Salisu Rimaye of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared the winner of the Saturday supplementary election for the Kankia constituency of Katsina State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The results were announced in Kankia by INEC Returning Officer Dr. Kamaluddeen Kabo of the Federal University, Dutsinma. According to Kabo, Abdullahi Ibrahim of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received 16, 763 votes, losing to Rimaye’s 18, 157 votes. He claimed there were...
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Ten people have been killed in Buni Gari village, Gujba Local Government Area, Yobe State, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. The state governor, Mr. Mai Mala Buni, is from Buni Gari. An after-attack resident claimed that the alleged terrorists stormed the town to kidnap Mallam Shati Gawi, who was later killed. “I want to tell you that we lost more than 10 people here,” another resident said. “We saw the security personnel, including soldiers...
INEC Chair Under Pressure to Declare Fintiri Winner of Adamawa Guber re-run, Group Alleges
2 years ago523 min
As the re-run of the Adamawa State governorship commences, a Civil Society Organisation, Centre For Civil Rights and Social Justice (CCRSJ) has alleged the the incumbent governor and other top party officials are mounting pressure on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu to compromise on the outcome of the election. The CSO in a terse statement signed by executive director, Peter Ebam and made available to news men urged the INEC...
Adamawa Re-run : Prof Kuna is the new hatchet man for fintri…
2 years ago503 min
CSOs Raise Alarm, Cautions INEC The Save Nigeria Movement (SNM) has raised alarm over the desperation of Gov Fintiri to infiltrate the top hierarchy of the independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with a bid to favor Incumbent governor Fintiri in the re-run. Intelligence at our disposal indicate that one Prof Kuna who’s a special advisor to INEC Chairman Prof Mahmoud has made himself available for the hatchet job through the prodding of the current Vice...
Building collapse: Lagos government affirms there were no fatalities, intensifies its investigation
2 years ago622 min
No fatalities were reported in the seven-story building fall on Banana Island, Ikoyi, according to the Lagos State Government. Gbenga Omotoso, the commissioner for information and strategy, revealed that 25 individuals had been recovered from the scene at the time of the report, with no one still trapped beneath the rubble. Omotoso added that the site has been divided into quadrants, and that search operations have been finished in quadrants two and three, which have...
Kogi APC primary: peaceful and orderly—Yahaya Bello
2 years ago753 min
He The Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello, praised the All Progressive Congress (APC) primary poll as being very peaceful, well-run, and successful. This was said by Bello in a statement made shortly after the election by his chief press secretary, Onogwu Mohammed. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Zamfara State Governor Mohammed Bello-Matawale oversaw the Direct Mode primary election, which was held in all 239 wards. The election was fairly orderly and rancor-free...
Lagos Election Petition Tribunal Starts Hearing Applications From Angry Petitioners
2 years ago753 min
Governor Sanwo Olu has set up his legal team comprising of four Senior Advocates of Nigeria and several other lawyers. Governor Sanwo Olu has set up his legal team comprising of four Senior Advocates of Nigeria and several other lawyers. Today, the Lagos State National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal convened to hear eight petitions concerning the 2023 elections, which were held on February 25 and March 11. According to Shola Soyele,...
Lagos building collapses continued because there were no building reforms, says Rhodes Vivour
2 years ago864 min
Gbadebo Rhodes Vivour, a candidate for governor from the Labour Party (LP) in Lagos State, claims that the lack of political will to enact comprehensive building control reforms is to blame for the persistence of impunity surrounding building collapses in the state. According to The Guardian, yesterday in Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos State, seven-story building collapsed, trapping an unknown number of workers inside. In a statement released in response to the incident on Thursday,...
Before today’s primary election for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello appointed Ahmed Ododo, the state auditor-general, as his successor. This was disclosed at the party’s Thursday in Lokoja held APC stakeholders meeting. The Deputy Governor, Edward Onoja, and the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Mohammed Asuku, have since dropped out of the race as a result of the development. Bello, who hosted the gathering at the party’s secretariat and introduced his...
Six public universities will receive a total of N18 billion from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), according to Executive Secretary Arc. Sonny Echono. This is part of the fund’s Special High Impact Intervention. Echono provided a breakdown of the N320 billion 2023 Intervention Budget, which President Muhammadu Buhari recently approved, during a briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Over 95% of the N320 billion total TETFund disbursement of 2023, according to him, would go directly...