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In some parts of Abia and Enugu states, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has halted further collation of governorship election results. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, announced this on Monday. It will be remembered that on Sunday, March 19, 2023, thugs stormed INEC’s office in Obingwa Local Government Area in Abia State, holding its officials hostage in connection with the collation of results from the Local Government Area. Similarly, reports from Enugu State called for a review of the governorship election results from the two outstanding LGAs of Nsukka and Nkanu…

Nasiru Muazu Magarya, Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, who ran on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, lost his Zurmi West constituency to PDP candidate Bilyaminu Ismail of the Peoples Democratic Party. Announcing the result, the returning officer, Muddasir Ismail Moriki, said, “Speaker Nasiru Muazu Magarya scored 9530 votes, while his opponent of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ismail Muddasir scored 11213 votes. He said, “I, Muddasir Ismail, the returning officer of the 2023 Zurmi West State Assembly Constituency election held on March 18, 2023, the election was contested by candidates with the following votes.” BREAKING: PDP’s…

The Plateau State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Caleb Mutfwang, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Sen. Nnamani resigns from PDP Mutfwang received the most votes, according to the INEC Presiding Officer, Musa Yusuf, after counting the votes cast by the parties that participated in the election, beating the All Progressives Candidate, Nentawe Yilwatda. Remember that the PDP governorship candidate was reported to be in the lead as of 11 a.m., when INEC resumed collation of results from the state’s 17 local government areas.

South African security forces said on Monday that 87 people had been arrested in the last 12 hours across the country for public violence in the run-up to the Marxist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party’s planned protests. The EFF has called for a national shutdown to protest crippling power outages and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s resignation. The poor and working-class Black South Africans who feel left out of the country’s prosperity since the ruling African National Congress (ANC) ended white minority rule in 1994 are the party’s main constituency. Of the eighty-seven arrested, 41 were in Gauteng, the province which includes…

Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani of the Enugu-East Senatorial District has resigned from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Nnamani, a former governor of Enugu State, expressed gratitude to his constituents for their unwavering support over the years in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday. According to Nnamani, he has discussed his decision with his associates and constituents and has decided to leave the PDP due to irreconcilable differences with the party’s national leadership. He stated that he had moved on and hoped that his modest contributions to the development of his constituency would serve as foundations for his successors. Nnamani thanked…

Funke Akindele, the famous Nollywood actress turned politician, has deleted all political-related posts from her Instagram page. Akindele, the running mate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Lagos State governorship candidate Abdulazeez Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, deleted the posts hours after her defeat. All of her political appearances during the campaign, as well as photos from her campaign rallies, were missing. Funke Akindele’s mother passes away This follows the incumbent governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defeating the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the recently concluded March 18, 2023, gubernatorial elections. Sanwo Olu won with 762,134 votes,…

Kanayo O Kanayo, a veteran Nollywood actor, has expressed concern about the safety of Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate Peter Obi. Kanayo O Kanayo stated that Nigerians should be on the lookout because the LP, presidential candidate would be arrested soon. He claimed that some people are conspiring against the LP’s presidential candidate, and that something fishy is about to happen. Peter Obi hires 20 SANs to challenge presidential polls In an Instagram post, the veteran actor said: “Peter Gregory Obi will soon be arrested, Watch Out. The conspiracy is brewing, you want to bet?” The All Progressives Congress, APC,…

Hon. Muktar Betara, the APC member representing Borno’s Biu, Bayo, Kwaya-Kusar, and Shani Federal Constituencies, has established a Medical Centre in Biu to serve his constituents. Aishatu Ibrahim, the Head of the Betara Media Team, stated this in an interview on Abuja TV. She stated that the member announced the establishment of the center following the National Assembly election in which he was re-elected for a fifth term to represent his people under the banner of the All Progressives Congress (APC). According to her, the center will serve as a referral point for patients from the local governments of Shani,…

The governorship election in Kebbi was declared “inconclusive” by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday. The two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, fought the election fiercely. Prof. Yusuf Sa’idu of Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, the Collation and Returning Officer of the election, announced the position at the collation center located at INEC headquarters in Birnin Kebbi. He stated that there were cancellations in 20 of Kebbi State’s 21 local government areas, spanning a number of Registration Areas in various polling units. Sa’idu said: “We aggregated the total number of collected PVCs in…

Oyibo Nwani, a Peoples Democratic Party chieftain and agent in the governorship and House of Assembly elections in Ebonyi State, was shot dead on Saturday by thugs who stormed his polling unit in the state’s Onicha Local Government Area. Chief Ifeanyi Odii, the PDP governorship candidate, is from Onicha LGA. According to reports, the thugs allegedly came to steal ballot boxes while youths and other voters fought back frantically. N142m: Two PDP chieftains jailed for vote buying During the altercation, the chieftain, who was clutching a ballot box so tightly, was shot in the head. When contacted, the Police Public…