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Ghana Presidential Elections: Bawumia Concedes Defeat, Congratulates Opposition’s Mahama

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Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) presidential candidate, has accepted defeat in Ghana’s 2024 general elections and congratulated former President John Mahama. In his concession speech on Sunday, Bawumia revealed that internal party data suggests the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has won both the presidential and parliamentary elections. The nationwide presidential…

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Aiyedatiwa Declared Winner Of Ondo Governorship Election

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Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been declared winner of the off cycle Gubernatorial election in Ondo State. The Returning Officer for the election, Olayemi Akinwumi, who is also the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja in Kogi State, officially declared Aiyedatiwa the winner on Sunday. The announcement ensures the incumbent governor will continue his tenure at the…

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CNPP Passes Vote Of No Confidence On KOSIEC, Threatens Kogi Council Polls Boycott

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The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, (CNPP) has threatened to boycott the forthcoming local government election slated for October 19, 2024 in Kogi State. The Kogi State Chairman of CNPP, Comrade Mohammed Kabir Abdullahi disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday. Abdullahi, who passed a vote of no confidence on the…

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Rivers LG Polls: AA’s Uzodinma Nwafor Declared Winner Of Etche LG Chairmanship

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Uzodinma Nwafor of the Action Alliance (AA) has been declared the winner of Chairman held which held on October 5 in the Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. The Chairman of Rivers State Independent National Electoral Commission (RSIEC), Adolphus Enebeli, made the declaration on Sunday in Port Harcourt, the state capital. He stated that…

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Rivers LG Polls: APP Wins 22 Declared Chairmanship Seats

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The Action Peoples Party, APP, has won 22 out of the 23 chairmanship seats in today’s local government elections in Rivers State. Retired Justice Adolphus Enebeli, the Chief Electoral Officer of Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, RSIEC, announced the results on Saturday in Port Harcourt. Enebeli noted that the results of Etche Local Government Area…

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LG Polls: Rivers Political Leaders Urge Electorate To Exercise Their Civil Right

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The Rivers Political Elders and Leaders Forum has urged residents of the state to exercise their civil rights without fear during Saturday’s local government council election. Chief Celestine Omehia, a former Governor of the state, made the call whethe group visited Gov. Siminalayi Fubara in Port Harcourt. Omehia said that the essence of the visit…

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Rivers LG Poll: Voting Commences In Etche LG Amid Fears Of Disruptions

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The election process has officially begun in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. Sources monitoring the process disclose that voting is going smoothly at Ward 6, Unit 10 in Egwi-Etche, despite earlier concerns about potential disruptions. While there were apprehensions about security, a limited presence of personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…

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Against All Odds, Rivers LG Election Commences In Emohua

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Voting has officially commenced in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State for the Local Government Council Elections.The electoral process began at 8:30 am at Unit 3, 025, Ward 4, NlMgbueto Community, as electoral officers arrived to facilitate the voting. According to sources, the voting process has been peaceful, with no police or security…

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EdoDecides2024: INEC Uploads Over 98% Of Edo Election Results On IReV

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has successfully uploaded over 98% of the polling unit result sheets from the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday, September 21, 2024.As of 2:00 a.m. on Sunday, results from 4,435 out of the 4,519 polling units have been made available on the commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV). The…

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EdoDecides2024: Gov Obaseki Walked Out Of INEC’s Office By Police DIG

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BENIN CITY – IT was a dramatic scene at about 4:10 am when Governor Godwin Obaseki was forced out of the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Benin by the DIG Frank Mba. Obaseki had entered the promises unannounced at around 2 am allegedly to protest some anomalies in the collation of results…

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