Day: 18 November 2019

Lagos taskforce evacuates lion from Victoria Island to zoo

Jide Ige

Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences, Unit, Monday, afternoon removed a two-year-old lion from a residential building at number 229, Muri Okunola Street, Victoria Island, VI, Lagos.   The lion kept in a cage was said to be owned by an India National living in the apartment.   The removal was a sequel to the alarm raised by a neighbour to the Indian residence to authorities of the presence of the lion in the neighbourhood considered as highly dangerous to the people in the community. Confirming the report to Vanguard…

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APC dethrones PDP in Bayelsa as Diri rejects result

Jide Ige

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate David Lyon was, early this morning, declared Bayelsa State governor-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Lyon, 49, will succeed outgoing Governor Seriake Dickson, who has ruled the state since 2012 The APC thus ended the 20-year political dominance of the oil-rich Bayelsa State by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Returning Officer Prof. Faraday Orumwense, vice-chancellor of the University of Benin, declared Lyon winner with 352,552 votes in Saturday’s election. He won six of the eight local government areas PDP’s candidate Senator Duoye…

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Gbajabiamila congratulates Bello, Lyon

Benjamin Chukwudaalu, Political Reporter

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States, Yahaya Bello and David Lyon, for emerging victorious.Gbajabiamila, in a congratulatory message by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, said the victories recorded by the APC candidates in the two States was an indication of the wide acceptance the party enjoys in the two States.The Speaker said Bayelsa State, in particular, has now joined the Next Level train,…

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Wada kicks as Bello wins Kogi governorship election

Jide Ige

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared incumbent Governor Yahaya Bello winner of the 2019 governorship election in Kogi state. Bello scored a total of 406,222 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the PDP, Engr Musa Wada who polled a total of 189,704 votes. The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Natasha Akpoti came a distant third with 9,482 votes. The state collation officer and Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ibrahim Garba announced the result at about 11.40 am on Monday after receiving…

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