Dangote now world’s 64th richest person after gaining $5.8bn in 24hrs

Alhaji Aliko Dangote has significantly moved up in the world billionaires’ list as he emerged 64th richest person in the world, with an estimated worth of $16.6 billion, as against his previous ranking of 103rd in the world.

Dangote, who remains the richest man in Africa for the 8th year running, was the only Nigerian on the list of the top 500 billionaires, as released by Bloomberg in its yearly billionaires list.

The index also revealed that Dangote’s net worth increased by 23% from $13.5bn on February 26, 2018, to $16.6bn

Jeff Bezos remains the richest in the world with $136 billion, while Bill Gates and Warren Buffett followed as second and third respectively with $98.4 billion and $83 billion.

#TravisScott postpones his ''AstroWorld'' concert as #KylieJenner Accuses him of Cheating .

According to a report from TMZ, Travis had to postpone his "AstroWorld" concert in Buffalo Thursday night to work through some relationship issues with Kylie Jenner 

Reports surfaced earlier saying Travis was “sick” and had to cancel the show, but the news outlet heard otherwise and that Travis stayed back in L.A. after Kylie accused him of cheating.

Reps for Travis say the rapper absolutely denies cheating on Kylie, but that’s not what she believes. .

She claims to have discovered "evidence" he cheated on her, and a huge fight broke out between the two, which continued into Thursday. .

It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Kylie. First, her best friend, Jordyn Woods, is out of her life after she slept with her older sister's boyfriend, and now she's dealing with Travis.

United Kingdom Government confirms INEC results as authentic

INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu.

The United Kingdom Government has confirmed that the results of the presidential election as released by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) were authentic.

British Minister of State for Africa, Harriet Baldwin said the results were consistent with the results obtained through the civil society Parallel Vote Tabulation process.

“Along with our international partners, the UK believes the Nigerian people can have confidence in the result,” she said.

INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu early Wednesday morning declared President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 23 February election, with 15,191,847 votes. His main challenger Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party scored 11, 262,978 votes.



But the PDP agent at the collation centre declined to sign the results and later Atiku also rejected the verdict and said he would challenge it in the court.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Atiku ramped up the rejection by raising issues of ‘statistical impossibility’ about the results in some states of Nigeria.

The statement by the British minister was the first authentication of INEC result.




Baldwin congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on securing a second term as president.

“I offer my congratulations to President Buhari on securing a second term as the Nigerian President”, she said in a statement released by the British High Commission in Abuja.

“The UK is a long-standing friend and partner of Nigeria and the Nigerian people and a stable and prosperous Nigeria benefits Africa and the world.”

Baldwin commended Nigerians for their resilience and commitment to democracy.

She, however, recognized the concerns expressed by Nigerians on the conduct of the electoral process, in particular logistics and results collation, and reports of intimidation of electoral officers.

The minister urged any party or individual who wished to challenge the process to do so peacefully and through the appropriate legal channel.

“We encourage Nigerian authorities to examine all allegations of wrongdoing carefully, and take the necessary action against individuals found responsible’’.

She also condoled with the families and friends of those who lost their lives in election-related violence.

“No one should die in the exercise of their democratic rights,” she stated.

She reiterated the continued support of the UK Government to Nigeria and its civil society “in drawing lessons from these elections and strengthening its democracy”.

INEC declares Buhari winner of Presidential election

Buhari is winner of 2019 Presidential poll
Photo: Punch



The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday declared President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of last Saturday’s Presidential election in the country.

INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who declared the results around 4:39am said Buhari polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat his rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who polled 11,262,978 votes.

According to Mahmood, “that Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, having satisfied the law and scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared winner and is returned elected.”

He added that the Certificate of Return would be issued to Buhari by 2.00pm on Wednesday.

In the results announced by Mahmood, Buhari defeated Atiku with a wide margin of 3,928,869 to ensure that he remains Nigeria’s President in the next four years.

According to Mahmood, the total number of voters stood at 82,344,107 while the total number of accredited voters was 29,364,209, just as the total votes cast was 28,614,190.

In the election, 27,324,583 votes were valid while 1,289,607 votes were rejected.

Buhari’s victory came in 19 States where he won election, while Atiku won in 17 States and the Federal Capital Territory.

Buhari won in Ekiti, Osun, Kwara, Nasarawa, Kogi, Gombe, Yobe, Jigawa, Niger, Kaduna, Bauchi, Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Katsina, Borno, Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara.

Atiku won in FCT, Ondo, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, Oyo, Edo, Benue, Imo, Plateau, Taraba, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Adamawa.

Summary of Proceeding

Davido gives up on Atiku winning the presidential election

Nigerian singer, Davido has given up over the chance of PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, winning the 2019 presidential election.




Davido who has been a huge Atiku supporter and even went on the road campaigning for him, took to Twitter to express his loss of hope as results from the election shows Atiku stands no chance of winning.




“I no talk again. What’s done is done… No heart feelings… Dem don win Dem don win be dat. We all tried our best”, Davido tweeted.   The presidential election results show President Muhammadu Buhari of the Peoples Democratic Party leading by a great margin.

Source- Lailas News

Uche Jombo Condemn Governors

Nollywood actress Uche Jombo Rodriguez released a message on social media, condemning how former governors use the senate as their retirement plan.

It is no longer news that most serving governors in Nigeria, and African leaders as a whole, when they are no longer in office, they find their way into another political position as a way of securing the bag.

Some of them until they are forcefully removed through the help of the military, are even ready to stay till a 100 years and die in office. Like in the case of former Zimbabwe president – Robert Mugabe and many others.


Getting forms to apply for these positions, run into millions of Naira that only the politicians looting the country’s funds can provide, because an average Nigerian youth cannot afford such, thereby making the wealth circulate around them and their families as if it is a monarchical system of government.

Thank God we now have the not too young to run bill signed into law, where youths can actively participate in electoral processes under various parties rather than make the country look like a two party system of government as opposed to the multi party system in the constitution.



The governor of Oyo state- Abiola Ajimobi, under the APC contested for the senatorial seat and lost to PDP’s Kola Balogun in Saturday’s election. Former governor of Lagos state, Babajide Fashola, currently the Federal Minister of Power, Works and Housing and Adams Oshiomhole current national chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) political party also an ex governor of Edo state.

These and many more are examples of leaders who after holding one position or the other for 8 or 4 years still have a way of remaining in political positions.

source- PM News 

The election was a charade- Fani-Kayode

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Director of Media and Publicity, PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation

Former aviation minister Femi Fani-Kayode has asked the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to reject the results of the presidential election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and call for a civil disobedience.

In his tweets on Tuesday, Fani-Kayode described the election as a charade and urged Atiku to release the authentic results submitted by PDP agents nationwide.

He also called on Atiku to give the Federal Government an ultimatum to announce the authentic results.



Read his tweets below:



”The election was a charade! @atiku should now brace up to defend the choice of millions of Nigerians who risked their lives on Saturday,defied tyranny and oppression and spoke through the ballot!He must reject the results and give the FG an ultimatum to declare the authentic…

…results,failure of which he will form a Govt. and order civil disobedience throughout the nation!If this charade is allowed to stand,the country is finished! Then the authentic results collated by PDP from the 119,000 PUs must be released to the public and the int. community!” Fani-Kayode tweeted.