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Umar Bago, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the governorship election in Niger state. Announcing the result on Monday, March 20, the resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Niger, Clement Allawa, said Bago polled 469, 896 votes to defeat his close rival, Isah...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Hon Francis Nwifuru, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the 2023 governorship election in Ebonyi State. According to the State Returning Officer, Prof. Charles Igwe, Nwifuru secured 199,131 votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Dr...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sheriff Oborevwori, as the winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Delta State. Oborevwori polled 360, 234 votes to beat his closest rival of the APC, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who scored 240,229. The Labour...

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At least one person has been reportedly k#lled as residents take to the streets of Lafia, Nasarawa State, to protest the outcome of the March 18 governorship election in the state. Vanguard reports that several others have received various degree of inj¥ry following the protest that turned vi%lent on...

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for Saturday’s governorship elections in Abia and Enugu States. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, in a statement on Monday, March 20, said the Commission took the decision after a meeting to review the elections. “The Commission met...

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Supporters of both Labour Party (LP) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, on Monday, March 20, stormed the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), protesting against some issues on the governorship election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP members, in their...

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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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