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[UPDATED] Ondo Poll: APC Clears All 18 LGAs With Wide Margin
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has resumed collation of results in the Ondo Governorship election after a recess.
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has cleared all 18 local government area results announced so far with a strong lead in all.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second.
The collation officer, Prof Olayemi Akinwunmi, had earlier announced a recess, said it is to allow for the arrival of results from the remaining local governments which he said are very far from Akure, the capital city.
“I think we can just adjourn till 12 noon please, two remaining local governments are not here yes, so we adjourn till 12 noon.
The local governments, Ilaje and Ese Odo are very far, so we need to give the time to arrive here, but we resume 12 noon,” Prof Akinwunmi said.
The 15 Local Governments Areas declared so far are Ifedore, Ondo East, Ileoluji Oke-Igbo, Idanre, Irele, Akoko South West, Owo, Ondo West, Akoko South East, Akoko North West, Ose, Akoko North East, Akure South, Akure North and Okitipupa.
The 3 remaining local governments are Ilaje, Odigbo, and Ese Odo.
Out of the 15 local governments announced so far, it was only in one that a contending issue came up.
The LG is Idanre where the agent of the PDP alleged issues of vote buying, ballot box snatching, and no election in some areas.
He asked the returning officer to reject the results from Idanre.
INEC National Commissioner, Prof Kunle Ajayi, who addressed newsmen in Akure, the Ondo State capital before the collation commenced, had assured Ondo people that the result would be declared not later than 6 am.
“I can assure you that until we declare the winner, we won’t leave here. We will wait until the last local government before we leave.
“I don’t have any fear that even by 6 am, maybe everything would have been over,” the National Commissioner added.
Three people were rescued and taken to the hospital after a two-storey building under construction collapsed in the Mushin area of Lagos on Sunday.
The incident occurred at about 3:50 p.m. at Ishaga Road, directly opposite the Central Mosque in Idi Araba.
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed the collapse in a statement made available to journalists.
According to Mr. Ibrahim Farinloye, the NEMA Coordinator for the Lagos Territorial Office, emergency response teams were swiftly mobilised to the scene, where ongoing rescue operations were launched.
“Two people have been rescued and taken to the hospital for treatment.
Operations are still ongoing,” Farinloye initially said, adding that further updates would be provided as more information becomes available.
He later added that another person was rescued at 6.35 pm. The cause of the collapse has not yet been officially determined, but the incident adds to a string of structural failures that have plagued Lagos in recent years, often attributed to poor regulatory oversight, substandard materials, and disregard for approved building plans.
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President Tinubu’s Moment with Pope Leo XIV
The US pontiff shook hands with several world leaders in St Peter’s Square after the inauguration mass on Sunday.
• President Bola Tinubu exchanging pleasantries with Pope Leo XIV at the installation mass for the new Pope in Rome on Sunday. Photo: State House.
President Bola Tinubu exchanging pleasantries with Pope Leo XIV at the installation mass for the new Pope in Rome on Sunday. Photo: State House.
President Bola Tinubu shook hands with the newly installed Bishop of Rome and the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope Leo XIV, on Sunday.
The US pontiff shook hands with several world leaders in St Peter’s Square after the inauguration mass on Sunday.
While shaking hands with the Pope, Tinubu had a brief conversation with him before moving away.
Other world leaders who shook hands with the Pope include US Vice President J.D Vance and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, among others.
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Maritime Journalists Association Withdraws from Merger Talks
“AMJON believes that creating a single, strong, and indissoluble maritime journalists’ association can only be achieved if all eight associations dissolve their individual structures and fuse into one united body,” said Kagbare.
The Association of Maritime Journalists of Nigeria (AMJON) has announced its withdrawal from ongoing merger talks with seven other maritime media associations.
In a statement signed by the President, Kelvin Kagbare, AMJON cited the other associations’ refusal to dissolve their individual bodies and merge into a single, united association as the reason for its withdrawal.
“AMJON believes that creating a single, strong, and indissoluble maritime journalists’ association can only be achieved if all eight associations dissolve their individual structures and fuse into one united body,” said Kagbare.
The other seven associations have proposed a confederacy model, which would allow them to retain their individual associations while coming together under a new name and structure.
AMJON rejects this approach, describing it as a “deception” and a “creation of another association in disguise.”
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