The Managing Director of Access Bank Plc, Roosevelt Ogbonna, has been appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, to the Presidential High-Level Advisory Council on Support to Women and Girls. This came as a result of the bank’s dedication to women’s empowerment through adequate financing and literacy promotion, as well as advocacy
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Former Enugu State Governor and Senator representing Enugu East, Dr Chimaroke Nnamani has lost his re-election bid to the Labour Party candidate, Kelvin Chukwu.The LP candidate polled 69, 136 while Nnamani of the Peoples Democratic Party, scored 48, 701 votes.Chukwu replaced his brother, Oyibo Chukwu, who was gruesomely murdered a
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Abdullahi Sule has been reelected as the governor of Nasarawa State following Saturday’s governorship election in the state.Sule contested on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced Sule as the winner of the election on Monday, March 20.The returning officer for the state
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The New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has won the governorship election in Kano state.The candidate of the party (NNPP) Abba Kabir Yusuf, garnered 1,019,602 votes to beat his closest rival -the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Nasir Yusuf Gawuna, who polled 890,705 votes.The candidate of the Peoples Democratic
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Bauchi state Governor Bala Mohammed has won the Saturday’s governorship election for a second term in office.Bala Mohammed of the People Democratic party (PDP) polled a total of 525,280 votes to beat the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate,Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar who scored a total of 432,272.The governor won
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National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, has ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to allow the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) and its candidate, Ahmed Ahmed Tijjani, to inspect election materials used for the conduct of the Federal Capital Territory senatorial election.Tijjani and his party dragged INEC,
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The National Human Rights Commission on Sunday, said it would invite Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and the Chairman of Lagos State Parks Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya a.k.a. MC Oluomo for questioning, following their behaviours and alleged inciting comments during the 2023 general election.It would be recalled that a
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The Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC has declared Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of Saturday’s gubernatorial elections in Lagos State.Sanwo-Olu polled 762,134 votes to defeat the closest challenger, Labour Party’s candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes -Vivour, who garnered 312,329 votes.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state.The INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Maimuna Waziri, the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Gashua, Yobe declared the result in Gombe on Sunday,Waziri said that Yahaya of the All
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Gov. Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared winner of Saturday’s governorship election, defeating Mr Oladipupo Adebutu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to retain his coveted seat.The state Returning Officer for the Governorship poll, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, made the declaration on Sunday in Abeokuta at
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