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Nigerian musician, Falz has shared details of results at his polling unit in Ikoyi - The singer who shared it on his verified Twitter handles state that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won at his polling unit - He advised Nigerians to defend their votes Nigerian musician, Falz, has shared details of results from his polling unit in Ikoyi, Lagos following the presidential and national assembly elections which held on February 23. Falz revealed that in his polling unit, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the elections. He also revealed that himself and many other voters in the unit waited till their votes were counted, so they could confirm it was free and fair. Falz who has many Nigerians talking following the release of his Moral Instruction album, an album that has been described as a reenactment of Fela's music, also advised Nigerians to defend their votes and proceeded to share the detailed result on his verified Twitter page. Meanwhile, Davido asked his followers to...

Results coming from many units in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) indicate that the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are in clear lead in the Presidential and National Assembly Elections. Our correspondent who were stationed in some of the polling units in the metropolis, report that PDP’s Atiku Abubakar defeated President Muhammadu Buhari of the APC in the FCT cities. At various polling units in Nyanya, Kugbo, Jikwoyi and environs, PDP won the APC with wide margins. At the Polling Unit 001, Orozo Primary school Atiku clinched 1,375 votes and APC 308 votes in the presidential elections: at the polling unit 009A in Kugbo, PDP won the presidential election with 483 votes and APC 84. At the 006 polling unit also in Jikwoyi primary school, PDP led the presidential elections with 89 and APC 15, and at the 001 polling unit, PDP won with 159 and APC 6. Our correspondent reports that in all the polling units mentioned, PDP also won the Senatorial and House...

Update:: Mr Dino Melaye, a senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the highest votes in Mopamuro Local Government Area, Kogi west senatorial zone. Melaye is seeking reelection for the second term into the red chamber of the national assembly, with his toughest rival, Mr Smart Adeyemi of the APC. Mr Ibrahim Ismaila, the INEC Collation Officer of Mopamuro LGA, announced the interim results at the collation centre in INEC LG office in Mopa at about 3: 20 a.m on Sunday. According to Ismaila, the PDP senatorial candidate, Melaye won 5112 votes, while his closest rival Smart Adeyemi of APC got 3658 votes, ADC 784 and SDP 26 votes out of the 9717 valid votes cast. There were 336 rejected votes, making total votes cast to be 10055. In the House of Representatives, the PDP also beat APC with 3703 votes. The APC got 3157 votes and ADC 2 609 votes. A total of 10042 votes were cast while 9704 votes were valid while 338 votes were rejected. In the pres...

Update:: Founder of Reddit, Alexis Ohanian has opened up on his marriage with Serena Williams. Ohanian says the key to the success of their marriage is in showing up. The Reddit founder told Glamour’s Samantha Leach about his relationship with Williams and their daughter, Alexis Ohanian Jnr. See excerpts below: “You have to show up. You have to be supportive. These are the things that matter. I credit my parents with a lot of what I’ve learned about partnership and relationships. My father, who’s Armenian, and my mother, who came from what was then West Germany, met in Ireland and spent a whirlwind two weeks together. Even though my dad didn’t speak any German and my mom spoke only basic English, they fell in love. She followed my father to America and worked as an au pair, ultimately overstaying her visa and actually living in the U.S. undocumented for a while until they got married. My mom had to hit reset on her whole life. In Germany, she was almost credentialed to be...

Update:: In the wake of gender equality and same-sex marriage, schools in France will now be unable to refer to a child’s parents as their “mother” or “father” on documents, instead, the titles will be replaced with “parent 1” and “parent 2,” so as to accommodate gay couples.   The amendment was passed in parliament as part of the country’s Schools of Trust law and aims to reduce the discrimination faced by same-sex parents. “To prevent discrimination, school enrolment, class registers, parental authorisations and all other official forms involving children must mention only Parent 1 and Parent 2,” the amendment reads. French President Emmanuel Macron’s Republique en Marche party backed the change, with MP Valérie Petit saying this amendment of the wider law recognises “children’s family diversity in administrative forms”.   “We have families who find themselves faced with tick boxes stuck in rather old-fashioned social and family models,” Ms Petit said. “For ...