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...
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Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has called on residents of the state to remain calm and peaceful as collation of results of the just-concluded governorship supplementary election has been suspended by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Governor, who addressed a news conference in Yola on Sunday, has...
Muhammadu Buhari on the fifth day of the official visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, shared a warm moment with Governors of Borno and Yobe, Prof. Babagana Zulum and Mai Mala Buni as well as Katsina State Governor-elect, Dikko Radda. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) have condemned the conviction of two young Nigerian journalists, Gidado Yushau and Alfred Olufemi over an investigative report on drug abuse. Gidado, Editor of News Digest and the Convener of the annual Campus Journalism Awards (CJA),...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre), a leading anti-corruption group, has called on political parties and newly elected members to the National Assembly for the 10th Assembly to elect only corrupt-free lawmakers for leadership positions in the upcoming Assembly. In a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the victory of Adamawa State All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Aisha Dahiru (Binani), earlier declared by the state REC as null and void. This is contained in a statement signed by the National Commissioner, Information...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare his assets as his administration gradually winds down on May 29. SERAP in a statement on Sunday, urged President Buhari to encourage his Vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and other top...
Outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) will not be a threat to the 2023 national population and housing census scheduled to from May 3 to May 5. Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission (NPC) in Enugu State, Mr Ejike Eze, gave the assurance on Sunday in Enugu when...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced collation of the governorship supplementary election results held on Saturday. Speaking at the commencement of the exercise in Yola, Prof. Mohammed Mele, the state Collation Officer, said the results of Demsa and Yola-South Local Government Areas were ready. Mele urged the...
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate for Bukkuyum/Gummi Federal Constituency in Zamfara, Alhaji Sulaiman Gummi, was declared winner of the supplementary election conducted in the constituency on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that INEC declared the House of Reps election for the constituency inconclusive due to...
Rt. Rev. Christian Onyia, the Bishop, Diocese of Nike Anglican Communion in Enugu State on Saturday urged governments at all levels to focus on job creation to stem rising insecurity and terrorism. Onyia made the call while delivering his Bishop’s Charge at the 2nd session of the 6th Synod of the...
Wide-spread violence has compelled INEC to cancel Saturday’s Ikono/Ini Federal Constituency rerun election in Akwa Ibom. Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Dr Cyril Omorogbe, told newsmen in Uyo that the rerun election in the area was abysmal. He said the election was cancelled in all the 17 polling...
Saturday’s supplementary election being conducted by INEC, recorded high voter turnout as election began early in the affected areas in Sokoto State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that voters, especially women, came out in large numbers at the polling units while combined teams of security agencies enforced...
The Saturday’s supplementary National Assembly election in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers commenced smoothly and peacefully despite low turnout of voters. The electoral officers arrived early with the materials early at Rumuwoji Ward 12 Unit 6 Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2, but up till noon, very...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, has approved the creation of Ministry of Aviation and Technology in the state. The Secretary to the State Government and Coordinating Commissioner, Dr. Kenneth IGWE, announced this in a statement issued on Saturday in Abakaliki. The statement said: “In...
Saturday’s House of Representatives supplementary election in Port Harcourt Federal Constituency in Rivers has been characterised by low turnout of voters, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. In Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Ward 5 (Port Harcourt Township, election commenced at 8:30 a.m....
Polling booths opened early on Saturday morning for the supplementary elections in Imo amid large turn out and tension. The candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Akarachi Amadi; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Osmond Ukanacho and the Labour Party (LP), Mr Uche Ogbuagu, are the three major...
Voter apathy trailed Saturday’s supplementary election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was low turnout of voters in some of the polling units visited in Ikwo Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The supplementary elections...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has urged Nigerians to shun violence in Saturday’s supplementary election. Tinubu in a statement on Friday in Abuja, called on the electorate in the areas where the supplementary election would hold to eschew violence and conduct themselves in peaceful...