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Ibadan – Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has congratulated Mr Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for emerging the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Gov. Ajumobi, in a statement signed by Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Mr Bolaji Tunji Ibadan on Monday, congratulated Makinde for emerging victorious. Recalled that the returning officer, Prof. …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Benue State governorship election inconclusive. INEC said its decision was based on statistics it gave that 121,011 electorates were either not able to vote or election did not hold in their areas. Making the declaration, the state returning officer, Sebastian Maimako, however, announced that Samuel Ortom of the PDP scored the …

Jalingo – Taraba state government has imposed a dusk to dawn curfew of 6pm to 6am on Jalingo, Taraba state capital from Monday 11, March 2019 till further notice. This was contained in a press release made available to newsmen by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Darius Ishaku, Hassan Mijinyawa. The statement in part reads “The Taraba state Government …

There is heavy protest in Port Harcourt following the suspension of the announcement of the result of the governorship election in Rivers State The protesters, who are worried over the suspension, are calling for immediate completion of the collation and announcement of the results. Leader of the protest, Jackson Omenazu, has urged the INEC to release and announce all the …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the ongoing electoral process in Rivers State. The commission made the announcement in a press statement signed by the National Commission and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, and published on its official Twitter handle. “Based on reports from our officials in the field, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) …

The governorship and House of Assembly elections held across the country, yesterday, were characterised by poor voter turn out. Except Ondo, Ekiti, Anambra, Osun and Edo states where governorship election did not hold, both polls took place in all the 36 states in the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), its candidate in …

Activities of saboteurs were largely responsible for the observed pitfalls of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the last elections. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Imo State, Professor Francis Ezeonu, disclosed this yesterday, when he played host to religious leaders that paid him a courtesy call in his office. “There were a lot of factors that bugged the last …

A Rivers State chief magistrates’ court in Port Harcourt has issued a warrant for the arrest of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Akwa Ibom State, Mr Nsima Ekere. Sir S.D. Andrew-Jaja, a chief magistrate, said Ekere, alongside one Katungo Moljengo, should be arrested “in compliance with Section 138 of the Rivers State Administration of Criminal Justice …

•Tough contests loom in Lagos, Kwara, Akwa Ibom, Oyo, Imo, Ogun, others•No governorship elections in 7 states — Ondo, Ekiti, Osun, Bayelsa, Edo, Anambra, Kogi LAGOS — Leading politicians and candidates criss-crossed the length and breadth of the 36 states of the country, yesterday, wrapping up campaigns for tomorrow’s governorship, state assembly and supplementary National Assemblyelections.elections. There will be no …

The wife of the Nigerian president, Aisha Buhari, has advised the ruling party, APC, that any government it leads should consider only card-carrying members for political appointments. She made the call at a dinner to celebrate the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari at Daura Stadium, Kastina State on Thursday. Mrs Buhari’s statement at the dinner was sent to PREMIUM TIMES …