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Below is the list of registered voters in Nigeria’s 36 states and Abuja. The figures were sourced from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. STATENO. OF VOTERSAbia1,932,892Adamawa1,973,083Akwa Ibom2,119,727Anambra2,447,996Bauchi2,462,843Bayelsa923,182Benue2,480,131Borno2,315,956Cross River1,527,289Delta2,845,274 Showing 1 to 10 of 38 entriesPreviousNext ================================== STATENO. OF VOTERSEbonyi1,459,933Edo2,210,534Ekiti909,967Enugu1,944,016FCT1,344,856Gombe1,394,393Imo2,272,293Jigawa2,111,106Kaduna3,932,492Kano5,457,747 Showing 11 to 20 of 38 entries STATENO. OF VOTERSKatsina3,230,230Kebbi.1,806,231Kogi1,646,350Kwara1,406,457Lagos6,570,291Nasarawa1,617,786Niger2,390,035Ogun2,375,003Ondo1,822,346Osun1,680,498 Showing 21 to 30 of 38 entries STATENO. OF VOTERSOyo2,934,107Plateau2,480,455Rivers3,215,273Sokoto1,903,166Taraba1,777,105Yobe1,365,913Zamfara1,717,128Total 84,004,084 …

…2 years jail term for wife beaters  … life imprisonment for perpetrators of Female Genital Mutilation Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has signed the Violence Against Persons (VAP) Bill into law, to address all forms of violence and protect vulnerable members of the society. Obaseki, who signed the bill in Government House, Benin City, on Tuesday, said he was …

Barely four days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections, two containers housing Smart Card Readers were on Tuesday gutted by fire at INEC headquarters in Awka, Anambra. The incident comes two days after the INEC office in Plateau State was destroyed by fire. Other facilities of the commission, including in Abia, have also been damaged by fire weeks before …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended its two-month-old strike, five days after its university colleagues halted theirs. Usman Dutse, the national president of ASUP, confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES by phone that the strike had been suspended. The union, after its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, however, said it would not hesitate to resume …

The American ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington, has dismissed claims by the Buhari 2019 Presidential Campaign Council that his country was subtly supporting the opposition as the general elections approach. The director, strategic communications of the team, Festus Keyamo, on Monday, lampooned Mr Symington and other Western diplomats saying their recent statements on the elections showed they were tactically supporting the opposition, …

In a renewed drive to diversify the economic base of the state for expansion, the Edo State Government has signed a tripartite agreement with the Elephant Group and Heritage Agro Allied Foods (H2AFoods), of United States of America (USA), to strengthen the cassava value chain, which would benefit not less than 445 farmers across the state. At the signing of …

Less than a week to the 2019 general elections, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged voters in Oredo Local Government Area to come out en masse to vote for candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking to represent the people in the State and National Assemblies. Obaseki gave the charge on Monday at the APC rally in …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged politicians, the electorates and other critical stakeholders in the forthcoming 2019 general elections to ensure peaceful conduct of the polls in the state. Obaseki made the call while delivering a keynote address at the Pre-election Security Stakeholders’ Townhall Meeting, themed: ‘That We May Have Peaceful Election in Edo State,’ held at Imaguero …

President Muhammed Buhari was on Monday embarrassed when aggrieved party members threw objects at a podium he and leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were standing during his Ogun State rally in Abeokuta with stones and sachet water. The ugly development occurred at the Moshood Abiola International Stadium, Abeokuta shortly after Governor Ibikunle Amosun handed over the microphone to …

The National Judicial Council says it has set up a preliminary complaints assessment committee to review the responses given to it by the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, and the Supreme Court Justice Ibrahim Muhammad who is acting in his stead. Mr Onnoghen is accused of failing to fully declare his assets, while Mr Muhammad is facing allegations …