Archive for date: March 20th, 2023

Nigerian singer, Folarin Falana, popularly known as Falz, has said the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu was not elected but selected himself. The singer made this known in a response to an appreciation tweet by the re-elected governor. “You were not re-elected. You selected yourself. Everybody saw it...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State the winner of the gubernatorial election held on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Governor Bala of the PDP polled a total of 525,281 votes against that of the APC’s Air Marshall Saddique Abubakar who scored 432,272...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kebbi State Governorship Election, inconclusive. The Collation and Returning Officer of the election, Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu of the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, announced the position at the the collation centre situated at INEC headquarters in Birnin Kebbi, on Monday morning,...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state the winner of the gubernatorial election held on Saturday, March 18, 2023. The state returning officer, Professor Tanko Ishaya, made the announcement on Monday morning, March 20. According to him, Governor Sule polled a total...

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Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has said the Nigeria Police Force has done well in policing the governorship and state’s House of Assembly elections conducted on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Force’s spokesperson, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Sunday said the IGP also stated that the...

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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has applauded Lagosians for re-electing him as the governor of the state. Speaking shortly after INEC declared him winner of the March 18 governorship election, Sanwo-Olu in his acceptance speech said Lagosians had made their voices heard. “I have nothing but deep gratitude to you, the...

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An auto mechanic has gotten some public accolades from his customer after he returned N10.8 million mistakenly transferred into his bank account by the customer. The mechanic was captured in a video by the customer as he sang his praises and hailed him for his outstanding principles, while recommending...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Abba Yusuf of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as winner the Kano governorship election which held on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Ahmad Dokko Ibrahim, the returning officer, announced this on Monday, March 20. According to to him, Yusuf polled a...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State, Dikko Umar Radda, as the winner of the Saturday, March 18 governorship election. Announcing the result on Sunday, March 19, the Returning Officer for the state gubernatorial election, Prof. Ma’azu...

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Former governor of Enugu state and senator representing Enugu East District, Chimaroke Nnamani, has been sent to ‘early’ retirement by Kelvin Chukwu of the Labour Party (LP). Chukwu polled a total of 69,136 votes to defeat Nnamani of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 48,701 votes. Kelvin replaced...

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