The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has rejected the result of the just concluded gubernatorial election in Kaduna State. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Monday night declared Sen. Uba Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the March 18 election. Mr Felix Hyet, PDP chairman in...
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State has rejected the result validating the election of the New Nigerian People’s Party’s (NNPP) Abba Yusuf as governor-elect. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission had on Monday declared Yusuf as the winner of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has appreciated the support of President Muhammadu Buhari over his re-election victory for his second term in office. Governor Zulum also thanked the executive members, stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and people of Borno State for...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – NIgerian President-elect, Senator Bola Tinubu has congratulated the elected governors and assembly members for earning the mandate of the people in the March 18 Governorship and state assembly elections. Senator Tinubu in a statement on Tuesday, also called on the elected governors and assembly...
An elder statesman, Prof. Dickson Akoh, has congratulated Benue Governor-elect, Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia, and his Deputy, Dr Sam Ode, on their victory at the just-concluded governorship election in the state. Akoh, in a congratulatory message issued in Abuja on Tuesday, said that Alia’s emergence as governor-elect was a...
Sen.Orji Uzor-Kalu, the Chief Whip of Senate, has signified his interest in becoming Nigeria’s 10th Senate President, should the position be zoned to the South East by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Uzor-Kalu said this when he spoke with newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. ” I will like the...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor-elect, Bassey Otu, has warned that his government will have no place for ethnic champions who according to him, interpret life from the narrow prism of tribal worldview. The governor-elect stated this in his acceptance speech after being declared the winner...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Governor of Cross River State and a chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Liyel Imoke and Senator Gershom Bassey have congratulated the Governor-elect of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC...
Being text of Governor Zulum’s victory speech, which he delivered before APC stakeholders yesterday, at the multipurpose hall of the Government House in Maiduguri. BISMILLAHI RAHMANI RAHIM Fellow citizens of Borno State, I address you today with absolute humility, profound gratitude, and reaffirmation of our solemn commitment to serving...
A chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Jigawa, Alhaji Ibrahim Hanungiwa has advised the governor-elect, Malam Umar Namadi, to exploit the state’s arable land to boost its revenue base. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, Hanungiwa said the incoming administration must...
The Independent National Electoral (INEC) has declared of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winners in six Zamfara Assembly constituencies. The results of the six state constituencies were announced by their Returning Officers at the various state constituencies on Monday. The Returning Officer for Bungudu state Constituency, Dr Yahayya...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has boasted that he was a man with excess grace from God which enabled him win a senatorial seat and enthroned a successor as governor. Umahi made the assertion on Monday night during a thanksgiving session he organised for the victory of the All...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared PDP’s Candidate, Mr Siminalayi Fubara, winner of the Saturday’s Governorship election in Rivers. Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, the State Returning Officer for INEC who declared the results on Monday at the INEC headquarter in Rivers, said that PDP scored 302,614 votes. Rim-Rukeh,...
Former vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to release Adamawa State Governorship election results unfailingly today, noting that failure would merely subvert Peoples’ will. Addressing a press conference in Yola, he warned INEC not to tamper with outcome of Saturday Governorship polls, saying...
Alhaji Shuaib Yaman, the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections in Kwara, says he will leave the outcome of the elections to God. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) agent for the collation and declaration of the governorship election in Ebonyi, Sen. Emmanuel Onwe, on Monday refused to sign the election’s result sheet. An aggrieved Onwe, stormed out of INEC collation centre Abakaliki over perceived irregularities as some agents of other political...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to investigate alleged over-voting and Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) compromise in Saturday’s Bauchi State governorship election. APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Felix Morka, said this in a statement on...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared the March 18 governorship election in Adamawa as inconclusive. Prof. Mohammed Mele, the state INEC returning officer said this when he spoke with newsmen on Monday in Yola. Mele said that the election was cancelled in 47 registration areas, 69 polling...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Chief Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Delta. The State INEC Collation Officer, Prof. Onuwari Georgewill, the Vice Chancellor, University of Port Harcourt, made the declaration on Monday in...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Fr. Hycinth Alia of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the governorship election in Benue. This INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Farouk Kuta, who is also the Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology Minna, announced the result in Makurdi on Monday....