger. The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Prof. Tsado Mohammed-Shaba, announced the results on Monday in Minna. According to Mohammed-Shaba, Sani-Musa received 159,650 votes, defeating Alhaji Isyaku Ibrahim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who received 125,292 votes. APC releases N11bn each to rig Kano, Kaduna, others – PDP Mr. Joshu Bawa of the Labour Party received 35, 941 votes.

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has taken the lead in Rivers State after winning Port Harcourt City Local Government Area by a huge majority. In Port Harcourt City, Obi received 62,451 votes to defeat Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar, who received 7,303 votes, and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Ahmed Bola Tinubu, who received 5,562 votes. Obi, who had only won in five local government areas, had surpassed Tinubu, who had led Rivers since the commencement of the collation with 12 local government districts. With Obio-Akpor, Ahoada West, and Degema expected, Obi has…

Prince Odianosen Okojie, the husband of Nollywood actress Mercy Johnson, has been elected to the Edo State House of Representatives to represent the Esan South-East/Esan North-East Federal Constituency. Okojie, who ran on the All Progressives Congress (APC) platform, received 21,764 votes in the election, finishing ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, who received 10,007. The Labour Party candidate received 11,528 votes. The results were announced by the Returning Officer for the constituency, Dr. Victor Imade, on Sunday. Reacting to his victory, Mr. Okojie was captured in a video celebrating his electoral success with a group of supporters and…

Mr. Neda Imasuen of the Labour Party (LP) was proclaimed the winner of the Edo South senatorial district election on Monday by INEC. Prof. A. Obasuyi, the Returning Officer, declared that Imasuen received 167,250 votes, defeating his PDP and APC opponents, who received 57,933 and 61,749 votes, respectively. Mr. Iyawe Eseosa, the Labor Party candidate for the Oredo federal constituency, was elected, according to Obasuyi. Ikwuano/Umuahia: Abia PDP loses fed constituency to LP He stated that the APC and PDP candidates received 15,747 and 11,889 votes, respectively, in the election.

Mr. Chinedum Orji, Speaker of the Abia House of Assembly, lost Saturday’s election for the Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency. Mr. Obi Aguocha of the Labour Party (LP) defeated Orji, the son of former Governor Theodore Orji. The Returning Officer, Prof Uma Oke, announced the results on Monday, saying that the LP candidate received 48,199 votes, defeating PDP candidate Orji, who received 35,196 votes. He stated that Mr. Ogbonnaya Obilor of the APC received 4,042 votes, while Mr. Ogbonna Abariukwu of the APGA received 2, 758 votes. He also said that Mr. Obinna Nwosu of ADC scored 2386, while Mr.…

After roughly 18 hours of collation, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) completed the state collation of Presidential Election results in Lagos State on Monday. On Saturday, the presidential and NASS elections were held concurrently across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The collation of results from Lagos state’s 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs), which began at 6.30 p.m. on Sunday evening, was completed at 12 noon on Monday, 48 hours after the election ended on Saturday. The exercise was carried out at the Lagos State Collation Centre for the Presidential Election, which is located at INEC’s Media…

Election Monitoring Coalition (EMC), a civil society organization, has praised the conduct of Military personnel, during Saturday’s Presidential and, National Assembly elections. The coalition remarked in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the Director of Monitoring, Bello Yahuza, and the Director of Politics, Yewande Amusa. They stated that their team specifically went out on Saturday to assess the conduct of military personnel and discovered that they had carried out their responsibilities with high ethical standards. According to the group, their investigation was based on promises made by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, that the armed…

Gbadebo Rhodes, the Labour Party’s governorship candidate in Lagos state, has accused the Independent National Election Commission of conspiring with the ruling All Progressives Congress to rig the recently ended general elections. Last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections will be remembered. This was stated by Rhodes on Arise News on Monday. He said, “INEC has been colluding with the ruling party in Lagos state and it is really disgraceful. The moment transmission of results did not happen from polling units, these elections have been compromised.” He disclosed that the election was marred with irregularities orchestrated by the apex electoral…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu received the most votes in the presidential and National Assembly elections held in Jigawa State on Saturday, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The collation officer, Professor Arma Ya’u Hamisu Bichi of Federal University Dutsin Ma, stated the presidential election was calm as he announced the results. According to Bichi, the APC received 421,390 votes, the LP 1,889 votes, the NNPP 98,234 votes, and the PDP 386,587 votes. The ruling APC received two senatorial seats and eight House of Representatives seats, while the opposition PDP received one…