The Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, Ahmed Mirwa Lawan, has lost his seat in the assembly to Lawan Musa, a 34-year-old candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for Nguru II Constituency. The Returning Officer of the election, Dr Habib Muhammad, who announced the result, said Musa scored 6,648 votes to defeat […]
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MDC Alliance chairman Morgen Komichi has warned that the opposition in Zimbabwe might be heading for a disaster in the upcoming harmonised elections later in the year. Komichi said President Emmerson Mnangagwa might prove to be more popular than his predecessor the late Robert Mugabe and win by a huge margin against the opposition, basing […]
A 26-year-old man, Rasheed Buruji Kashamu, of PDP has emerged winner of Ijebu North 1 Constituency in the Ogun State House of Assembly. Rasheed, the son of late Senator Buruji Kashamu, is the youngest elected member in the state assembly. Also, a former Governor, Ibikunle Amosun’s nephew, Yusuf Amosun, won Ewekoro Constituency on the platform […]
There is tension in Kano over the final collation of Saturday’s governorship election results. At 1:58am, the result of the last Local Government Area, Dala, was announced, with the New Nigerian Peoples Party NNPP) securing a major lead above its All Progressives Congress (APC) rival. While NNPP polled 53,794 votes in Dala, APC trailed with […]
Minna — Wards in Paiko, Munya LGAs affected Communities in Adunu and Kwagana wards in Paikoro LGA of Niger State, as well as those in Beni Ward, have attacked and chased away INEC officials over persistent bandits’ attacks in the areas. The Electoral Officer (EO) in charge of Paikoro LGA, Oluwatoyin Ahmed, disclosed this during […]
Some experts in the transport sector have advocated proactive safety barriers on roads around rail lines to curb spate of train/vehicle collusion in the country. They experts, who spoke while responding to a survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on train/vehicle collusion in Bauchi and Gombe, said railway accident prevention and infrastructure protection […]
Ilorin — The candidate of the APC for the House of Assembly election in Owode/Onire Constituency, Asa LGA of Kwara State, Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu, has been declared winner of the poll. Announcing the result, INEC’s returning officer for the exercise, Prof Akeem Olasunkanmi Ijaiya, said Rukaya polled 7,521 votes to defeat her closest rival, Abdullah […]
ZANU PF primary elections are turning into a jamboree of intra-party democracy across the expanse of the land with the Politburo today expected to consider a fit-for-purpose report that will be submitted by the National Elections Directorate, the party’s spokesperson, Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa, has said. In an interview in Harare yesterday, Cde Mutsvangwa dismissed as […]
Scores of people yesterday gathered in Dema, Mashonaland East Province, to bid farewell to the late Herald Photographer Lynn Munjanja. Munjanja, who was 25, died on her way to hospital last Friday morning. She succumbed to an ectopic pregnancy that had ruptured. Family and friends described the late Munjanja as a loving and hardworking person. […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state the winner of the gubernatorial election held on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Announcing the result this morning in Lafia, the state returning officer, Professor Tanko Ishaya, noted that Sule having garnered the highest votes is declared the winner of the election […]
The Somali President, Hassan Sheik Mohamud on Saturday arrived in Uganda, to attend in a rare occasion, the pass out of trainees from his country. “H.E Hassan Sheik Mohamud arrived in the country for the pass out of Somali trainees at the Special Mission Training Centre, Butiaba in Buliisa district,” State House said in a […]
Former Deputy President Rejects Opposition Leader’s Corruption Claims Former deputy president David Mabuza says he is not the cabinet member said to be involved in the alleged large-scale corruption at Eskom power stations, TimesLive reports. Mabuza issued a statement on Saturday March 18, 2023, saying he had pleaded with Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen to […]
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s wife, Auxilia, is set to lead a delegation to Belarus as the European country ‘assists’ Zimbabwe to improve its health system. The scheduled sojourn by Mnangagwa follows a similar one by Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko to Zimbabwe in February as the two allies continue to deepen their relations. This planned visit was […]
The first shots of the EFF’s national shutdown have been fired, as police clashed with protesters in multiple locations across the country on Sunday night. Police fired shots and arrested protesters near to student residences in Braamfontein in Johannesburg on Sunday night. Footage captured shows police firing bullets at students watching through the windows in […]
PARENTS have welcomed the extension of the June examination registration period for Ordinary and Advanced level by the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) from 15 March to Friday this week. In a statement, Zimsec said parents and guardians were free to use Zimbabwe dollars, rand or US dollars to pay the fees. While fees are […]
INEC says it is still collating figures to ascertain the total number of its officials abducted, harassed or intimidated during Saturday’s election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Sunday confirmed the death of one election duty staff and the abduction of others during the governorship and state houses of assembly elections held on Saturday. INEC […]
Oladeji said Mr Ogundoyin, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, scored 10,039 votes to defeat his closest rival, Adeolu Aderounmu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled 7,111 votes. Debo Ogundoyin, the Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, has been declared the winner of the House of Assembly election of Ibarapa East […]
INEC had declared the results from 12 out of 13 local government areas of Ebonyi before postponing the collation of results on Sunday. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the collation of the results of Saturday’s governorship election in Ebonyi State. It postponed the collation till 10 a.m. Monday. Resident Electoral Commissioner, Pauline […]