Author: Sani Nura

NIGERIA’s President-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday in Daura, Katsina State, urged the main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party, and the Labour Party, to stomach their defeat at the February 25 presidential election. He said as democrats, the parties must set their grievances aside and focus on building the nation. “No matter how provocative a defeat is, we still have to tolerate it because we are democrats and we are trying to build a nation,” Mr Tinubu said when he visited the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), at his private residence in Daura, Katsina State, late Wednesday. His appeal comes hours…

THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it will begin the transportation of the 2023 Nigerian pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on May 21 2023. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NAHCON, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan, disclosed this at the opening of application forms as well as the inauguration of Aviation Monitoring and Airline Screening Committees, held at Hajj House on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 10 airlines applied to transport Nigerian pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the 2023 hajj, while three cargo airlines applied to transport the luggage of the…

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Peter Jiya Ndalikali of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the Niger South (Zone A) Senatorial District Election. Prof. Abubakar Muhammad-Bitagi, Niger South Senatorial District Returning Officer, announced on Monday that Peter Jiya secured the seat with 100,498 votes. He said that Jiya beat his closest opponent, Bima Enagi of the All Progressive Party (APC), who got 97,453 votes. “l, hereby, declare that Mr Peter Ndalikali of PDP has won the senatorial election held on 25th day of February, 2023 and has certified the requirement of the law is hereby declared…

KASHIM Shettima, Vice-President-elect, has said the February 25 polls is the most free, fair and credible in Nigeria. Shettima, in an interview with BBC Hausa service, called on the opposition to accept defeat for Nigeria’s sake. He said, “To best of my knowledge, last Saturday’s polls was the most free, fair and credible Nigeria ever had. The elections were conducted accordingly and those calling for cancellation failed to prove where the polls went wrong. “Our candidate Bola Tinubu was defeated in his state, we didn’t complain. Since 2003 president Buhari has never lost his state Katsina but this time lost…

GOMBE State Governor, Muhammdu Inuwa Yahaya has congratulated the President- Elect of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Vice President- Elect, Sen. Kashim Shettima on their victory at the just concluded Presidential Election. In a congratulatory message he personally signed,  Governor Inuwa said, Tinubu’s  victory at the polls is a manifestation of his years of personal commitment, sacrifice, tenacity, political experience and service to the nation. He noted that the president- elect is a well groomed leader with vast wealth of experience and network as a former Governor, Senator and political leader who has  the…

GOVERNOR Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has suspended the activities of international and local non-governmental organisations operating in the State. The governor made the announcement during a broadcast at the Government House in Yola the Adamawa State capital where he noted that the NGO’s are drifting from their mandate of providing humanitarian assistance to the people. He however, commended the role of the security agencies during the 2023 presidential election as he orders a twenty-four hour patrol by security personnel to forestall breakdown of law and order in the state.

THE Independent National Electoral Commission in Zamfara has declared the state’s central senatorial zone, Gusau/ Tsafe and Gummi/ Bukkuyum elections inconclusive. In Zamfara central senatorial zone PDP’s Aliyu Ikra Bilbis is leading Kabiru Marafa. Bilbis got 93,120 votes while Marafa scored 79,444 votes. About 57,701 votes were cancelled in polling units in Gusau, Tsafe , Bungudu and Maru local government areas. However, the presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress Bola Tinubu has defeated Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party after he polled 298, 396 against Atiku’s 193,978.

GOMBE State Governor,  Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has commiserated with his Aide- De- Camp ( ADC), SP Zulyadaini Abba over the death of his father,  Alhaji Abubakar Abba. Alhaji Abba died in the late hours of yesterday, Sunday,  26th February,  2023 in Malumfashi, Katsina State at the age of 71 after a brief illness. In a message of condolence, Governor Inuwa described the demise of the septugenerian community leader as deeply painful, urging his ADC to take solace in the fact that his father lived an examplary and impactful life, and left behind a legacy of honour for his children and…

SOKOTO State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, is awaiting his fate in Saturday’s senatorial election in Sokoto South. Tambuwal contested the election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). News Point Nigeria reports that out of the 10 governors that jostled for senatorial positions, seven have lost. The governors who have lost so far are Ben Ayade (Cross River), Samuel Ortom of Benue state, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu, Darius Ishaku of Taraba, Simon Lalong (Plateau), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi. Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi state Niger State and Governor Abubakar Bello, have both secured their seats…

THE Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has emerged winner of Saturday’s presidential election in Kebbi with 285,175 votes. The State Collation Officer, Prof. Usman Saidu, while presenting the result in Birnin Kebbi said the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, polled 248,088 votes. Saidu said the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, also scored 10,682 votes while the New Nigeria Peoples Party, scored 5,038 votes. He gave the state total registered voters as 1,983,985, number of accredited voters as 599,201; total votes cast- 591,475; total valid votes-559,522 while 31,953 votes were rejected. Speaking with newsmen…

GOVERNOR Darius Ishaku of Taraba State has lost the election for the Southern Senatorial District of Taraba State to David Jimkuta of the All progressives Congress (APC). Declaring the results of the election on Monday in Wukari, the Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Solomon Adeyeye, said Jimkuta scored 85,415 votes to defeat Gov. Darius of the PDP who polled 45,708 votes. “By the powers conferred on me as returning officer, I hereby announce and declare David Jimkuta as winner of just concluded Taraba South Senatorial district election,” the returning officer said. In a statement after…

THE Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, leading the PDP’s presidential flagbearer, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, in election results from 10 out of 14 local government areas of Zamfara state so far announced by INEC Tinubu scored 214,074, while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar scored 104,828. The NNPP and LP are trailing behind with 1,524 and 429 votes respectively.

THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is in an early lead in Rivers State, having won 11 out of the 17 local government areas (LGAs) results announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission for Saturday’s presidential election. Labour Party (LP)’s Peter Obi has so far won three local government areas while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also floored three LGAs. Results for six more local governments of the 23 LGAs in Rivers have not been announced as of 4pm when this report was filed. See list of LGAs with results:…

THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has won the presidential election in his state, Adamawa. The former vice president polled 417,611, while his closest rival in the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, got 182,881, with the Labour Party candidate coming a distant third with 105,648 votes The result was announced by state collation officer Prof. Mohammed Mele, who is also the deputy vice chancellor of the University of Maiduguri. The INEC returning officer in the state is Hudu Yunusa See results below: Total registered voters – 2,186,465 Total accredited voters – 764,834 A – 654 AA…

THE National Independent Electoral Commission(INEC) has stopped the coalition of Kebbi central senatorial election results following the disappearance of the returning officer for Marafa ward, in Birnin Kebbi. He was asked to step aside and reconcile some discrepancies in the result figures he brought to the collation centre when he disappeared and could not be traced since Sunday. He went missing around 2 pm on Sunday afternoon and has been holding INEC officials at the coalition centre for ransom for about 17 hours without a trace of him. The results in question are between Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu and Senator…

FORMER governor of Gombe State, Ibrahim Dankwambo has won the Gombe North Senatorial District election, defeating the incumbent Sen. Saidu Alkali of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Dankwambo, a two time governor of the state, constestdd the election under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The Returning Officer, Prof. Umaru Gurama, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Administration, Federal University, Kashere, announced the result on Monday in Malamsidi headquarters of Kwami Local Government Area of the state. He said that Dankwambo polled 143,155 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alkali of the APC, who scored 77,948 votes. ”Having satisfied the requirement…

SENATORS Ishaku Abbo and Binos Yaroe, representing Adamawa Northern and Southern Senatorial districts respectively in the national assembly, have won re-election for a second term to the Senate from results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, for Saturday Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted in Adamawa State. Reverend Binos Yaroe of Yaroe of the People’s Democratic Party, according to results released by INEC polled 146, 407 votes to defeat Engineer Ismaila Numan of the All Progressive Congress, APC who scored 94, 828. The results also showed the ADC polled 2,414 while the LP, NNPP, PRP, SDP respectively polled 9,444;…

ASIWAJU Bola Tinubu, Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is leading Atiku Abubakar, his Peoples Democratic Party rival in Sokoto State. Although there are 23 Local Government Areas in the state, Tinubu has gathered most of the votes in 10 LGAs. While he polled 101,608, Atiku garnered 98,080 while Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso of New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP) y came third with 314 votes and Peter Obi of Labour Party secured 171 votes.

THE National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Adamu has lost his senatorial seat in the Nasarawa western zone to the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Ahmed Wadada in the National Assembly elections held on Saturday. Adamu could not deliver the APC candidate, Shehu Tukur to replace him at the red chambers. The INEC returning agent for Nasarawa West Senatorial District, Prof Nasiruddeen Baba while declaring the winner at the zonal collation centre in Keffi said the SDP candidate polled 96,488 votes while APC got 47,717 votes, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 46,820 and the Labour Party (LP)…

THE presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won in all the 11 local government areas of Gombe State, In the results declared early Monday by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),, returning Officer for the election, Professor Maimuna Waziri, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Gashua, said Atiku polled a total number of 319,123 votes against presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who scored a total of 146,977 votes. In the result declared from Shongom LGA, Atiku Abubakar scored 13,520 against APC’s 7,525; Peter Obi of Labour Party scored 2,579…