Category: POLITICS
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Police confirm political clash in Oyo, launch investigation
The Oyo State Police Command on Friday confirmed the clash between supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress on Thursday in Ibadan, which reportedly left three people dead. The clash took place at the Ile-tuntun area in the Ibadan South-East Local Government Area. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale…
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AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR PRINTING OF SENSITIVE ELECTION MATERIALS: INEC JUSTIFIES PROCESS
The Independent National Electoral Commission has refuted claims it awarded a contract for the printing of sensitive election materials to the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Adamawa State, Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed. The commission made this known in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Festus…
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APC governorship candidate in Oyo State escapes assassination
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Oyo State, Teslim Folarin, Thursday, narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in Ibadan, the state capital. Folarin’s special adviser on media and publicity, Yekeen Olaniyi, said a group of masked gunmen invaded his principal’s ancestral home at Oja’gbo area in the Ibadan North-East Local Government area of…
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LP accuses INEC of disregard to court order on accessing presidential election materials election
PRESS RELEASE The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with greatest impunity have refused, neglected and failed to obey the Order of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja made on the 03rd day of March 2023, directing it to grant the Labour Party and its presidential candidate H.E. Peter Gregory Obi leave to apply…
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Supreme Court sacks Shekarau as Senator-elect
The Supreme Court has sacked Senator Ibrahim Shekarau as the candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party and recognised Senator Rufa’i Hanga as the party’s candidate for the 2023 general election. Reports has it that Shekarau was declared the winner of the 2023 Kano Central Senatorial District election under NNPP. Shekarau, a sitting senator was…
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Kogi state government vows to arrest business owners rejecting old naira notes
PERSONS AND BUSINESSES THAT REJECT OLD NAIRA NOTES WILL BE APPREHENDED AND PROSECUTED Kingsley Femi FanwoHon. Commissioner for Information and Communications 10/03/2023
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INEC presents certificates of return to senators-elect
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday issued Certificates of Return to winners of the February 25, 2023 Senatorial elections in Nigeria The Chairman of INEC, Mahmood Yakubu made the presentation at the National Collation Centre (the International Conference Centre) in Abuja. Yakubu had on Saturday said winners were declared for 423 legislative seats,…
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INEC announces National Assembly election results for Rivers State
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released Results of the National Assembly election conducted on February 25 in Rivers State. The electoral body announced the results through the commission’s Public Affairs Officer, Geraldine Ekelemu, in Port Harcourt. The results showed that the three senatorial seats were won by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The…
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Seven states discontinue case challenging declaration of Tinubu as President-Elect
Seven states controlled by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – Adamawa, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Taraba, and Sokoto – which filed a suit against the Federal Government at the Supreme Court challenging the declaration of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Bola Ahmed Tinubu as president-elect, have discontinued the suit. The Notice of Discontinuance…
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Tinubu visits president Buhari in Daura, presents his certificate of return
President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has visited President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura, Katsina State. Special Assistant on Digital Communications to the President, Bashir Ahmad, made this known on his Twitter handle. Sharing a photo of the president and the president-elect, Bashir tweeted, “President #MBuhari receives Asiwaju Bola Ahmed TInubu #officialABAT, the President-elect, today in Daura, Katsina State.…