SSCE fee hike: Examination bodies would have generated N175bn annually — Investigation
By Joseph Erunke& Elizabeth Osayande If the Federal Government had not reversed the proposed N50,000 registration fee per candidate for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination conducted by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, and the National Examinations Council, NECO, the examination bodies would have been able to generate more than N175 billion annually. An analysis […]
BREAKING: Samuel Ortom wins Benue’s supplementary election
The incumbent Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom has won a second term in office after winning the supplementary election conducted on Saturday, March 23.
How Tambuwal won Sokoto supplementary polls
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been reelected Aminu Waziri Tambuwal as governor of Sokoto state.
Kano election : Police dispel rumour on curfew
The Police Command in Kano State has dismissed the rumour being peddled that curfew had been imposed on Kano metropolis, as residents await the final results of the governorship election.
Tambuwal wins re-election by 341 votes
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state on Sunday survived the tough challenge of Ahmed Aliyu and his godfather Senator Aliyu Wamakko of the All Progressives Congress to win re-election for a second term.
Supplementary polls: Gov Ortom leads in 9 of 13 LGA’s of Benue
Gov Samuel Ortom of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won in 9 of 13 Local Government Areas (LGA’s) in the supplementary polls held on Saturday.
Sokoto re-run: INEC halts results collation over 1 LGA
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjourned the collation of governorship supplementary election results in Sokoto state till 9 a.m on Sunday.
FCT: PDP wins Kuje chairmanship election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Abdulahi Sabo, winner of the supplementary poll for Kuje Area Council, FCT.
INEC Returning Officer shot in Benue
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Returning Officer for Gboko Local Government Area, LGA, in the supplementary governorship and state assembly election, Prof. Comfort Luem was this evening waylaid and shot at Abinse in Guma LGA by unknown armed men while on her way to submit election results from the LGA.
Role of military can’t extend to election security — Okogie
ALSO not left out in the ongoing debate over the militarisation of the 2019 elections are Christian clerics who did not mince words in condemning the partisan role played by some soldiers during the exercise.
PDP, APC disagree on supplementary polls as thugs take over Kano, violence rocks Benue, Sokoto
VIOLENCE, voters’ apathy, vote-buying, and allegations of manipulation, yesterday, marred the supplementary governorship and state assembly elections in some states of the country.
