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Senate President Ahmad Lawan has congratulated the Governor of Yobe, Mai Mala Buni, on his re-election for a second term of four years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) on Sunday declared Buni winner of the Saturday governorship election in Yobe. Lawan in a statement on Monday in […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday declared the governorship election in Kebbi as “inconclusive”. The election was keenly contested by the two giant political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the peoples Democratic Party. The Collation and Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu of the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, announced the position […]
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The Kano State government has imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew with a view to avoiding a breakdown of law and order following tensions generated from the collation of results of the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Mallam Muhammad Garba, said this in a […]
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The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has debunked a conversation online about an alleged staff recruitment exercise going on in the university. The university revealed it is not currently recruiting any staff at the moment. This was disclosed in a statement titled “BEWARE Of SCAMMERS: OAU Is NOT RECRUITING”, released by […]
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The Executive Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke has expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the people of Osun state over another landslide victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the just concluded state assembly elections. In a statement issued on Sunday morning, Governor Adeleke celebrated the uncommon and unprecedented chain of victories the […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday declared the Oyo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Seyi Makinde, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. The state Resident Electoral Commission, Tella Adeniran, declared Makinde the winner of the poll on Sunday. Details Later… Click Here to Join Our WhatsApp […]
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The Niger State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has condemned in strong terms, the attack on some journalists of Landmark FM Kontagora covering the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections in Kontagora by military personnel in the state. The State NUJ, in a statement signed by its Secretary, Comrade Usman Chiji, […]
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The Chairman of the Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musilimu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has issued a controversial statement on social media during the governorship and state assembly elections conducted on Saturday. MC Oluomo in a post on his Instagram account, referred to certain people as “Obidiots” as he asked them if they […]
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Spain’s Clasico is one of the world’s biggest sporting occasions, pitting giants Barcelona and Real Madrid head-to- head, but the build-up to Sunday’s La Liga clash has been overshadowed by “Caso Negreira”. Barca have been charged with corruption by Spanish prosecutors for payments between 2001 and 2018 to the company of former refereeing chief Jose […]
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Voting in some polling units in the Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area, Ikorodu, Lagos State was marred by low voter turnout, The PUNCH reports. Polling units in Igbogbo I and II visited by our correspondent saw electoral officials waiting for voters to turn out to cast their ballots. At polling unit 023, Ward C2, Agunfoye, […]
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