Adamawa: Cheating won’t be allowed thrice – Atiku tells INEC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has told the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the Adamawa people won’t avail themselves to be ‘cheated three times in a row’. Recall INEC had suspended the process after the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Aisha…

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Adamawa: Resume Collation Immediately, Atiku Urges INEC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately resume collation of Adamawa governorship election. INEC had suspended the process after the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) declared the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Aisha Binani as winner of the election. Atiku in…

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UK nurses prepare for strike until Christmas

Nurses in Britain are prepared to strike until Christmas if they cannot reach a deal with the government on pay, the leader of the country’s main nursing union said on Sunday. Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) would strike at the end of April and the beginning of May before holding a ballot…

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LP candidate unseats 3-term PDP House of Reps member in Anambra

INEC on Sunday declared Mr Afam Ogene, candidate of Labour Party (LP), winner of Saturday’s Ogbaru federal constituency supplementary election in Anambra. With his victory, Ogene unseated the three-term incumbent House of Representatives member for the constituency, Mr Chukwuma Onyema of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Announcing the results at Atani, headquarters of Ogbaru Local…

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Breaking: INEC voids declaration of Binani as Gov-elect, summons Adamawa REC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has voided the declaration of Senator Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, as the winner of the governorship election in Adamawa State. The electoral body also summoned the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Barrister Hudu Yunusa over the controversial declaration. INEC made the declaration on Twitter in a…

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Tambuwal wins Sokoto South Senatorial seat

The returning officer for the Sokoto South senatorial supplementàry polls Professor Abubakar Abdullahi Bagudo has declared Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as duly elected after scoring 100,860 votes to defeat his close rival Senàtor Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba who scored 97,884 votes. It could be recalled that no clear winner emerged in the March 18 National Assembly Elections…

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Bandits kill 22 in Southern Kaduna fresh attack

Bandits stormed Runji village in Zango Kataf local government area of Kaduna state and killed no fewer than 20 people during the attack. A resident of the area who pleaded for anonymity in an interview with newsmen disclosed that the hoodlums stormed the village around 9 pm on Saturday night when the villagers were indoors….

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