Nigerian Newspapers Today : Monday 18th November 2019
Here are some of the Nigerian Newspapers Today on Monday 18th November 2019 .
SUNDAY 17TH NOVEMBER 2019
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INEC Set to Announce APC’s Lyon as Winner of Bayelsa Election
Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa The Independent National Electoral Commission is set to declare the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, David Lyon, as the winner of the Bayelsa governorship election which was held on Saturday. In the result announced at the INEC collation centre in Yenogoa on Sunday, Lyon won in six of the eight local
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INEC Adjourns Collation till Monday
* PDP, Wada Reject Election Results Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjourned the collation of the Kogi State governorship election result till 8am Monday. The INEC Returning Officer for the state, Prof. Mohammed Umar, disclosed that this has become necessary to enable the collation officers do their work in
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Bayelsa, Kogi Elections: PDP Rigging Strategy was Thwarted, Says APC
Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the rigging strategy of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was thwarted during last Saturday’s governorship election in both Bayelsa and Kogi States. The ruling party also hailed the security agencies for the security arrangements put in place for the elections. The National Publicity
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APC’s Lyon Leads in Four LGs, PDP’s Diri, Two
Emmanuel Addeh in Yenagoa The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s governorship election in Bayelsa State, David Lyon, has taken the lead with a wide margin in the poll. Lyon has recorded victory in Yenagoa, the capital city, Nembe, Brass and Ogbia, while Douye Diri, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, has
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Abducted Lecturers Escape from Captivity in Kaduna
John Shiklam in Kaduna The two lecturers abducted six days ago by gunmen in Kaduna have reportedly escaped from captivity. The two lecturers — Adamu Chonoko from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria and his brother, Umar Chonoko from Kaduna Polytechnic — were said to have escaped on Sunday. The lecturers, who are indigenes of
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PDP, Wada Reject Election Result, Vow to Seek Redress in Court
Ibrahim Oyewale in Lokoja The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Kogi State, Musa Wada, have rejected the result of the election as being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Wada disclosed this while speaking at a press briefing held at the Suitorial Hotel in Lokoja on
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PDP Accuses Army of Collusion with APC to Rig in Bayelsa
* Bemoans arrest of key members Nseobong Okon-Ekong, Stanley Nkwazema and Emmanuel Addeh The Governor of Bauchi State and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) campaign council in Bayelsa State, Senator Bala Mohammed, and the PDP candidate in the 2019 state governorship contest, Senator Douye Diri, have accused the Nigerian Army of colluding with
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Situation Room Advocates Cancellation of Kogi Elections
Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel Saturday’s governorship and senatorial elections in Kogi State. It said the call was necessitated by high levels of violence and electoral malpractices that characterized the election in the state. The Situation Room also expressed
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Amnesty Programme Trains 500 N’Delta Youths on Health, Safety
Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja The Presidential Amnesty Programme has trained no fewer than 500 youths from the Niger Delta on health, safety and environment as part of efforts by the federal government to deepen security, peace and stability in the region. Beneficiaries of the professional development course drawn from communities in the Niger Delta were
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