INEC returning officer for the Kogi state governorship election which held yesterday November 21st, has declared the election inconclusive. This comes after over 40,000 results from various polling units were declared invalid due to some irregularities. INEC will announce a new date for a rerun.
Former Kogi State Governor, Abubakar Audu; Photo credits: savidnews.com The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Saturday’s governorship election, Abubakar Audu, has died, his friend and close associate has confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES. “Audu is gone,” the distraught associate, who requested not to be named, told our reporter on the telephone. Though too shattered to provide details of the politician’s passing, he confirmed he was in the candidate’s company when he passed on. (more…)
President Buhari arrived Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran for the 3rd Summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum. Photo Credit: Bayo Omoboriowo.
President Muhammadu Buhari on arrival with chopper as he departs for Iran. Photo Credit: Femi Adeshina In an apparent bid to reduce traffic in Abuja especially along the ever busy Umaru Yar’Adua expressway which leads to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, President Muhammadu Buhari flew in a helicopter from Aso Rock Villa to the airport as he departed for Iran. Abuja residents have always complained that they have to endure long hours of traffic as the 10-lane expressway is often closed for prolonged periods even before the president’s convoy hits the road, which halts the flo
Idris Wada and Audu Abubakar. Today, November 22, residents of Kogi state will know who will take charge of the stats affairs for the next four years: Idris Wada of the Peoples Democratic Party or Audu Abubakar, who is the All Progressives Congress candidate. Yesterday, November 21, the INEC shifted the collation exercise to this morning, as results did not trickle in from the local government areas. At the moment, at least results from 16 LGAs have arrived the INEC headquarters in Lokoja. The collation officers are already seated in the conference hall preparing
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