Month: March 2023
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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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Banks run out of old, new naira notes to pay customers, as CBN fails to honor cash requests
The Nation Newspaper Many banks ran out of old and new naira notes yesterday, dashing Nigerians’ hopes that the cash scarcity will ease soon. When the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced on Monday that the old N1000, N500 and N200 banknotes would remain legal tender alongside the redesigned banknotes till December 31, 2023, in…
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Why Nigeria Should Be Proud of 2023 Presidential, National Assembly Elections – UK
THE outgoing British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Catriona Laing has said that though there were setbacks in the Saturday, February, 25th Presidential and National Assembly election, overall, it was a positive process Nigeria should be proud of. Amid litigations trailing the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, conducted by the Independent National Electoral…