Dissanayaka, 55, was sworn in by the chief justice in a ceremony attended by lawmakers, members of the Buddhist clergy and the military.
According to the APC Chairman in Edo State, Okpebholo’s government will usher in development for the people of Edo.
The declaration brings Okpebholo closer to achieving his goal of becoming governor and places his party on the cusp of a return to power.
Dozens of people were wounded in the shooting with at least four sustaining life-threatening injuries, Fitzgerald said.
The leaders' sixth straight league triumph was marred by an potentially serious knee injury to goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen.
In a statement on Sunday by presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu urged Okpebholo “not to gloat over his victory but to see it as a challenging call to service”. The President encouraged him to ...
Chairman of the PDP Governors' Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed, made the call in a statement on Sunday.
Six people died after a car lost control and slammed into bikes and other vehicles on a bridge in central China’s Hunan province early Monday morning, police said. Police said the car was rear-ended, ...
INEC declared APC's Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the keenly contested Saturday 21, 2024 governorship election in the South-South state.
Edo State Chairman of the PDP, Anthony Aziegbemi, explained that the discrepancies between figures on the EC8 form is not tallying with  that on INEC’s iREV platform.
Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the keenly contested election in the South-South state.
Ecuador will begin scheduled power cuts a day early, the government said Saturday, aimed at rationing electricity as the hydroelectric power-dependent country faces its worst drought in 61 years.