The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared PDP’s Bala Muhammed winner of the governorship race in Bauchi State. Mr Bala Mohammed defeated the incumbent Governor Muhammed Abubakar who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress. Mohammed polled a total of 515,113 votes while the APC polled 500,625. The Returning officer Professor Kyari Mohammed announced […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, winner of the Kano State governorship supplementary election held Saturday. Mr Ganduje lost the first election held on March 9 by a slim margin, but his total votes in the two polls put him ahead of […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Aminu Tambuwal as winner of the governorship election in Sokoto state. Fatimah Mukhtar, returning officer for the election, said Tambuwal, who contested under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled a total of 512,002 votes to beat Aliyu Ahmed of the All Progressives Congress (APC)who garnered 511,660 votes. […]
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Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the recently held presidential election, has congratulated Senator Ademola Adeleke over his declaration as governor-elect by the Osun State governorship election tribunal. Senator Adeleke, the PDP candidate in the election, had approached the tribunal challenging the victory of the governor and the APC in […]
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The Osun State governorship election tribunal has declared Senator Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the governorship election held in September 2018. A three-man panel sitting in Abuja, the nation’s capital, upheld the petition of the PDP candidate while delivering judgement on Friday. It was a split decision […]
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Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has faulted the Federal Government plan to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 per cent to 35 per cent. Umahi, who made the declaration on Wednesday while addressing staff of his office celebrating his re-election for a second term, described the FG’s plan as ‘digging a hole to […]
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Gbenga Daniel, former director-general of the Atiku Campaign Organisation, says he will never abandon the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate. Daniel, two-term governor of Ogun state, had resigned his membership of the PDP on Saturday and announced that he was quitting partisan politics. After the announcement, Daniel said his supporters were urging him to lead […]
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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has filed a petition before the presidential election tribunal to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection. Atiku filed the petition before the tribunal in Abuja on Monday, asking it to declare him authentic winner of the election or order that a fresh poll should be conducted. […]
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Peter Obi, running mate of Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has lamented how incompetent people are kept in office because of rigging. The former governor of Anambra state said the “rigging that characterised the general election” undermines the country’s democracy. He said rigging has undermined the future of the country, […]
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Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River state has restated his commitment to ensuring that the southern Senatorial District of the state produces the next governor in 2023. Mr Ayade, who spoke on a phone-in radio programme on Saturday in Calabar, insisted that equity and fairness dictates that the next governor of Cross River must come […]
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