Author Archive for: SeanGibby

The Federal Government through the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) has arraigned a former t£rrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, on 10 counts bordering on t£rrorism financing, especially on the recent Abuja-Kaduna train att@ck. Mamu was arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo on Tuesday, March 21, 2023. He, however,...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate, Dauda Lawal, as the winner of the governorship election in Zamfara State. The returning officer for the election, Professor Kasimu Shehu, said Dare scored 377,726 votes to defeat governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle who polled...

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The Lagos State Government on Monday, March 20, arraigned embattled auto dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna better known as IVD, before an Ikeja High Court over alleged involuntary mansl@ughter of his wife Abimbola. The 37-year-old defendant was arraigned on one count of involuntary mansl@ughter in suit No LD/21055C/23. He, however, pleaded...

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A Nigerian man, Samuel Onyemenam, has been arrested by the police in the U.K. for trying to sm¥ggle more than 83,000 cigar£ttes into the country. The 50-year-old was intercepted at Newcastle International Airport after he flew in from Nigeria via Germany, Daily Mail reports. According to the reports, officers...

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PDP’s governorship candidate in Rivers State, Siminaliayi Fubara, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, the returning officer, announced the result on Tuesday morning, March 21, at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) head office in Port Harcourt. According to Rim-Rukeh, the...

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Uba Sani, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Kaduna, was on Monday night, March 20, declared the winner of the state’s gubernatorial election. The Returning Officer in the state, Professor Lawal Suleiman Bilbis, who made the announcement said Sani scored 730,002 votes to defeat Isa Ashiru, the Peoples...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Adamawa State governorship election inconclusive. This comes as APC’S candidate, Senator Aishatu Dahiru popularly known as Binani scored 390, 275 while the incumbent, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of PDP, polled 421,524. However, INEC declared the election inconclusive due to the margin...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared APC’s governorship candidate in Cross River, Bassey Otu as the winner of the March 18 poll in the state. The INEC Returning Officer, Prof Charles Teddy who declared him confirmed that Otu polled a total of 258,619 votes while the PDP...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared APC’S governorship candidate in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia, as the winner of the March 18 governorship election. The Returning Office in the state, Prof Faruq Kuta, made the declaration on Monday, March 20. According to the result, the Catholic...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Caleb Mutfwang, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Plateau State. INEC’s Returning Officer in the state, Prof Idris Amali, declared Mutfwang as the winner having scored 525,299 votes to defeat...

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