Just five days to the swearing in of elected political office holders, the supreme court delivered a judgement that shook the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara. The APC had what it considered a clean sweep but on Friday, the highest court in the land awarded the ruling party’s votes to the Peoples Democratic Party […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has withdrawn 25 certificates of return issued to some candidates who partook in the 2019 general election. Speaking at a media forum in Enugu state on Monday, Festus Okoye, INEC’s national commissioner for information and voter education, said the commission took the action based on court orders. Okoye […]
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The ongoing stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to resume votes count for the March 9 Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Rivers State has suffered major hiccup following a walk-out by the presumed winner of the governorship election, Biokpomabo Awara, of the African Action Congress, AAC. The meeting, […]
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Alhaji Ahmadu Fintiri of thenPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) has emerged winner of Adamawa Governorship election. The Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Andrew Haruna, who declared the result Thursday in Yola after the supplementary election in 44 units across 14 local government areas of the state said Fintiri polled 376,552 votes to beat his closest […]
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The Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the March 28 date the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) fixed for the supplementary governorship election in the state. Ahmed Lawal, organising secretary of the party, announced the party’s decision in an interview with NAN in Yola on Tuesday. Lawal said INEC did […]
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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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Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may be planning to organise a special event to issue him a certificate of return. Okorocha stated this on the backdrop of the omission of his name from those that INEC issued certificates of return. He stated this on Thursday in Abuja […]
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The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, has asked senators-elect to start work early. He spoke while presenting certificates of return to senatorial candidates who emerged winners in the February 23 polls. The event is taking place at Africa Hall of the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja. “For the […]
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The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a police officer and abduction of three INEC ad-hoc staff during the governorship and state assembly election in the state. The police also announced the killing of a civil defence officer in a separate attack, while on election duty. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Gambo […]
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