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Ebonyi traditional ruler murdered
The Chairman of Ezza North Traditional Rulers Council, His Majesty Eze Igboke Ewa, has been reportedly murdered. PUNCH Metro investigations revealed the monarch was on Sunday evening shot dead by gunmen suspected to be thugs, in the state. It was alleged that the traditional ruler was killed because he was not supporting a particular political
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#NigeriaElections2023: Obi defeats Tinubu, Atiku in FCT
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has won the election in the Federal Capital Territory. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, defeated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. Obi polled a total votes of 281,717 to
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#NigeriaElections2023: Obasanjo’s call for election cancellation condemnable – Ex-COAS, Akinrinade
A former Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Staff, General Alani Akinrinade, has knocked former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his call for the cancellation of the elections. Akinrinade said the recent statement by Obasanjo over the recently concluded elections must be condemned in the strongest terms by democracy-loving Nigerians and those who care
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Gunmen attack Abia police station, injure two officers
The Nkporo Divisional Police Headquarters in the Ohafia local government area of Abia State has been attacked by gunmen who are yet to be identified. The suspects, who were said to have stormed the police division in three Toyota Sienna buses, broke into the divisional armoury, carting away one AK-47 riffle with 30 rounds of
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#NigeriaElections2023: Abia Deputy Speaker loses Rep seat to LP
The Deputy Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Chief Ifeanyi Uchendu, has lost the Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency election. He lost to the candidate of the Labour Party, Ibe Okwara-Osonwa, who was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Okwara-Osonwa polled a total of 8,946 votes to defeat his
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#NigeriaElections2023: Ex-gov Shekarau wins Kano central senatorial seat
Senator Ibrahim Shekarau has been declared winner of the 2023 Kano Central Senatorial District election under the New Nigerian Peoples Party. Shekarau, a sitting senator was in the NNPP and was nominated to vie for the senatorial position under its platform. However, before the elections, he announced his defection from the NNPP and abandoned his
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#NigeriaElections2023: INEC declares Yobe South Senatorial District election inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the Yobe South Senatorial District election inconclusive. The Returning Officer, Prof. Shettima Saidu of Federal University Gashua, Yobe, made the declaration in Potiskum on Monday. He said the leading candidates, Ibrahim Bomoi of the All Progressives Congress and Halilu Mazagane of the Peoples Democratic Party, scored 69,417 and
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#NigeriaElections2023: Obasanjo’s call for election cancellation self-serving, provocative – FG
The Federal Government, on Tuesday, appealed to former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the 2023 general election with “his inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the elections.” The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in a statement by his media aide, Segun Adeyemi, said the former President’s call that the President, Major
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#NigeriaElections2023: Edo LP alleges plot to truncate Senate, Reps mandates
The Barrister Neda Imasuen for Senate Campaign Organisation has said it has uncovered alleged plans by some groups to truncate the election of the Labour Party senator-elect, Neda Imasuen, and those of the House of Representatives in the just concluded election in Edo State. The campaign organisation in a “thank you” message issued from its
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#NigeriaElections2023: Kano South APC senatorial candidate concedes defeat, congratulates NNPP candidate
The senator representing Kano South Senatorial District, Kabiru Gaya of the All Progressives Congress, has congratulated Kawu Sumaila of the New Nigeria Peoples Party for winning the senatorial seat for the zone. Gaya, who conceded defeat in a statement on Monday in Kano, described the victory of Sumaila as the will of Allah adding that
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