Category: POLITICS
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INEC declares Seyi Makinde winner of Oyo governorship election
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 poll in Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has been declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The incumbent governor defeated his challengers including Labour Party (LP)’s Akinwale Tayo as well as a serving senator, Teslim Folarin of…
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Ondo: APC wins 22 of 26 state assembly seats
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced the results of the state assembly elections on Sunday. The APC won 22 of the 26 constituencies, while the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) won the remaining four seats. The seats won by the PDP are for Àkúré South Constituency (I) Akoko southwest constituency (I), Akoko southwest constituency (II), and…
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Just In: Former Ekiti Deputy Governor is dead
The immediate past Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi is dead. Chief Egbeyemi Died in the Early hours of Saturday morning at a popular private Hospital in Ado-Ekiti, the State capital at the age of 79. Egbeyemi who was born on 8th of May 1944 was a Nigerian lawyer and politician. Who served…
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Buhari arrives Katsina for governorship, state assembly elections
President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived Katsina State for the gubernatorial and state assembly elections scheduled for tomorrow. The Presidential jet landed at the Umaru Musa Yaradua International Airport at twenty five minutes past the hour of four in the afternoon He was received at the airport by the Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari,…
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Buhari assents 16 transmitted Constitutional review bills
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase on Friday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to some momentous legislation that altered some provisions of the 1999 Constitution. Wase who doubles as the Chairman, Special Ad-hoc Committee on the review of the 1999 Constitution noted that the Constitution (Fifth Alteration) bill,…
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MC OLUOMO’S ALLEGED THREAT TO IGBO VOTERS IN LAGOS UNDER INVESTIGATION- LAGOS CP
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, on Friday, said that an investigation has been launched into the alleged threat issued against Igbo by the Lagos State Parks Management Committee Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya popularly known as MC Oluomo.Owohunwa made this known while featuring in an interview with TV Arise News on the preview of…
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REAL-TIME TRANSMITION OF RESULTS: WE LEARNT VALUABLE LESSONS – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission has given an insight into how polling unit results will be transmitted during the governorship elections across the states of the federation on Saturday. INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, while speaking on Arise TV on Friday, said the commission had learnt valuable lessons from the February…
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GOVERNORSHIP/ HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: ONDO POLICE COMMAND PLACES BAN ON AMOTEKUN, ESCORTS, RESTRICTS MOVEMENT
As Ondo State electorate goes to the polls on Saturday to elect lawmakers into the state House of Assembly,the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, OYEYEMI OYEDIRAN, has ordered the restriction of all forms of vehicular movement in the state from 12am to 6pm on Saturday 18th March, 2023. According to a press release signed by…
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TRANSMIT SATURDAY 18TH ELECTION RESULTS THROUGH BIVAS FROM POLLING UNITS TO IREV, COURT ORDERS INEC
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit the Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly’s election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) to upload a…
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Ogun: LP forms alliance with PDP hours to governorship poll
Barely twenty-four hours before the governorship and state house of assembly election, the Labour Party in Ogun State has gone into an alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party. The party’s alliance was said to have targeted at the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the state, Dapo Abiodun who is seeking a second…