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  • JUST IN: Despite curfew,Kano residents troop out to celebrate NNPP Yusuf’s victory

    JUST IN: Despite curfew,Kano residents troop out to celebrate NNPP Yusuf’s victory

    Despite curfew hundreds of residents of Kano have trooped out to jubilate with the winner of the state’s governorship election, snubbing the State Governor’s dawn to dusk curfew.

    Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Monday imposed a curfew reportedly to avoid a breakdown of law and order following INEC’s declaration of NNPP’s candidate as the winner of the governorship election.

    The information and internal affairs commissioner, Muhammad Garba, made the announcement in a statement on Monday.

    He said the decision was to prevent hoodlums from causing chaos in the already tense situation.

    The commissioner called on people in the state to remain indoors as security agents would not spare anyone, or a group bent on causing trouble.

    INEC had declared Abba Yusuf of the NNPP as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Kano, beating Deputy Governor Nasir Gawuna at the poll.

    The results have generated tension in Kano, prompting the government’s proactive measures to avert chaos.

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  • Good News: Another 26-yr-old, Kashamu’s son, Rasheed wins Ogun Assembly seat

    Good News: Another 26-yr-old, Kashamu’s son, Rasheed wins Ogun Assembly seat

    Another 26-year-old after the Kwara lady has emerged as Rasheed Kashamu, son of the late Senator Buruji Kashamu has been announced as winner of the House of Assembly election in Ijebu North Constituency 1.

    He polled 10, 004 votes to defeat the incumbent member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Hon. Sylvester ‘Niyi Abiodun, of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

    Kashamu has a B.Sc in International Business and Management from Brunel University, London. He also has a Master of Science degree in International Finance and Investment from the University of Surrey.

    At 26, the younger Kashamu will be the youngest House of Assembly Member in Ogun state and second nationwide in this dispensation.

    In similar vein, In Kwara state, a 26-year-old Rukayat Shittu has also been declared winner as a fresh member of the Kwara state House of Assembly.

    Rukayat is a former Senate President of Congress of NOUN Students (CONS) at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

    In the result announced by the INEC returning officer, Professor Hakeem Ijaya, Rukayat who contested on the platform of APC scored 7,521 votes to beat her PDP rival, who polled 6,957 votes in the Saturday House of Assembly election.

    Rukayat will represent Owode/Onire constituency in Asa local government of Kwara State House of Assembly.

  • Any country where ballot papers don’t determine leaders is doomed -Jonathan

    Any country where ballot papers don’t determine leaders is doomed -Jonathan

    Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday condemned the destruction of election materials in Bayelsa by political thugs.

    They hijacked and burned ballot papers allocated for the Ogbia constituency as voters waited to participate in the governorship and House of Assembly election.

    After voting at his Unit 13, Ward 39 in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area, Jonathan confirmed the election was peaceful there.

    “Any country where ballot paper cannot select the leaders is doomed. We must run a system where ballot paper decides who lead the people,” he said.

    “Regarding today’s election, judging from my own unit, the materials arrived earlier than three weeks ago (presidential election).

    On election security, it’s peaceful here, but I’m disturbed that within my local government, State Constituency II, materials were burned.

    “The police must arrest all those involved. If they feel challenged, they should go to the governor to get the military involved,” the former leader urged.

  • BREAKING: Abdullahi Sule re-elected as Nasarawa gov

    BREAKING: Abdullahi Sule re-elected as Nasarawa gov

    The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the governorship election in Nasarawa state.

    Ishaya Tanko, the state collation officer and returning officer, made the declaration on Monday.

    The APC candidate polled a total of 347, 209 votes to defeat his closest opponent David Ombugadu, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 283, 016 votes.

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  • Guber 2023: Catholic priest, Alia in comfortable lead in Benue

    Guber 2023: Catholic priest, Alia in comfortable lead in Benue

    The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, is comfortably leading in the governorship race following results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

    No fewer than 11 local government areas’ results have so far been released by the electoral commission.

    The Catholic priest is leading in eight local government areas by a wide margin while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Titus Uba, is leading in three LGAs
    Below are the results from the INEC Collation Centre Makurdi:

    1. Apa LGA, 11RAs
    Accredited voters: 17,435
    APC: 7,925
    LP: 465
    PDP: 7,806
    Valid Votes: 6,520
    Rejected votes: 485
    Total voted cast: 17,005

    2. Gwer West, 15 RAs
    Reg Voters: 74,563
    Accre voters: 26,333
    Votes by parties
    APC: 10,947
    LP: 1,509
    PDP: 13,609
    Valid votes: 26,155
    Rejected Votes: 175
    Votes cast: 26,330

    3. Logo, 10RAs
    Reg Voters: 114,100
    Accre voters: 33,114
    Votes by parties
    APC: 15,574
    LP: 296
    PDP: 16,385
    Valid votes: 32,582
    Rejected Votes: 509
    Votes cast: 33,091

    4. Ado LGA, 10RAs
    No
    Reg Voters: 83,199
    Accre voters: 14,811
    Votes by parties
    APC: 8,662
    LP: 308
    PDP: 4,379
    Valid votes: 14,355
    Rejected Votes: 448
    Votes cast: 14803

    5. Gwer East LGA, 14 RAs
    Reg Voters: 99,851
    Accre voters: 34,111
    Votes by parties
    APC: 20,083
    LP: 1,272
    PDP: 12,085
    Valid votes: 33,601
    Rejected Votes: 283
    Votes cast: 33,924

    6. Agatu LGA, 10RAs
    Reg Voters: 64,315
    Accre voters: 18,407
    Votes by parties
    APC: 7,482
    LP: 216
    PDP: 9,934
    Valid votes: 17,943
    Rejected Votes: 464
    Votes cast: 18,407

    7. Obi LGA, 12 RAs
    Reg Voters: 69,126
    Accre voters: 17,759
    Votes by parties
    APC: 9,897
    LP: 1185
    PDP: 6,267
    Valid votes: 17,519
    Rejected Votes: 240
    Votes cast: 17,759

    8. Ukum, 13 RAs
    Reg Voters: 142,119
    Accre voters: 39,425
    Votes by parties
    APC: 28,503
    LP: 439
    PDP: 9,418
    Valid votes: 38,640
    Rejected Votes: 785
    Votes cast: 39,425

    9. Tarka LGA, 10RAs
    Reg Voters: 55,464
    Accre voters: 20,939
    Votes by parties
    APC: 16,422
    LP: 175
    PDP: 3,748
    Valid votes: 20,632
    Rejected Votes: 299
    Votes cast: 20,931

    10. Buruku LGA, 13 RAs
    Reg Voters: 129,696
    ACCRE Voters: 46,418
    Votes by parties
    APC: 34,713
    LP: 1,155
    PDP: 9,513
    Valid Votes: 45,937
    Rejected Votes: 470
    Votes cast: 46,407

    11. Katsina-Ala LGA, 12 RAs
    Reg Voters: 168,318
    Accre Voters: 42,189
    Votes by parties
    APC: 34,347
    LP: 178
    PDP: 6,716
    Valid Votes: 41,669
    Rejected Votes: 520
    Votes cast: 42,189

  • PDP guber candidate, Fubara in early lead wins 8 LGAs in Rivers

    PDP guber candidate, Fubara in early lead wins 8 LGAs in Rivers

    The Gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Siminalayi Fubara has won eight Local Government Areas in Rivers state.

    This is according to the state governorship election results collated so far.

    See below the guber results collation in Rivers so far:

    1. Tai LGA
    Registered: 76613
    Accredited: 10393

    A: 34

    APC: 295

    LP: 13

    PDP: 9276

    SDP: 508

    TVV – 10227

    Rejected: 87

    TVC: 10314

    Snatching of BVAS

    2. Opobo Nkoro LGA

    Registered: 59047

    Accredited: 13376

    A: 16

    APC: 1426

    LP: 10

    PDP: 11538

    SDP: 159

    TVV – 13189

    Rejected: 142

    TVC: 13331

    3. Gokana LGA

    Registered: 145566

    Accredited: 40702

    A: 74

    APC: 7410

    LP: 97

    PDP: 17455

    SDP: 13840

    TVV: 39467

    Rejected: 1235

    TVC: 40702

    4. Ogu Bolo LGA

    Registered: 61705

    Accredited: 9295

    A: 121

    APC: 1524

    LP: 34

    PDP: 7103

    SDP: 310

    TVV: 9155

    Rejected: 140

    TVC: 9295

    5. Eleme LGA

    Registered: 126111

    Accredited: 14852

    A: 67

    APC: 2662

    LP: 544

    PDP: 8414

    SDP: 2251

    TVV: 14247

    Rejected: 382

    TVC: 14629

    6. Ikwerre LGA

    Registered: 166079

    Accredited: 24677

    A: 138

    APC: 7503

    LP: 895

    PDP: 13716

    SDP: 1447

    TVV: 24090

    Rejected: 584

    TVC: 24674

    7. Oyigbo LGA

    Registered: 121815

    Accredited: 16894

    A: 147

    APC: 2793

    LP: 2688

    PDP: 9886

    SDP: 796

    TVV: 16561

    Rejected: 322

    TVC: 16883

    8. Etche LGA

    Registered: 130757

    Accredited: 26933

    A: 288

    APC: 6408

    LP: 552

    PDP: 16043

    SDP: 2586

    TVV: 26320

    Rejected: 591

    TVC: 26911

  • Just In: Dikko of APC emerges winner of Katsina guber election

    Just In: Dikko of APC emerges winner of Katsina guber election

    The All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in Katsina State, Dikko Umar Radda has emerged winner of the Saturday, March 18 governorship poll.

    Dikko, a former director of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency, polled 859,892 votes to beat Garba Yakubu Lado of PDP, who scored 486,620 votes.
    Prof. Ma’azu Abubakar Gusau, Returning Officer for Katsina governorship poll, however, is yet to officially announce the result.

    Details shortly

  • Guber: Delta PDP slams APC over spurious claim to phantom victory

    Guber: Delta PDP slams APC over spurious claim to phantom victory

    …says opposition party is delusional

    The Delta State PDP has slammed APC over a spurious claim that it’s leading in the state when results are still being collated.

    This was contained in a statement issued by PDP’s Publicly scribe Dr Ifeany Osuoza on Sunday reacting to a report sponsored by the APC in the social media networks claiming a phantom victory.

    The PDP in the statement noted that:’”Our attention has been drawn to a puerile and totally misleading statement by Ima Niboro, Director, Communications and Media Strategy, Delta APC Campaign Council, issued on March 19, 2023 and titled: “Breaking: Delta APC takes comfortable lead as collation of governorship, assembly polls progresses”.

    ‘We are not surprised by this silly, infantile, and outdated publicity stunt and tactics, which is only aimed at justifying what they have already cooked up in Oghara Wards 7 & 8 and Mosogar, Ethiope West Local Government Area, and what they are now cooking in Orogun Wards 1 & 2 and several other areas in Ughelli North Local Government Area and elsewhere in the State.

    “These falsified numbers and concocted manipulation of figures are not the original BVAS Results already recorded at the polling units and of course, will definitely not stand the test of time.

    “As a responsible political party, we have always believed that you don’t count your chickens before they hatch. We also understand the fact that APC is only trying to give its supporters hope and create an atmosphere of grand illusion with their delusional fantasies of non-existent victory. But they are only deceiving themselves and their supporters, and as the saying goes, a drowning man will even clutch at a serpent to save himself.

    “We, therefore, urge our teeming supporters to remain calm and disregard the misinformation and negative propaganda coming out from the camp of the APC. It is their usual way of setting the stage for their expected wailing and gnashing of teeth when the final results are called.

    We nor dey shake for PDP.

  • Breaking! Wild celebrations as 35-yr-old defeats Yobe speaker in House of Assembly election

    Breaking! Wild celebrations as 35-yr-old defeats Yobe speaker in House of Assembly election

    The Speaker Yobe State House of Assembly, Hon Ahmed Mirwa Lawan, has lost his seat to Lawan Musa a 35-year-old candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Nguru II Constituency.

    The Returning Officer of the election, Dr Habib Muhammad, who announced the results said Musa, scored 6,648 votes to defeat Yobe’s Speaker of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 6,466 votes.

    He said other candidates of ADC, NNPP and APM secured 3,023 and 14 votes respectively.

    It was gathered that the Yobe’s Speaker has been in the house since 2003 when he was elected as House member under All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).

    Source: Daily Trust

  • HoA elections: Plateau Speaker floored by female contestant

    HoA elections: Plateau Speaker floored by female contestant

    The Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Yakubu Sanda, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lost his bid to return to the House.

    He was defeated by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mrs Happiness Matthew Akawu, in last Saturday’s elections for the Pengana State Constituency seat.

    The PDP candidate scored 9,926 votes to defeat the Speaker who polled 7,936 votes. While the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) scored 6,721 votes, the Labour Party raked in 1,028 votes.

    Find the Pengana State Assembly results below:

    APC – 7,936

    PDP – 9,926

    PRP – 6,721

    LP – 1,028