THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state. Announcing the result at the INEC headquarters in Damaturu, the State Returning Officer, Prof Umar Pate said Buni of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 317,113 to defeat his closest rival, Sheriff Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 104,259. Buni, a former caretaker chairman of the APC, is returning as the governor of the North-East state for the second time under the APC. FINAL RESULTS FOR YOBE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION…
Author: Muhammad Maitela, Yobe
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THE Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has defeated the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. The Governor of Yobe State Mai Mala Buni hails from Gujba LGA. The result was announced by the returning officer of the LGA, Dr Musa Hassan El-zamani. Atiku Ascored 8,204 votes against Tinubu who scored 6,643 votes. The candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) scored 25 and 217 votes respectively.
THE Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won the polling unit of the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan. News Point Nigeria learnt that Lawan, who is the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North, cast his votes at the Katuzu Primary School polling unit 001B. While the APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, got 107 votes, Atiku polled 186 votes. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) got 41 votes, Kola Abiola of PRP got 2 votes, while Peter Obi of the Labour Party scored 1 vote.
YOBE State Governor Mai Mala Buni has escaped an attack by thugs at All Progressives Congress (APC) zonal rally at Gashua, the headquarters of Bade Local Government Area. The APC supporters who converged for a zonal rally at Gashua play ground in their thousands chanted “Ba ma son Mai Mala Buni” meaning we do not want Mai Mala Buni. The pandemonium started when the Governor was about hand to over APC flags to candidates ahead of the 2023 general elections and suddenly the thugs started throwing sands and objects. The governor had to be whisked away with the help of…
AS part of his administration’s commitment to empowering the people of Yobe state, Gov Mai Mala Buni has provided over 3,199 civil service jobs since assuming office in 2019. In a statement signed by Governor’s Senior Special Assistant (SSA) Digital & Strategic Communications, Malam Yusuf Ali, he said that Buni recruited Teachers, Engineers, Lawyers, Medical Doctors, Nurses, Technicians and other fields of profession as an immediate measure to reduce the level of youth unemployment and improve service delivery to the people. Recall that in 2019, Gov. Buni approved automatic recruitment into the state’s healthcare service of 37 Midwives of set…