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‘Who has Fubara made?’ Wike taunts Rivers gov

28 September 2024

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has stated that he is proud to have made an Ijaw man the governor of Rivers State. Speaking at an event organised by the Rivers Ijaw Peoples Congress in his honour in Port Harcourt, the state capital, Wike said God used him to make Siminalayi Fubara […]

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Nine political parties to participate in Anambra LG election

26 September 2024

ANSIEC revealed this in a publication of final list of candidates in Awka, the state capital. According to ANSIEC, the political parties participating in the elections include Action Alliance, AA, Accord Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Labour Party, LP, New Nigeria Peoples’ Party, NNPP, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Others are Zenith Labour Party, […]

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Court rejects APC prayer to stop Kano council election

26 September 2024

In a motion ex parte filed on 20th September before Justice Simon Amobeda, by the APC and Aminu  Tiga against the state electoral umpire, Kano State House of Assembly, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and 11 other defendants, the plaintiffs urged the court to grant interim injunction to stop the conduct of the council […]

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LG polls: Imo SDP rejects results, threatens legal action

25 September 2024

The party also condemned in its entirety the procedure in which the election was conducted, accusing the Imo State Independent Electoral Commission, ISIEC, of undermining the guidelines of the process to favour the APC-led administration. This was captured in a petition sent to ISIEC by the State Chairman of the party, Ifeanyi Eluwa and made […]

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Stop questioning Edo election results, APC warns Yiaga Africa

24 September 2024

In a  statement from the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the APC criticised Yiaga Africa for allegedly attempting to second-guess INEC’s authority. Morka described the group’s actions as overstepping their mandate as election observers. He also stressed that election observers such as Yiaga Africa should respect INEC’s statutory role and refrain from encroaching on […]

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Edo Guber: Anyone thinking of becoming president in 2027 not serious – Sam Amadi

23 September 2024

Amadi’s statement comes after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Monday Okpebholo as winner of the Edo State governorship election. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had also rejected the result declared by the INEC.  PDP’s state collation agent for the party Tony Iyoha, alleged that the results from two […]

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Edo Decides: Gov Obaseki, Deputy, Assembly Speaker, Idahosa, APC running mate loses LGAs

22 September 2024

Reports say that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC conducted the election on September 21, 2024. Obaseki lost his local government, Oredo, to the main opposition party, APC. The All Progressives Congress polled 30,780 votes while the PDP scored 24,938 votes. Idahosa who is the incumbent lawmaker representing the Ovia Federal constituency in the National […]

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Edo Guber: INEC begins final results collation in few hours

22 September 2024

The Independent National Electoral Commission ,INEC, has announced the time it will commence the collation of results for Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. In a statement from the commission’s Resident Electoral Commissioner Anugbum Onuoha, the  collation would kick off by 10 am. The collation will take place at INEC head office in Benin, Edo capital. […]

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Edo Guber: INEC uploads 73.67 per cent of results on IREV 

21 September 2024

The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded over 73.67 per cent of the results from the Edo governorship election onto its Result Viewing Portal. Reports confirmed that 3329 results out of 4,519 polling units where elections held in the state have been uploaded. Recall that Anugbum Onuoha, the Resident Electoral Commissioner ,REC, in Edo, had […]

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Osun LG Poll: APC, others face disqualification in seven LGs — OSSIEC

19 September 2024

The OSSIEC chairman, Hashim Abioye revealed that the political parties affected included the All Progressives Congress, APC, Allied Peoples Movement, APM, and Action Peoples Party, APP. OSSIEC has scheduled the local government elections in the state for February 22, 2025. The OSSIEC chairman, Hashim Abioye, while presenting the report of the commission’s verification committee to […]

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