From left: Press Officer, European Union Election Observation Mission Nigeria 2019 (EUEOM), Sarah Fradgley; Chief Observer, EUEOM, Maria Arena and the Deputy Chief Observer, EUEOM, Hannah Roberts, during the a news conference on Governorship and House of Assembly Elections in Abuja on Monday (11/3/19).<br />02114/11/3/2019/Jimah Suleman/ICE/NAN The International Republican Institute (IRI) and National Democratic Institute […]
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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), will be presenting the certificate of return to successful candidates of the 23 February 2019 general elections. The event is slated for March 14 2019 at the Main Hall (Africa Hall), International Conference Centre, Abuja. This was disclosed in a statement by INEC. The event for the senators-elect is to […]
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A man carries a piece of debris on his head at the crash site of a Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10, 2019. – A Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all eight […]
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More details are emerging from the boat mishap on the evening of Saturday, March 9 near Ebrohimi in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State, in which 22 persons were involved. Giving an update on the incident, the Delta State police command revealed that three policemen were onboard the ill-fated boat, but had been […]
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Protesters hold a banner reading “We applaud the security for maintaining peace” during a demonstration against the suspension of governorship elections in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on March 11, 2019. – Several thousand people on Monday protested against the suspension of governorship elections in Nigeria’s volatile Rivers state following widespread disruption to the vote. The […]
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Lagos State Governor-elect, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has described his victory in just concluded governorship and House of Assembly poll as a referendum, saying that Lagosians had once again decided that they would continue to take the path of progress that started in 1999 by voting for the All Progressives Congress (APC). This was just as […]
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The remains of Ibrahim Okanlawon, a corps member who died in the line of duty during the House of Assembly election in Ondo State on Saturday, were buried in Akure on Monday. Okanlawon, who was one of the ad hoc workers engaged by the Independent National Electoral Commission for the poll, died when the boat […]
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The Assistant Inspector General of Police in Zone Eleven, Leye Oyebade and Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Shina Olukolu, on Monday, said that the police have succeeded in arresting one person in connection with the killing of Hon Temitope Olatoye a.k.a Sugar on Saturday. They also stated that aside the suspect linked with Sugar’s case, about […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released a list of senators elected for the ninth assembly so far. These lawmakers were voted in by millions of Nigerians who came out on February 23 to also vote in a president and a vice for another term of four years. Also elected were members of the […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared winners in 21 of the 29 states where the governorship election held on March 9. The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has 13 states while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which has eight. The exercise has been declared inconclusive in five states while collation was ongoing in […]
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