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PDP’s Fintiri wins Adamawa Governorship

Ahmadu Fintiri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been declared the governor-elect for Adamawa State after the supplementary governorship election of Thursday. Fintiri was announced winner in the early hours of Friday by the Returning Officer, Professor. Andrew Haruna, with 376,552 votes to defeat incumbent Governor Jibrilla Bindow of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who got 336,386 votes. Son…

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Osinbajo snubs Okorocha, Ganduje at Tinubu’s 67th colloquium

Leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gathered together in Lagos for the annual Bola Tinubu colloquium, in celebration of the statesman birthday. Governors, security chiefs and loyalists from every region where the party holds power were present at the 67th edition on Thursday with the exception of Ibikunle Amosun of Oyo State who did not attend. Vice president, Yemi…

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President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates Bola Tinubu on 67th Birthday

President Buhari celebrates Tinubu at 67

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Bola Tinubu as a pillar of Nigerian democracy hours before his 67th birthday, this Friday. Buhari eulogised Tinubu, a two-time former Governor of Lagos, in a statement on Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina. “President Buhari joins the APC family in celebrating the Asiwaju of Lagos, who is also the…

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PDP: Senate Presidency not APC birth right

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the All Progressives Congress (APC) concerning leadership of the National Assembly and House of Representatives. APC hopes to avoid a re-occurrence of the 'disaster' that occurred in the 8th National Assembly where Bukola Saraki became Senate President under its platform and Ike Ekweremadu of the PDP was Deputy before Saraki decamped to the…

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PDP says APC is only shadow-boxing over for alleging it hacked the INEC server

PDP: APC shadow boxing over INEC server results

The People's Democratic (PDP), has responded to the allegation levelled against it by All Progressives Congress (APC), regarding the INEC server. APC alleged the PDP hacked into INEC server to generate results it presented in a petition to the presidential election tribunal where the opposition party claimed Atiku Abubakar defeated Buhari with 1.6m votes. On Monday, in a letter to…

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APC drags Atiku, PDP to Police, DSS, for hacking into INEC server

APC reports Atiku, PDP to Police, DSS for INEC server hack

The All Progressives Congress (APC), through the official spokesperson of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Festus Keyamo, has reported Atiku Abubakar and People's Democratic Party (PDP) to the Nigeria Police and Department for State Service (DSS). In an official complaint to the security agencies, Keyamo asked that "the leadership of the PDP must be invited, interrogated and investigated and those identified…

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APC, PDP share states in Northwest, North central Nigeria

APC, PDP share Northwest, North Central

The weekend witnessed conclusion of rescheduled supplementary elections in most regions, especially the North. Although state assembly and federal constituency elections held in the South, the Northern region was the centre of attention and tension as the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) battled at the ballots for the office of the Governor. Governorship re-run took place…

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Bala Muhammed of the PDP wins Bauchi State Gubernatorial election

PDP’s Bala wins Bauchi Governorship by votes

Muhammed Bala of the People's Democratic Party is at the verge of being announced Bauchi State Governor-elect. At the conclusion of supplementary elections in the state on Saturday, March 23, Bala polled 6,376 to add to the previous 469,512 votes while Muhammed Abdullahi of the All Progressives Congress (APC) got 5,117 in addition to 465, 453 hitherto recorded after the…

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Aminu Tambuwal has been re-elected Governor of Sokoto State beating APC's Aliyu Ahmed with 341 votes

Tambuwal wins Sokoto with 341 votes

Aminu Tambuwal of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has been re-elected Governor of Sokoto State. Following the supplementary elections which were concluded on March 23, the former House of Representatives Speaker edged out his former deputy and the All Progressives Congress' (APC), Ahmed Aliyu by 341 votes. Tambuwal polled 512002 votes against Aliyu's 511661. NAN reports that, though he lost…

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Nigerian President Muhamadu Buhari
Nigerian President Muhamadu Buhari

EU Writes Buhari on the state of Nigeria

The European Union (EU), has written Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari on the need to strengthen democracy in the country. The European body expressed its thoughts and opinions in a letter dated arch 22, 2019, signed by signed by Donald Tusk for the European Council and Jean-Claude Juncker for the European Commission. It urged Buhari to run an inclusive government which…

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Justice Ekwo of the Abuja Federal Court turns down request of African Action Congress (AAC) to stop INEC from continuing collation and announcing winner of the governorship election in Rivers State.

Rivers elections result collation to go on

Justice Inyang Ekwo, sitting at the Abuja Federal High Court, has overruled an application for stay of execution on INEC to stop the resumption of results collation of hitherto rescheduled election in parts of Rivers State. Filed by te candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Biokpomabo Awara, the application sought the court to order INEC to desist from continuing…

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