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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced Thursday September 27 as the new date for a rerun of the inconclusive Osun State governorship election. Announcing the results on Sunday afternoon, Joseph Afuwape, INEC’s Returning Officer, had said Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled254,699, while his …

Local divers have recovered six bodies out of nine people involved in a boat accident at Zabarmari area in Jere Local Government Area of Borno.   Local divers have recovered six bodies out of nine people involved in a boat accident at Zabarmari area in Jere Local Government Area of …

Ahmed Makarfi Mohammed Aminu in Sokoto A Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, Sunday said PDP is a party to beat in the forthcoming 2019 elections in the country. Makarfi made the assertion at the weekend while addressing party supporters at the PDP Secretariat in Sokoto. He …

Efemena Okedi, wife of late veteran reggae icon, Ras Kimono, has died. The news of her death was confirmed by the Project Manager of Premiere Music, Michael Odiong, who said the sad incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday (Today 23rd September, 2018) The cause of her death is …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Osun State governorship election inconclusive. The reason for the cancellation, according to the electoral body, is because the number of cancelled votes is higher than the margin between the two top candidates – Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party and Gboyega …

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has approved a revised time-table for the conduct of the 2018 primary elections. Under the new schedule issued wednesday by its National Organising Secretary, Mr. Emma Ibediro, the presidential primary election will now take place …

  Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano The new Kano State Deputy Governor, Alhaji Nasiru Yusuf-Gawuna, was wednesday evening sworn-in at a ceremony presided over by Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. The event was conducted at the Coronation Hall, Government House Kano and was attended by thousands of supporters. The State Commissioner for …

Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja Former Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, is the substantive Minister of Finance, Presidency confirmed wednesday in Abuja. The clarification cleared the uncertainty about the real status of Ahmed who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to “oversee” the Ministry of Finance …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that all the 13 governorship aspirants of the party in the state will go through primaries, saying that the party has no favoured candidate among the contenders. “We have not and do not intend to predetermine who our candidate …

The National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC has endorsed the review of the table-table for the conduct of the primary elections. A statement issued yesterday by the APC National Organising Secretary, Emma Ibediro, showed that the presidential primary election had been rescheduled for September 25. The governorship primary election …