Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has won the gubernatorial election in the state for another term. The election was conducted in all the 33 local government areas of the state on Saturday. Makinde who contested on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the election. The returning officer…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday said the scarcity of naira notes reduced the incidence of vote-buying. The President, after voting in Daura, Katsina State, urged Nigerians to collect money offered to them by vote-buyers but vote their conscience. The naira scarcity had led to crisis nationwide, in which case many Nigerians lamented their inability to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission on Saturday arrested about 69 persons for alleged voters’ inducement while monitoring the governorship and state Assembly elections. The EFCC arrested 65 persons while the ICPC arrested four persons. The ICPC said it arrested four vote-buyers in Sokoto and…
Lawan Musa, a 35-year-old candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has unseated the Speaker Yobe State House of Assembly, Honourable Ahmed Lawan Mirwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the just concluded 2023 State House of Assembly election in Yobe state. The Returning Officer, Dr. Habib Muhammad, who announced the result at Nguru on…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday said hoodlums invaded its office in Abia State. The electoral body made the revelation in a Twitter post on its verified page. “Thugs have invaded our Obingwa Local Government Area office in Abia State. “Security agencies have been alerted. The Commission is monitoring the situation and will…
