Troops of the 1 Division, Nigerian Army have neutralised three bandits and recovered weapons in an operation in Chibiya forest, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. Musa Yahaya, acting deputy director of army public relations, 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, stated this in a statement in Kaduna. He said troops of the Division…
The Kaduna state government is to contruct 10,000 affordable housing units in the next four years. Mallam Rabiu Yunusa, permanent secretary, Kaduna state ministry of housing and urban development, disclosed this on Monday at a meeting of the National Council Lands, Housing and Urban Development which held in Kaduna. Yunusa said Uba Sani, governor of…
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Saturday’s off season governorship election in Kogi state, Usman Ododo, has been declared the winner. Announcing the results of the election in Lokoja on Sunday night, the Returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Johnson Urama, said Ododo polled 446, 237 votes to defeat…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the incumbent governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodimma, as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. Announcing the results on Sunday in Owerri, the INEC returning officer who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State Prof. Abayomi Fasina, said Uzodimma…
An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) been abducted in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Also, a boat carrying election personnel and materials to southern Ijaw LGA capsized and result sheets were lost during the incident. Wilfred Ifogah, head of INEC voters’ registration in the state, disclosed this in a statement on…
Tension is very high in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa states as voters file out today to elect governors in off circle elections. Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and his counterpart in Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, are seeking re-election, while Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State who is rounding off his second term, is supporting…
