Category: POLITICS
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Nnamani dumps PDP
After months of speculations, former Enugu State Governor, Chimaroke Nnamani has finally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party. Nnamani announced his decision in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen in Abuja, on Monday. He had openly conversed for the then Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress now President-Elect, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu against…
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INEC postpones collation of results in Adamawa gubernatorial poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the collation of the Adamawa governorship election results from Local Government Areas until noon. The state Collation Officer, Prof. Mohammed Mele, and the Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Yakubu Ari, disclosed this on Monday after the collation of results from 20 out of the 21 LGAs. He said…
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Kano residents jubilate election result despite curfew
Residents of Kano State on Monday defied the curfew imposed by the state government to celebrate the victory of the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Yusuf Abba, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Videos show the residents in large numbers jubilating the emergence of Abba despite the curfew imposed.…
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APC’s Aliyu Ahmed wins Sokoto guber race
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Aliyu Ahmed winner of Sokoto gubernatorial race. Aliyu Ahmed polled 453,661 votes to defeat his closest rival Umar Saidu of the people’s Democratic Party, PDP who got 404, 632 votes. The election was held on Saturday, March 18, 2023, while the…
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INEC declares Kebbi guber poll inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday declared the governorship election in Kebbi as “inconclusive”. The election was keenly contested by the two giant political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the peoples Democratic Party. The Collation and Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu of the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, announced the position…
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INEC declares Gov. Sule winner of Nasarawa guber poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state for scoring the highest votes during the polls. Sule, who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress and seeking re-election for a second term in office, secured 347, 209 votes in the…
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Yobe state Governor secures second term
Mai Mala Buni, has been reelected Governor of Yobe State winning in all the 17 local government areas of the state with a total of 317,113 votes. The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Sharif Abdulahi, came a distant second with a total score of 104,259 Announcing the results, at the Independent National…
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APC’s Umar Namadi wins Jigawa governorship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Malam Umar Namadi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the Jigawa governorship election. The Returning Officer for the poll, Prof. Umar Zaiyan of Federal University Birnin Kebbi, announced the result on Sunday in Dutse. Zaiyan said that Namadi scored 618,449 votes to beat his…
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Inuwa Yahaya joins league of reelected governors as INEC declares Gombe guber poll result
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 governorship election held on Saturday has emerged victorious having won majority of the votes cast across the 11 local government areas of the state. Declaring the winner on Sunday, the State collation Officer of the election…
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PDP’s Eno wins Akwa Ibom guber poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State, Pastor Umo Eno winner of the just concluded governorship election in the state. Eno polled a total of 354,548 votes to defeat his closest rival Sen. Bassey Akpan of YPP which polled a total of…