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…As Edo beats other Niger Delta states in long-term devt. Planning Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has advocated for the judicious use of resources in the South-south region to drive socioeconomic development, lamenting that there was little to show that the region is the most funded in Nigeria. He said the state is on a path to changing this …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Governor Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party as Sokoto state governor-elect. Announcing the final results of the election, the state Returning Officer, Prof. Fatimah Mukhtar, said Tambuwal polled a total score of 512,002 votes to beat Ahmad Aliyu of the All Progressives Congress who garnered 511,660. Tambuwal won with a slim margin …

The Personal Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, has stated the reasons the President refused to visit some states to campaign for governorship candidates of his party, All Progressives Congress, after he had won the presidential election of February 23, 2019. The governorship election had held on March 9, about nine days after Buhari had received …

The Benue State governorship Collation/Returning Officer, Mr. Sabastine Maimako on Sunday declared the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Samuel Ortom, as the winner of the March 9 governorship election. He said Ortom, who is the incumbent governor, polled 434,473 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Mr. Emmanuel Jime, candidate of the All Progressives Congress who scored 345,155 …

Violence and voter intimidation once again marred polls in Nigeria Saturday, as voters tried to take part in re-run governorship and state elections already postponed once because of unrest. An opposition spokesman said some of their agents had been killed in the violence and called on election officials to cancel the vote again. Armed men armed with machetes, knives and …

There was jubilation across Osun State on Friday after the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja declared Ademola Adeleke the winner of the elections held in September, 2018. The three-member panel at the tribunal, in a split judgment of two-to-one, declared the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate the winner of the September 2018 election. The tribunal, through the majority judgment, nullified …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin-based Man of God who allegedly impregnated an eighteen-year old member of his church and secretly terminated the two month-old pregnancy to conceal his extramarital affair from his wife, congregation and the general public has been arrested by the Police in Edo State Operatives of the Edo State Police Command picked up the randy pastor and owner …

Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Friday presented himself to President Muhammadu Buhari to show him that he is alive and wasn’t involved in any accident. Governor el-Rufai also said that he was hunting for the peddlers of the news that he was involved in a fatal accident, adding that if located, the person would face criminal charges. The …

The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja has declared as winner Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the 2018 governorship election in the state, Ademola Adeleke. It held that the All Progressives Congress and its candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, were not validly returned. The three-member panel said during its ruling in Abuja Friday afternoon that the rerun …

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Abuja assured Nigerians that his administration will in the next four years pursue inclusive and transparent policies that will guarantee security and economic safety of every citizen. The president, who received a delegation of the Nigerian Union of Journalists led by Chris Isiguzo at the State House, said: “As I look to the next four …