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BREAKING: Tinubu receives his Certificate of Return

Bola Tinubu Nigeria’s president-elect, Bola Tinubu has received his Certificate of Return from the chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu. The former Lagos State governor received the certificate on Wednesday. Kashim Shettima, the vice president-elect also received his certificate. Tinubu won 12 states, his closest rival …

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Don’t truncate electoral process – FG warns Obasanjo

By Emmanuel Elebeke The Federal Government has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the 2023 General Elections with his inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the elections. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said what the former President …

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INEC suspends reps, senate elections in Rivers

Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended Saturday’s elections for the Senate and Port Harcourt Federal Constituency II in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area (PHALGA) in Rivers State. INEC Resident Electoral Officer (REC) in Rivers, Johnson Sinikiem, announced the suspension Tuesday. The decision followed …

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Elections: Don’t set Nigeria on fire, HURIWA cautions INEC

  Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to give Nigerians a credible election in order to avoid protests and violence. National Coordinator, HURIWA, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, made the call in a statement obtained by Vanguard in Abuja …

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