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Israel Umoh As the clamour for the Nigeria’s Senate Presidency heightens, more groups have canvassed for the zoning of the position to the South-South Region of the country. The groups are Us4Us Movement, Arewa youth Alliance for Equity, Northern Central Consultative forum for Good Governance, Area Movement for National Unity, APC Northwest Forum Consultative Assembly, Senator Godswill Akpabio for Common Good (SGACG) and Northern Nigeria Peace Forum, among others, have gunned support for the election of Senator Godswill Akpabio as the 10th Senate President. Akpabio popularly referred to as uncommon transformer was Akwa Ibom governor from 2007 to 2015, former…

Dino polled 313 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jabiru Usman who polled 127 votes. Senator Dino Melaye wins Kogi PDP governorship Primary A former Senator who represented Kogi West in National Assembly, Dino Melaye has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ticket for the Kogi State Governorship Election scheduled for November 11, 2023. Melaye polled 313 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jabiru Usman who scored 127 votes. The Chairman, PDP primary Election Committee, Ahmed Makarfi announced the results on Sunday at the end of the indirect primary held in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. Speaking to journalists in…

All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Dr Nasiru Idris, has been declared the winner of the supplementary governorship election in Kebbi State.  Idris, who is the President of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), defeated his closest rival, Maj. Gen. Aminu Bande (rtd) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Idris was declared the winner on Sunday by the Returning Officer for Kebbi State, Yusuf Saidu in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital. Saidu, a Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry with the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), said Idris polled 409,225 votes to beat his close rival, Maj-Gen. Bande (rtd.) who garnered 360,940 votes. The…

With results declared for 10 of 20 local government areas (LGAs) in the Adamawa State supplementary governorship election, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has taken an early lead. Our reporter The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of the Adamawa State supplementary governorship poll. With results declared for 10 of 20 local government areas (LGAs) in the Adamawa State supplementary governorship election, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has taken an early lead. The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the state, Hudu Yunusa had declared Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani the winner of the Adamawa governorship election Sunday morning, April 16, following the…

In the supplementary election for the Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency held on Saturday, Inemesit Clement Jimbo unseated Aniekan Umanah, the incumbent who was wanted to return to the Hallowed chambers. Jimbo is a Quantity Surveyor while Umanah is a Communication/Public Relations guru having served as Commissioner for Information and Communication in Akwa Ibom State government. While Jimbo vied under the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Umanah jostled under Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the opposition party at the national level. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Jimbo winner after scoring 22,225 votes to crush his closest rival Umanah who polled…

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has deployed 2,310 officers and men of the Force and sister security agencies for Saturday’s bye elections holding at Ikono, Etim Ekpo, Ika and Abak Local Government Areas. A press release signed by SP Odiko Macdon, Akwa Ibom Police Public Relations Officer, says Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi has ordered for watertight security in each of the said local government areas. The Commissioner of Police has urged electorates to go out and exercise their franchise without fear of manifestation as the command and sister agencies will ensure that elections are conducted in the affected areas…

Twitter users have criticised Mike Igini, former Resident Electoral Commissioner, Akwa Ibom for avoiding questions on BVAs, and IREV. Igini who was seen as the face of INEC, in the lead-up to the 2023 general elections,  confessed INEC’s readiness to conduct free, fair and credible elections using BVAs and IREV. Hear the lawyer, ‘‘What is not new is that by the virtue of section 60, the results are going to be uploaded simultaneously to both the server and to the INEC Result Viewing Portal (IReV) for people, who have cast the votes to see. Let me be clear here; in…

Despite a barrage of oppositions, Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly, Thursday, passed into law the Bill to provide for a Map for the State and other matters connected therewith. Following the directive of the House for the state Surveyor-General to draw a new map, the bill sparked off a war of words between the people of Eastern Obolo and Ibeno Local Government Areas on one hand and the people of Eket, Esit Eket, ONNA, Ikot Abasi and Mkpat Enin local government areas on the other hand. The law, which is cited as the Akwa Ibom State Map Establishment Law…

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed three policemen over misuse of firearms, abuse of power, gross indiscipline and wastage of live ammunition. The three cops: Inspector Dahiru Shuaibu, Sgt. Abdullahi Badamasi and Sgt. Isah Danladi from the Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 1, Kano were attached to a popular Kano-based musician, Dauda Kahutu Rarara. The development showed the officers shooting in the air in a viral video while they escorted the musician despite being surrounded by civilians. The incident sparked angry reactions from many Nigerians on the social media and also drew the attention of the Force Police Public…

Barring any favourable climate, Bayelsa, Lagos, Rivers, and Delta states are at higher risk of flooding in 2023, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) alerted. Director-General (DG) of NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed while presenting the 2023 Climate-related Disaster Preparedness and Mitigation Strategies in Abuja on Thursday April 13, said the flooding is predicted to result from rising sea levels and tidal surge in the states. “This year’s forecast has indicated that there is a high risk of coastal flooding due to expected rise in sea level and tidal surge that may negatively impact agriculture, human settlements and transportation in Bayelsa, Delta,…