Day: March 21, 2023

Residents of Kano State, on Monday, defied the curfew imposed by the state government to celebrate the victory of the candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples’ Party, Yusuf Abba, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Videos show the residents in large numbers jubilating the emergence of Abba, despite the imposed curfew. The Kano State government had imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew with a view to avoiding a breakdown of law and order, following tensions generated from the collation of results of the fovernorship and House of Assembly…

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By NewsBits At long last, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr Siminaliayi Fubara, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The PDP’s flagbearer won in the 23 Local Government Areas of the state. The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, said the PDP candidate polled 302,614 votes to defeat his closet rival Tonye Cole of the All Progressives Congress who scored 95,274 votes. The Social Democratic Party candidate, Senator Magnus Abe, and Labour Party’s Beatrice Itubo…

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By Magnus Aluma, Abakaliki The Independent National electoral commission (INEC), in Ebonyi State has declared Mr. Francis Nwifuru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the 2023 gubernatorial election in the state. The INEC Returning Officer for the state, Prof. Charles Igwe, said Nwifuru polled a total of 199, 131 votes to defeat his closest rival and candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Ifeanyi Odii, who polled a total of 80, 191 votes. Prof Igwe noted that the candidate of the PDP, Odii polled a total of 80,191…

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By NewsBits The Independent National Electoral Commission in Akwa Ibom State has declared the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Pst. Umo Eno, as the winner of the 2023 governorship election held on Saturday March 18. Declaring the results at the INEC headquarters in Uyo on Sunday, the State Returning Officer, and Vice Chancellor of Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State, Prof Emmanuel Adigio, said the PDP candidate polled a total of 356,346 votes to defeat his opponents of the Young Progressive Party and All Progressives Congress who scored a total of 136,262…

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By NewsBits The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the results of 10 local government areas in Abia of Saturday’s governorship poll with Labour Party flag bearer Alex Otti in a clear lead. The state returning officer, Nnenna Oti, announced the results from 10 LGAs at the heavily guarded state INEC collation centre in Umuahia before adjourning collation until Monday. Of the 10 LGAs, Labour Party polled 65,968 votes, while its closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 53,042 votes. The LGAs include Ukwa East: LP 2273; PDP…

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By Tony Adibe An Enugu-based human rights defender, the Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN) has said that the suspension of the collation of the governorship election results in Enugu State midway by the Independent National Electoral Commission was akin to putting the cart before the horse, a development that is against logic or good reasoning. In a statement issued by the INEC National Head Office in Abuja, the Electoral Commission said it has suspended forthwith the collation of the governorship election results in Enugu and Abia States. But…

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