Kano state government has advised people in the state to remain calm and avoid acts capable of causing breach of the peace as the Appeal Court delivers judgement tKano politicians jitter as Appeal Cour fixes date for hearing, Friday, in the appeal filed by the NNPP against the judgement of the Kano Governorship Election Tribunal…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Usman Ahmed Ododo, has been declared winner of Kogi state off-cycle governorship election held last Saturday. Professor Johnson Urama, the state Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, made the declaration on Sunday night. The APC candidate polled 446,237, while his closest rival, Alhaji Murtala…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Returning Officer for Imo State, Prof Abayomi Fashina, announced Uzodimma as the winner. Hope Uzodimma, the incumbent, and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has been declared the winner of Imo State governorship election. According to the INEC’s state collation and returning officer, Abayomi Fasina, the candidate of…
Governorship Candidate of Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Dino Melaye has rejected results collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Kogi State, calling for immediate cancellation. Melaye made the call in Lokoja, the state capital as the electoral umpire continues collation of results after Saturday’s off-cycle governorship election that held in the 21 local…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced the collation of results for the Bayelsa State governorship election. The state Returning Officer, Kuta Farouk, the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Obo Effanga, INEC National Commissioner, Mrs. May Agbamuche, are already seated. Seated with them is the state Commissioner of Police, Tolani Alausa. Below are the results announced by…
Commission has commenced the collation of results for the Kogi State governorship election. Below are the results announced by INEC: Ogori-Magongo LGA (Osebande ward), Kogi State Accredited voters: 665 APC: 362 SDP: 195 PDP: 86 ADC: 11 LP: 01 NRM: 002 According to the Returning Officer of the local government, Kingsley Ogunnimilo, there were no…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday reserved judgment in the appeal filed by Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf to challeng nullification of his victory by the Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal. Governor Yusuf is praying the court set aside the judgment of tribunal which nullified his election by declaring 165,663 of his…
The Transition Monitoring Group, TMG, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to avoid errors committed in the 2023 Kano State Governorship election, causing the tribunal to nullify the victory of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. The call from TMG is the latest public outcry in Nigeria over injustice meted to the Kano State duly…
Political atmosphere in Kano is tensed with the Appeal Court’s announcement of Monday, November’s 6, 2023 as the date for hearing the appeal filed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, challenging his victory nullification by the tribunal. The suit with case no: CA/KN/EP/GOV/KAN/34/2023 was reported to have parties including Governor Yusuf and his party, the New…
Nigeria’s leading human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has faulted the verdict by the Kano Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which nullified the victory of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. Recall that Governor Yusuf was declared duely elected by the electoral umpire, INEC, in the Governorship election held in the State on March 18, 2023. Speaking on Channels…
