2019 GENERAL ELECTION: A MORE DESPERATE POLITICAL CLASS FOR POLITICAL POWER
By Osobu Suuru Alexander The 2019 general election has taken place in Nigeria even though the process has not generally ended as many states (Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Kano Plateau and Sokoto) ended inconclusive and results collation suspended in Rivers state. This arguably might be seen as a step to strengthening a democratic process where all […]
Iran says UK diplomatic protection of jailed mother won’t ‘make things easier’
Tehran (AFP) – Iran’s foreign ministry warned the UK on Tuesday that giving diplomatic protection to a British-Iranian mother jailed in Tehran would not make the situation “easier”, state news agency IRNA reported. Britain on Friday extended the status to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was arrested in Tehran in 2016. “What is certain is that the […]
INEC Declares Kano Governorship Election Inconclusive
INEC Declares Kano Governorship Election Inconclusive By Abbas Bamalli The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the governorship election in Kano State as inconclusive. The Returning Officer for the Governorship election in the state, Prof. Bibi Shehu announced this shortly after the compilation of the election results from the 44 Local Government Areas in […]
Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar ‘lived close to US bases’
Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan, a new book has claimed. Bette Dam’s The Secret Life of Mullah Omar says the leader never hid in Pakistan as believed by the US. Instead, he lived in hiding just three miles from a major US Forward Operating Base in […]
Borno Speaker, Abdulkarim Lawal Chats with PN (VIDEO)
Borno state House of Assembly Speaker, Hon Abdulkarim Lawal has commended the state Governor Kashim Shetima, for creating a conducive environment for businesses to thrive in the state. Hon Abdulkarim made the commendation while speaking with Procyon News in Maiduguri on Saturday. Watch the interview here.… https://youtu.be/XGt30wMNmLc
KADUNA : El-Rufai Wins Second Term
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai has been declared as the winner of the election. El-Rufai was declared as the winner by the returning officer, Prof Mohammed Yahuza Bello, having scored a total vote of 1,045,427 while the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Isa Ashiru scored 814,168 votes. Results collated at the INEC headquarters […]
Borno Lawmaker Hon Mungonu Lauds Buhari, Shettima
……Congratulates Prof. Zullum By Peter Jatau, MAIDUGURI The Member representing Mungonu-Marte-Ngalama Federal Constituency, Hon M. T. Mungonu, has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari and the Governor of Borno state, Kashim Shettima, for their contribution to the growth and development of Borno state and Nigeria. He gave the commendation in a chat with journalists in at the […]
Plateau Lawmaker Dies After Winning Election
Hon. Ezekiel Afon, a lawmaker representing Pengana Constituency in the Plateau State House of Assembly has died hours after he was re-elected to represent the constituency. Mr Bashir Sati, the Secretary of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state confirmed the lawmaker’s death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos. […]
I will continue to put interest of ordinary Edo people first – Obaseki
…thanks Edo electorate for voting massively for APC in EDHA election …enthused that no life was lost in Edo Basking in the euphoria of the massive votes for candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Assembly election, on Saturday March 9, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has declared that he […]
Thugs Disrupts Elections In Kogi
Violence and ballot box snatching made the just concluded election in Kogi state as thurgs and other miscreants harrased voters at different poling units. Armed thugs shot indiscriminately and tried to snatch ballot boxes at the polling units opposite Bishop Delisle Catholic Cathedral in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. The News Agency of Nigeria reports […]