#AnambraDecides2021: How Soludo won Ihiala to confirm victory in governorship election Mr Soludo defeated his closest rival, Valentine Ozigbo of PDP, with 58,422 votes. Charles Soludo, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, has won the Anambra State governorship election after winning in the sole remaining local government area in …
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FUN FACT Soludo wins the election, he would be the second CBN governor in Nigeria’s history to also become governor of a state in the country. The first was Clement Isong, former governor of Cross River state. Isong was CBN governor from 1967 to 1975. He was Cross River governor …
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Anambra election: Soludo dedicates victory to policemen killed by gunmen during town hall meeting Former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has dedicated his victory in the 2021 Anambra Governorship Election to three policemen killed when he was …
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In the face of inequalities in wealth and opportunity worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, impact investing – an approach that integrates society’s social and environmental goals, can no longer be ignored, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Osinbajo made the observation in a keynote speech delivered virtually at the …
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Despite the preliminary tension and security threats, Anambra State failed to explode on Saturday. The much-awaited gubernatorial poll was largely peaceful except for some pockets of incidences. A total of 18 parties took part in the election. However, it ended up a three-horse race, narrowed down to Prof Chukwuma Soludo …
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All appears not to be well within the All Progressive Congress as a meeting of the enlarged Tripartite Committee set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to resolve disagreements in the party ended in a stalemate on Tuesday. Stakeholders at the meeting which held at the Banquet Hall of the State …
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Some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) working as ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the supplementary governorship election in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, have held on to results from their polling units. The corps members threatened not to release result …
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A 26-year-old male member of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ameer Sarkee, is seeking to be elected the national women leader of the party. This is not the first time Sakee will be eyeing a post exclusively reserved for a woman. In 2019, he contested for the post of …
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The 2019 governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Imo State, Uche Nwosu, on Tuesday, said that the ruling party was the cause of its poor outing in the Anambra State governorship election which was held on Saturday. Nwosu said that the party’s woeful outing in the Anambra State …
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Setonji Koshoedo, Deputy National Secretary-elect of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday said the 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi last week was a result of negligence on the part of Lagos State Government. The yet to be completed skyscraper owned by Fourscore Heights Limited collapsed on …
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