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Edo Election: Akpata would’ve won under free, fair atmosphere – LP running mate

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6 months ago

September 24, 2024

Yusuf Asamah Kadiri, the Labour Party, LP, governorship running mate in Edo State, on Tuesday, insisted that the party would have won the just-concluded election in Edo State if it was free and fair.

Kadiri maintained that vote-buying during last Saturday’s governorship election derailed LP’s candidate, Olumide Apata from emerging victorious.

Results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, indicated that Akpata came a distant third in the Edo State governorship election.

The election results announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, said Akpata polled 22,763 votes while Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the election after garnering 291,667 votes while Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who scored 247,274 votes.

However, featuring on Arise TV’s programme, the Morning Show, Kadiri said: “In a free and fair atmosphere, we would have won that election. We are still consulting internally on whether we should go to court or not.

“We are the only ones that campaigned all across the local government so we felt their pains. We went to the remotest village and they expressed their pains.

“What turned out on the election day was money playing around, many said they wanted to vote for the Labour Party but changed. There was a path to winning but money raided that path.”

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Akpabio disowns planned support rally in Akwa Ibom, notifies security agencies

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6 hours ago

April 4, 2025

Seyi Babalola

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has distanced himself from a planned rally in Akwa Ibom State purportedly organised in his support, calling on security agencies to prevent the gathering.

A statement issued on Thursday by his Special Assistant on Media, Jackson Udom, described the rally as the work of “fifth columnists” attempting to exploit Akpabio’s name for ulterior motives.

“The attention of the office of the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has been drawn to a planned rally purported to be in support of the Senate President and organised by an unknown association by name Progressive Peoples’ Resolution (PPR) and led by one Ubong Idemudo, a known controversial character, slated for tomorrow, 4th April 2025,” the statement read.

Akpabio urged his supporters and residents of Akwa Ibom to disregard the rally and continue with their lawful activities, emphasising that he had no knowledge of any such event.

“The planned rally, from information pieced together, is the handiwork of fifth columnists trying to use the name of the Senate President to achieve their devilish goal,” Udom stated.

He further called on the police and other security agencies in the state to ensure the event does not take place, as it has no official approval from the Senate President.

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Police arrest Rivers pastor over alleged homosexual activities

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1 day ago

April 3, 2025

Seyi Babalola

Detectives from the Octopus, C4i, Strike Force Unit of the Rivers State Police Command are investigating the General Overseer of a new-generation church in the Eagleland area of Diobu, Port Harcourt, over allegations of homosexuality.

The pastor, popularly known as Elijah, got into trouble after videos of him engaging in homosexual acts were leaked to the police by a man he allegedly made sexual advances toward.

A source in the area revealed that the whistleblower pretended to be the pastor’s lover in order to gather evidence.

He allegedly recorded a video of the cleric while he was engaged in romantic activities with another man and soliciting sex.

Acting on credible intelligence, operatives of the Octopus Strike Force tracked the suspect to a relaxation spot in Port Harcourt, where he was arrested and taken into custody for questioning.

An insider disclosed that the General Overseer has reportedly confessed to multiple homosexual encounters involving both adult males and minors, within and outside Port Harcourt.

Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the Rivers State Police Command, Superintendent of Police Grace Iringe-Koko, stated that an investigation is ongoing.

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OpenAI finalizes $40 billion funding at $300 billion value

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3 days ago

April 1, 2025

Seyi Babalola

OpenAI on Monday said it raised $40 billion in a new funding round that valued the ChatGPT maker at $300 billion, the biggest capital-raising session ever for a startup.

The infusion of cash comes in a partnership with Japanese investment giant SoftBank Group and “enables us to push the frontiers of AI research even further,” the San Francisco-based company said in a post on its website.

“Their support will help us continue building AI systems that drive scientific discovery, enable personalized education, enhance human creativity, and pave the way toward AGI (artificial general intelligence) that benefits all of humanity,” the company said.

AGI refers to a computing platform with human-level intelligence.

SoftBank said in a release that it is on a mission to realize Artificial Super Intelligence (ASI) that surpasses human intelligence, and that OpenAI is the partner closest to achieving that goal.

The advancement of OpenAI’s AI models is key to achieving AGI and ASI, and massive computing power is essential,” SoftBank stated in its rationale for the latest investment in the company.

SoftBank is to pump $10 billion into OpenAI to start, and $30 billion more by the end of this year pending certain conditions.

OpenAI plans to scale its infrastructure and “deliver increasingly powerful tools for the 500 million people who use ChatGPT every week.”