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The president made his feelings known when he reacted to the endless carnage in Kaduna state in a statement by by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday President Buhari regretted that everything is politicised in Nigeria, including the efforts to bring offenders to justice, because their […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the farm of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen. According to Punch,theEFCC operatives came with a cameraman and policemen in a Nissan bus marked Abuja BWR 627AT. The report also states that they searched the farm for about three hours and went away […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the Constitution of the 2019 Presidential Inauguration Committee. Mr Olusegun Adekunle, the Permanent Secretary, General Services Office in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) disclosed this in statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Adekunle said that the SGF would serve as the chairman while the […]
Canada’s High Commission in Nigeria has certified Nigeria’s 2019 general elections to be credible, despite admitting that it was also plagued by logistical challenges, irregularities and violence. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 23, and conducted Governorship and State House of Assembly elections two weeks later on […]
Millions of Nigerians trooped to the polls to elect new governors or re-elect incumbents in 29 states across Nigeria on Saturday, March 9, 2019. Below is a list of winners that have been officially announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC): Abia State Okezie Ikpeazu – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – 261,127 votes Governor […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of Saturday’s Governorship election in Enugu state for a second tenure. The state Returning Officer, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, who announced the result in Enugu on Sunday, said that Ugwuanyi won in the 17 local government areas […]
Lagos State governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has thanked Lagosians for choosing him as the state’s new leader in the March 9 governorship election. Even though the March 9 election had been expected to be a close contest, Sanwo-Olu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), beat his closest rival, Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples Democratic […]
The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Jimi Agbaje, has conceded defeat to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who won the March 9 governorship election. Even though the election had been expected to be a close contest between the two, Sanwo-Olu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won with a margin of […]
Lagosians will head to polling units on March 9, 2019 to choose a new Governor who will take over from Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode whose four-year tenure expires on May 29, 2019. Here are the profiles of the two major contenders in the race: Jimi Agbaje Jimi Agbaje is running for Governor of Lagos for a […]
Two weeks after the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections, Nigerians will once again troop to the polls to elect governors and legislators in state Houses of Assembly across the country on Saturday, March 9, 2019. While governorship election will take place in 29 states, legislative elections will take place in all 36 states […]