Tag: Adamawa
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Adamawa election tribunal receives 19 petitions
The Adamawa Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Yola says it has received 19 petitions. The Secretary of the tribunal, Mr Godwin Ezenwa, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Yola. Ezenwa said the petitions comprised of two for Senate, seven for House of Representatives, and 10 for House of…
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Join hands with me to fix Adamawa, Fintiri tells defeated incumbent, others
The Adamawa State Governor-elect, Rt Hon Umaru Fintiri, has appealed to all those who contested in the just concluded governorship election, including incumbent Governor Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow, to join hands with him in the task of running the state and taking it to higher heights. Fintiri was in the early hours of Friday declared winner…
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INEC declares PDP’s Umaru Fintiri winner of Adamawa guber election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umaru Fintiri winner of the Adamawa State governorship election. This followed the conclusion of collation of results of the supplementary governorship election which was conducted in 44 polling units in 14 local government areas of the state on Thursday. Fintiri…
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INEC concludes supplementary poll in Adamawa, to start collation by 8 pm
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said the collation of result of the Adamawa governorship supplementary election will begin by 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Mr. Kasim Gaidam, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, confirmed the development to NAN in Yola. Gaidam explained that the exercise would begin at the Adamawa Governorship…
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Adamawa guber dispute: Court concludes hearing, fixes judgment for Friday
The Adamawa State High Court on Thursday concluded hearing on a suit filed against the Adamawa State governorship election and fixed Friday March 29 for judgement. The candidate of the Movement for the Restoration and Defence of Democracy (MRDD), Rev Eric Theman, had gone to the court immediately after the March 9 governorship election that…
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Adamawa APC makes u-turn, accepts to participate in guber re-run
The ruling APC in Adamawa has called on its supporters in the state to get prepared and participate in the governorship supplementary election slated for Thursday. Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, State Organising Secretary of the party, gave the directive on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola. Lawal said that…
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APC threatens to boycott supplementary poll in Adamawa
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa has threatened to boycott the supplementary governorship election if INEC insisted on conducting it on Thursday. The State Organising Secretary of APC, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan, made the party position known on Wednesday in Yola. Lawan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the party had rejected the…
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APC rejects new Adamawa governorship supplementary election date
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa has rejected the new date, March 28, fixed by the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) for the supplementary Governorship election in the state. The Organising Secretary of the party,Alhaji Ahmed Lawal, announced the party’s decision in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Tuesday.…
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Court vacates order stopping governorship election in Adamawa
An Adamawa State High Court has vacated an order preventing the governorship supplementary election from taking place in the state. The court vacated the order on Tuesday, following the inability of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct the poll in 44 polling units in the state. Delivering a ruling, Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri, held…
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Adamawa Assembly polls: PDP wins 13, APC 11 seats
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won 13 seats of the Adamawa State House of Assembly. The commission said in a statement by Mrs Rifkatu Maxwell, its Head of Voters Education and Publicity on Monday in Yola, that the All Progressives Congress (APC),which is the ruling party in…