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Ramadan: Sultan Sends Message To Nigerian Muslims
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged the Muslims across the country to look out this year’s Ramadan after sunset on Wednesday. The Director of Administration of the council, Arc. Zubairu Haruna Usman-Ugwu, said this in a…
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INEC Speaks On Adamawa Governorship Election Results
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Senator Aishatu Dahiru famously known as Binani scored 390, 275 while the incumbent, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, polled 421,524. However, INEC declared the election inconclusive due to the margin of votes. So far, the results of 20 governorship polls…
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APC Guber Candidate Wins Benue Governorship Poll
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hyacinth Alia, has won the Benue state governorship election. Ali, a reverend father, garnered 473,933 votes to defeat Titus Uba, the candidate of the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP), who polled 223,913 votes, to be declared the winner on Monday. Herman Hembe of the Labour Party (LP)…
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BREAKING: Policemen shot dead at INEC Collation Centre
Two policemen were killed and two others sustained injuries in a clash between Soldiers and police officers in Jalingo, Taraba state capital, on Monday. Witnesses said a minor disagreement between soldiers and policemen guarding INEC headquarters in the state snowballed into a crisis that lasted nearly an hour. According to sources, soldiers, who sent policemen…
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INEC Declares NNPP’s Kabir as Kano Governor-elect
The battle for the political control of Kano State in Nigeria’s North-West geopolitical zone between the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has been settled with the declaration of NNPP’s Yusuf Kabir as the governor-elect. Kabir was declared the winner of the keenly contested March 18 poll by the Independent…
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19 Suspected Votes-buyers Arrested in Kwara
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Saturday in Ilorin paraded 19 suspected vote buyers arrested during the Governorship and House of Assembly elections in the state. The Acting Zonal Head of EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office, Michael Nzekwe, said that the suspects were paraded at the commission’s Head office located at GRA, Ilorin. Nzekwe…
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Lagos:INEC Postpones Governorship, State Assembly Elections in 10 Polling Units
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in 10 polling units in the Victoria Garden City (VGC) around the Lekki area of the state. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Segun Agbaje made the announcement when he addressed reporters at the VGC. According to him, corps members deployed as ad…
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Presidential Poll: Peter Obi Writes Nigerians
The Presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 28th, Presidential and National Assembly Elections, Mr Peter Obi, has said the manipulation of the rule of law and the suppression of the will of the people are potent tools used to destroy societies. He said this in a letter to Nigerians on the eve…
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PHOTOS: ‘Tallest, shortest’ NYSC members in camp fall in love
Two corps members with extreme height differences became a sensation on social media after they announced their relationship inside the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp. According to a Facebook user, the lovebirds met during their service year in one of the country’s NYSC camps and built a bond. The user added that they were…
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GTI Ranks IPOB 10th Deadliest Group in The World
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has been ranked as the 10th deadliest terror group in the world. IPOB, a separatist group, was proscribed and declared a terrorist organisation by the federal government in 2017. According to the 2023 Global Terrorism Index (GTI), with 40 attacks and 57 deaths, 2022 is considered the group’s deadliest…
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