The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Dr Mark Useni of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s supplementary election for Ussa, Donga and Takum federal constituency of Taraba. Prof. Luka Juma, the INEC Returning Officer declared the result in Jalingo on Sunday.Juma said that Useni...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Ibrahim Lamido of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Sokoto East Senate seat at the National Assembly. INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Muhammad Bayawa, declared the result in Sokoto on Sunday. Bayawa said that Lamido scored 112,764 votes...
The power struggle between two generals in Sudan and associated violence escalated dramatically on Saturday and Sunday, with at least dozens of civilians and soldiers killed. It remained unclear who has the upper hand in the power struggle, according to media reports, which said fighting around the Sudanese army’s...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday in Gusau declared the candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Zamfara Central senatorial district and that of Gusau/Tsafe federal constituency as winners in Saturday’s supplementary election. Returning Officer for Zamfara Central senatorial district, Prof. Kabiru Abdullahi, said Alhaji Ikira Bilbis...
Apollos Nwauwa, a U.S.-based Nigerian historian and Professor of Africana Studies, has received Professor of Service Excellence award for his outstanding achievement and excellence in public service. Nwauwa received the award at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, U.S. The Professorship of Service Excellence is conferred upon members of the faculty...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari says the ongoing fight, which erupted in the Sudanese capital between the military and powerful para-military, Rapid Support Forces, RSF, is unwelcome. Malam Garba Shehu, the president’s spokesman in a statement, said Buhari stated this when the Transitional President of Chad,...
Gunmen on Sunday have kidnapped an officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Popoola Olasupo, along Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Olasupo was kidnapped at about 6:30 am on Sunday morning while going to his duty...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, embarked on official and spiritual journey to Saudi Arabia to thank Almighty Allah as he prepares to handover mantle of leadership to President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, on May 29. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that President Buhari departed...
Candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were on Sunday declared winners of the just-concluded re-run polls in Khana/Gokhana and Port Harcourt City Local Government Area Federal Constituency 2 (PHALGHA 2) Federal Constituencies in Rivers. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), through its Returning Officer for Khana/Gokhana Constituency, Mr...
The Kebbi State Governor-elect, Dr Nasir Idris of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Sunday appreciated the electorate for entrusting him with the mandate to steer the affairs of governance in the state. In his acceptance speech, Idris, immediate past president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, said his...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume collation of Adamawa governorship election results and declare the party candidate, Ahmadu Fintiri, winner of the election. The party made the call at a news conference by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba...
Dino Melaye, a former senator, Kogi West Senatorial District, has been declared the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dino polled 313 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Idoko Ilonah, who got 124 votes in the...
Pope Francis has come to the defence of the late pope John Paul II who was accused in a recent documentary film of ignoring allegations of abuse by priests and protecting them by transferring them. Francis said that the former pope, who was born Karol Wojtyla in Poland, is...
As evidence to our earlier description of the situation, the Adamawa state governorship election was a “naked dance of shame in the market place”. The current imbroglio is testimony to that. Based on various irregularities perpetrated by the PDP and APC candidates during the two sets of governorship election...
I have read a series of responses to Chimamanda’s odious epistle to her master, President Joe Biden, the President of the United States. Given her professional orientation, she has now tried to make fiction of the 2023 Nigerian election with a view to making some cool wads to support...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that one person was killed during a communal clash in Sang village of Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, over the coronation of a Hamlet head. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday declared Rodney Ambaiowei of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the Southern-Ijaw Federal Constituency supplementary election in Bayelsa. According to the result declared by the returning officer, Prof. Christopher Onyema, the PDP candidate, Ambaiowei, polled a total of 13,992...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate as winner of Sokoto South Senatorial District. Declaring the results of the supplementary elections, the Returning Officer for the Sokoto South Senatorial District, Prof. Abubakar Bagudo, said...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a Lekki-based based businessman in Lagos, Cyril Chidiebere, for drug trafficking. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the suspect was...
Operatives of the Police Command in Lagos State have arrested a 20-year old woman, Aminat Ajayi, for alleged unlawful possession of 103 wraps of ‘colorado’ in the Ijora area of the state. The Command Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday. Hundeyin said that...