The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Ayodele Oke, former director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), and Folashade, his wife, wanted.The duo were declared wanted on Sunday.Oke and his wife are facing a four-count charge bordering on money laundering offence to the tune of N13 billion.The EFCC had filed the charges against them in connection with the [...]
Abdullahi Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has secured the highest votes cast in the 2019 governorship election in Kano state.At the end of the collation of results in the 28 local government areas where the supplementary poll held on Saturday, Ganduje secured 45,876 votes ahead of Abba Yusuf, his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, who had 10,239 votes.Yusuf was [...]
Agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have walked out of the collation center in Kano ahead of the announcement of the winner of the governorship election.The results of the last two local government areas delaying the collation have been released with Abdullahi Ganduje of All Progressives Congress (APC) maintaining a clear lead.In Nassarawa local government, Ganduje polled 10,536 votes [...]
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Policemen and officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) clashed at head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano state on Sunday.The altercation was over a fresh screening conducted by the DSS at the collation centre.Journalists and observers were already seated in the collation hall, waiting for continuation of the event when security personnel asked everyone to [...]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Samuel Ortom, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of the governorship election in Benue state.The governor's victory comes on the back of the supplementary election held in some polling units across the state.Sebastian Maimako, the returning officer in the state, declared Ortom winner on Sunday after he secured 434,473 votes [...]
Aisha Buhari, the wife of the president, says she wishes her husband cabinet will have as many women -- in percentage -- as the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) has in 2019.Speaking at the unveiling event for the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) entrepreneurs for 2019, the wife of the president said she appreciates the drive of the foundation to ensure [...]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Aminu Tambuwal as winner of the governorship election in Sokoto state.Fatimah Mukhtar, returning officer for the election, said Tambuwal, who contested under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled a total of 512,002 votes to beat Aliyu Ahmed of the All Progressives Congress (APC)who garnered 511,660 votes.Tambuwal won with a margin of 342 [...]
Bala Mohammed, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), secured 6,376 votes ahead of Mohammed Abubakar, his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, who had 5,117 votes in the supplementary election of Saturday.The results were declared at the head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after a delay of over 18 hours.The supplementary election held in 36 polling units in [...]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced a car owned by Walter Onnoghen, the embattled chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), to Joe Agi, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The anti-graft agency believes the car is a gift from the lawyer, who had cases before Onnoghen at the time of purchase. But Agi has told the EFCC that aside being a [...]
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