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Sanwo-Olu congratulates Uzodinma, commends Tinubu for creating level playing ground
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has congratulated his Imo State counterpart and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Governor Hope Uzodinma, on his victory at Saturday’s governorship election in the state, saying his re-election is well deserved. Governor Sanwo-Olu in a congratulatory message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Gboyega Akosile, on Sunday in London, said Governor Uzodinma’s…
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APC accuses INEC of moving collation of votes in Bayelsa guber polls to PDP strongholds
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is moving the collation of votes in the party’s local government strongholds in Bayelsa State to Yenagoa, the state capital, where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has an advantage. In a press statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the APC said it had…
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BREAKING: INEC declares APC’s Uzodinma winner of Imo governorship election
Governor Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been named the winner of Saturday’s Imo State gubernatorial election by the Independent National Electoral (INEC). The winner was announced early on Sunday morning at the state collation office in Owerri by the INEC Returning Officer, Abayomi Sunday, vice chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State. According to…
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Jonathan wants National Assembly to stop off season election in Nigeria
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged the National Assembly to enact a law that will end the practice of off-season elections in the country. He said this on Saturday after voting in the Bayelsa governorship election at his polling unit in Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area. Jonathan, who was Nigeria’s President from 2010 to 2015, said off-season elections are not…
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APC accuses PDP of using FG’s palliatives to bribe voters in Bayelsa
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is using the palliatives provided by the Federal Government to bribe voters in Bayelsa State ahead of the governorship election on Saturday. In a press statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, Esq., the APC claimed that Governor Duoye Diri, the PDP candidate, had hoarded…
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ANALYSIS: Residents head to polls to determine who rules Kogi, Bayelsa, Imo
Residents of Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states will head to the polls on Saturday to elect their respective governors who will lead the states for the next four years. The three states are part of the seven states where staggered governorship elections were held in the country after the other 19 states elected their governors during the 2023 general elections…
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Only voters will determine Kogi, Imo, Bayelsa elections winners, INEC Chairman assures
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that the fate of the governorship candidates in Bayelsa, Kogi and Imo rests solely on the voters. The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made this statement on Friday ahead of the off-cycle elections in the three states. Yakubu said that out of the 5,169,692 Nigerians who have their permanent voters’ cards (PVCs), only…
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ICPC deploys operatives to monitor Bayelsa, Imo, Kogi elections
warns against Acts of Electoral Corruption The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) says it has deployed its operatives to monitor the upcoming governorship elections in Bayelsa, Imo, and Kogi States scheduled for Saturday, November 11, 2023. According to a statement issued by the ICPC spokesperson, Azuka Ogugua on Thursday, ICPC said the Commission’s operatives have been…
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Afenifere disowns communique condemning Tinubu’s Supreme Court victory
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has disowned a communique that was circulated on social media, which condemned the Supreme Court’s verdict that affirmed the election of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the president of Nigeria. The communique was purportedly issued by Afenifere General Secretary Sola Ebiseni. However, in a counter-statement signed by the National Organising Secretary of Afenifere, Otunba Kole Omololu,…
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VIDEO: Atiku mobilises votes for PDP candidates in weekend gubernatorial elections
urges Nigerians not to give up on democracy Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the 2023 general elections, Atiku Abubakar, has drummed support for candidates of the party in the governorship elections holding in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states in Saturday. In a message accompanied with a video he posted on his X, formerly Twitter page, the…
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