Tag: Adamawa
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#NigeriaDecides2019: Atiku maintains lead in 18 Adamawa LGAs
The results of the presidential election in three more LGAs in Adamawa State have been announced with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar maintaining the lead. Atiku had been in the lead since about 9am on Monday when results of 15 LGAs were released. But more results have since been announced from…
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JUST IN: Buhari wins first declared local government in Atiku’s Adamawa
President Muhammadu Buhari won the first local government area to be declared in the Saturday’s presidential election in Adamawa State. Buhari polled 17, 765 votes to defeat Abubakar in his home state. The opposition candidate scored 14, 673. A total of 34,628 were cast, out of which 1,373 were deemed invalid. Other. The state has…
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Adamawa SDP rejects adoption of Buhari as party’s presidential candidate
The Adamawa State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has distanced itself from the party’s National Executive Council (NEC) endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for next week’s presidential election. The chairman of the SDP in Adamawa State, Mr. John Muva, said during a press briefing at the state…
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Unknown gunmen kidnap APC chairman in Adamawa
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped the chairman of the ruling the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Mijinyawa Hamisu. The Commissioner for Information, Ahmed Sajoh, who confirmed the development, said it happened around 3am on Wednesday. He stated the kidnappers have been in contact and were demanding N20 million…
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Adamawa Deputy Speaker, Majority Leader sacked
The Speaker Adamawa House of Assembly, Alhaji Kabiru Mijinyawa said the deputy speaker and majority leader have all been sacked. Mijinyawa in a telephone interview told the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Saturday in Yola said that the deputy majority leader of the House was equally removed. ” The Deputy Speaker of the…
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Adamawa governorship candidates who are enmeshed in corruption allegations
As the campaign season kicks in, there are palpable fears in Adamawa, in the camps of four of the leading gubernatorial candidates, because of various corruption cases hanging over their candidates. Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the State…
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2019: INEC uncovers 1,224 dead persons in Adamawa register
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has detected 1,224 dead persons’ names in its Adamawa voters’ register for the 2019 general elections. Mr Kassim Gaidam, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, disclosed this during the opening of a two-day workshop for North East Zonal lmplementers on election monitoring and support, holding in Yola on Thursday. Gaidam…
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DSS arrests IS bomb expert, 10 kidnappers in Adamawa
The Department of State Service (DSS) has arrested an alleged expert producing Improvised Explosive Devices for terrorist group, Islamic State, in West Africa, Abbas Abubakar, in the Toungo Local Government Area of Adamawa State. The DSS said Abubakar, also known as Sambo, was arrested on Monday by operatives, while 10 suspected kidnappers were also arrested…
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Adamawa APC primaries: Ribadu, Aisha Buhari's brother protest, seek cancellation of Gov Bindow's emergence
Two aspirants for Adamawa state governorship under the All Progressives Congress (APC) have condemned the conduct of governorship primaries of the party, that produced incumbent governor, Mohammed Bindow as the party’s flag bearer for the 2019 governorship election in the state. In separate media briefings Saturday in Yola, the state capital, Nuhu Ribadu, a former…