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INEC has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu, as the winner of the 2023 Presidential election. INEC Chairman and Chief Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu said Bola Tinubu scored 8,794,726votes to emerge victorious. The INEC Chairman added the Certificates of Return for the President-elect and Vice-President-elect will be presented to them by 3pm later today at the National Collation Centre, in Abuja. Prof. Yakubu said a statement will be issued later on when the Certificates of Return for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives.
A topnotch political heavyweight in Kogi Gubernatorial Race, Hon Abubakar Yahaya Achimugwu has applauded voters in Aloji ward, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi state for trooping in their numbers to throw weights behind the ruling All Progressives’ Congress, APC, during the just concluded election. The frontline governorship aspirant further thanked Nigerians for trusting the APC with their votes. According to Achimugwu, Nigerians used the election to showcase their unalloyed support for the party. “I was not amazed when I witnessed voters in their large numbers working assiduously to ensure the victory of our great party in the just concluded…
A charity group owned by the wife of the Accountant General of Kogi State, Hajia zainab Jibrin, has distributed food items, clothing and cash gifts to over 5,000 women across four communities in Kogi Local Council. While distributing the items during a community outreach across Koton-Karfi, Gegu Beki, Uhana and Edaha communities, Hajia Zainab said it has always been her desire to reach out to the needy and support her fellow women with her little resources. “I am appreciative of the kind hearted and generous husband God has blessed me with. He has always been supportive and a pillar to…
As the All Progressive Congress (APC) flagged off its presidential campaign for February 15 election in Kogi State, a member of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, Dr. Ali Ajuh has said, the massive turnout at the Lokoja rally was a clear attestation that the APC will be victorious in the forthcoming elections. The former Commissioner made this known to pressmen at the venue of the mega rally held at the Olympic size Confluence stadium in Lokoja, Kogi State. “I am buoyed by the message of hope that Asiwaju Tinubu delivered to Kogi people at this campaign rally and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has signed an Executive Order on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions. Buhari said it would enhance the seamless transition of power from one presidential administration to another. This was disclosed in a statement via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday. The President also revealed he has approved the establishment of a Presidential Transition Council, which would be chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF. Buhari wrote: “I have signed Executive Order No. 14 of 2023 on the Facilitation and Management of Presidential Transitions. The new Executive Order puts in place a…
SPY News gathered that an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, Niger State Command, Anthony Damisa, was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on Wednesday for alleged forgery and making of false statement. Damisa was docked before Justice M. E. Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court 3 sitting in Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. The spokesperson for the ICPC, Mrs Azuka Ogugua revealed this on Thursday in a statement. ICPC, in a Charge No: CR/348/2022 filed before the trial court, is alleging that the accused person used…
The Director General and Chief Executive of the National Space Research and Development Agency, NASRDA, Dr Halilu Shaba, has officially performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the Advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Laboratory (AUVAL) at NASRDA’s Headquarters in Abuja. The DG NASRDA while laying the foundation blocks, stated that the laboratory is part of plans to build a corridor for scientific and engineering purposes which will enable effective sharing of infrastructure, resources and talents. Dr Shaba said the building is expected to be completed within the shortest period of time possible, to ensure subsequent installation of equipment and other amenities such as…
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC on Monday, February 6, 2023, secured the conviction of one Abubakar Mukhtar before Justice A.A Bello of the Kaduna State High Court on one count charge of dishonest misappropriation.
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state alongside his counterparts in Zamfara and Kaduna state has dragged the President Muhammadu Buhari’s led government to court over scarcity of the redesigned naira notes. The Governors claimed Naira Redesign Policy has led to undue sufferings in the country. The three states – Zamfara, Kaduna, and Kogi in a motion ex-parte filed before the supreme court, seek for an an interim injunction stopping the CBN from ending the timeframe within which the old N200, N500, and N1000 notes will cease to be legal tender. The Plaintiffs in the suit are the three Attorneys-General and…
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned the bandits’ attack leading to the death of over 40 vigilantes in Katsina state. SPY News reports that over 40 vigilante personnel were killed at Yargoje forest in Jibia, Katsina State. Buhari condemned the attack and consoled the grieving families. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved families in this difficult period. May Allah repose the soul of the deceased,” he said in a statement signed on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The statement was titled ‘President Buhari condemns horrific terrorist attack on…