The Taraba State Government has imposed a dusk- to- dawn curfew on the state capital, Jalingo. Details later.
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The Oyo State Governor-Elect, Mr. Seyi Makinde, has decried the violence that erupted in the state during the elections, saying it was needless to kill people over political ambitions. He stated this on Monday during an interview on Channels Television’s special programme on the election’s coverage, The Verdict. His statement comes 24 hours after he emerged […]
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Sokoto State has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare him winner of the Saturday election. Tambuwal made the call in a special broadcast on Monday in Sokoto, noting that Section 179(2) of the Constitutional and INEC guidelines were explicit on governorship
The mother-in-law to the governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, has been abducted from her residence in Katsina metropolis. Eighty-year-old Hauwa Yusuf is the mother to Binta Masari, one of the wives of the governor. She was said to have been forcefully taken away by the abductors who reportedly invaded her residence in the early […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the suit seeking to disqualify Mr Nyesom Wike from contesting the March 9 Governorship election in Rivers State over an alleged presentation of a forged statutory declaration of age. In his judgement on Friday, Justice Edward Ekwo berated the plaintiff for gross abuse of court process, having filed a […]
The Labour Party on Thursday endorsed AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Saturday’s governorship election in Kwara State. Labour Party’s governorship candidate, Comrade Issa Aremu announcing withdrawal from the race, said the development marked the beginning of liberation from one party which had ruled the state for 16 years.
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