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Ododo wins Kogi guber poll, SDP, PDP kick

From Our Correspondent The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Usman Ododo, the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi State. TheNewsZenith reports that the State Returning Officer, Prof. Johnson Urame, announced the result of the election on Sunday in Lokoja. Urame said Ododo […]

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General Politics

Imo Guber poll: INEC trains voter education providers

From Our Correspondent Ahead of the Imo gubernatorial poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Wednesday in Owerri, held a one-day capacity-building training for voter education providers. Prof. Sylvia Agu, Resident Electoral Commissioner, said the training aimed at ensuring increased voter turnout during the Nov. 11 governorship election in the state. Opening the training, […]

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Politics

NASS election tribunal dismisses Nnamani’s petition

By Our Correspondent The National Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Enugu dismissed the petition by Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani of PDP, challenging the victory of Sen. Kelvin Chukwu of the Labour Party (LP), Justice Nusirat I. Umar, leading the three-member panel, held that Chukwu, who replaced his brother Oyibo, was duly elected to represent Enugu […]

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Politics Uncategorized

NNPP writes INEC, Kwankwaso over logo, MoU

By Our Correspondent  The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has written to intimating the INEC of alleged plans by some groups to change the party’s logo. The party also wrote to Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, its 2023 presidential candidate, to end the MoU it entered with the Kwankwasia group for the 2023 general elections. TheNewsZenith reports […]

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General National Politics

Election not war, Stakeholders tell politicians at NUJ lecture

By Our Correspondent Media professionals have called on the political class in Nigeria to shun violence, embrace peace, and exhibit the spirit of sportsmanship whenever they lose at the polls. They made the call at a Public Lecture organised by the Lagos State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). TheNewsZenith reports that the theme […]

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Politics

2023 Elections: EU denies call for sack of INEC Chairman

The European Union in Nigeria has dismissed a report that it called for the sack of the Chairman of the INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. A report alleges The EU, in partnership with National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, wanted the INEC boss sacked. The EU, in a purported letter currently circulating, allegedly observed that […]

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Politics

INEC to present certificate-of-return to NASS members-elect

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will, on Tuesday, begin the presentation of Certificates of Return to elected members of the National Assembly. Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu announced this at a meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in Abuja on Saturday. Yakubu said that the commission would present certificates to senators-elect on Tuesday, March […]

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Politics

INEC vows to review, use BVAS in next elections

The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission will still use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in the second leg of the general elections next Saturday. Yakubu gave the assurance during a meeting with state Resident Electoral Commissioners at the INEC headquarters on Saturday in Abuja. According to him, INEC is reviewing […]

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Politics

Threat to life: Rivers election officer adjourns results collation

Prof. Charles Adias, the State Collation Officer for Presidential election results in Rivers, has adjourned the collation of results till further notice. Adias told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, that adjournment became imperative in view of alleged threats to his life. The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa, alleged that there were several […]

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Law / Crime

Imo INEC office: Police warn hoodlums not to test its might

The Police Command has vowed to deal decisively with the hoodlums terrorising Imo state after attacking the INEC office in Owerri. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Micheal Abattam told newsmen that men of the Command have killed three members of the hoodlums. Abattam described the breakthrough made by the command to the […]

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