Tag: LG POLLS

Rivers: APC wins 20 LGAs; PDP claims 3

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Rivers APC wins2

The All Progressives Congress, (APC), has won 20 of the 23 local government areas in Saturday’s local government elections in Rivers State. The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, (RSIEC), declared the results in Port Harcourt, yesterday. The candidates of the APC for the chairmanship and councillorship elections are loyalists of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike. Some of the LGs won by the APC include Ahoada East with 84,125 votes; Akuku Toru with 63,593 votes; Andoni with 126, 181; Asari Toru LGA with 56,383; Bonny LGA…

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Rivers: Wike reclaims grassroots control, as Fubara shuns LG polls

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Wike reclaims grassroots

Local government elections in Rivers State yesterday highlighted the widening gulf between suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his political benefactor, Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Nyesom Wike, as both men charted contrasting paths in the state’s tense power struggle. While Wike turned out to vote and praised the exercise as peaceful, Fubara boycotted the polls altogether, reinforcing perceptions that he is increasingly sidelined from the state’s political machinery. At his polling unit in Ward-5, Opobo/Nkoro LGA, electoral officials and materials arrived on schedule, but the governor never appeared.…

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Osun Crisis: ‘Suspend LG polls’, Police tell Gov. Adeleke

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Osun Police 2 Adeleke

Few hours before the local government elections in Osun State slated for today, the Nigeria Police Force has urged the Government to suspend the planned elections. The Police stated that joint intelligence assessments revealed that various groups, including political elements and other interested parties, were mobilising to instigate unrest, disrupt public peace, and undermine the democratic process. Recall that there has been tension in Osun fuelled by on-going disputes over local government administration, with the PDP and APC locked in a heated battle over the legitimacy of past and present…

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“Conducting LG polls without 6-month notice will face nullification” AGF

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AGF on LG polls

The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Olasunkanmi, (SAN), has warned that henceforth, local government elections conducted without 6 months notice would face nullification. According to the AGF, who stated this recently, at the 12th convocation of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state, said the Government is committed to enthroning sanity at the third tier of governance. “Any state Governor who fails to give six months notice before conducting local government elections will face nullification in courts, he quoted as saying. Lately, State governors across…

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Kano LG polls: KANSIEC vows to conduct todays elections

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KANSIEC on LG polls

Kano State Independent Electoral Commission, (KANSIEC), has reaffirmed its readiness to conduct the scheduled today’s 2024 local government elections in 44 local government areas (LGAs) of the State. KANSIEC Chairman, Prof. Sani Malumfashi, announced this yesterday, following a court ruling that upheld the Commissions authority to proceed with the planned elections. Recall that a Federal High Court, presided by Justice Simon Amobeda, on Tuesday delivered a judgement that disqualified the Chairman, Secretary, and other commissioners of the Commission. Malumfashi said  Today, (Friday), Kano State High Court ruled in favour of…

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Opposition Coalition raises alarm over alleged moves to seize Rivers LG allocations

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Opposition Coalition on Rivers LG

The Opposition Coalition in Nigeria has raised concerns over an alleged attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and a group aligned with Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to halt statutory allocations to local government councils in Rivers State. According to the Coalition, this move could lead to severe unrest and destabilize governance in the state. In a statement issued yesterday, the Coalition’s spokesperson, Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, claimed they have credible evidence that the APC and the pro-Wike group have initiated a legal process at…

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KD LG polls: APC sweeps all 23 chairmanship, 255 councillorship seats

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APC wins KD LG polls

It was jubilation galore by members of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) in Kaduna State yesterday evening, when the Kaduna State Electoral Independent Commission (KAD-SEICOM) announced the result of the local government Chairmanship and councillorship elections conducted across the State. The Commission’s Chairperson, Hajiya Hajara Mohammed, announced that the APC won all the 23 local government Chairmanship seats and all the 255 councillorship positions in the State. Hajara said, “Eight political parties filled in political candidates in the election. They are ADC, APC, APGA, LP, NNPP, PDP, PRP, and…

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LG Poll: Kaduna imposes movement restriction to prevent security breaches

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Kaduna LG poll

The Kaduna State Security Council has announced a restriction of movement throughout the state from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, Saturday. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who announced this in a statement yesterday, said this is to ensure peaceful and orderly conduct of the forthcoming local government election in the state, adding that the restriction was to ensure a peaceful and orderly council poll. He said the elections, which would take place in 255 wards and 23 local government councils, are crucial for the…

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LG Polls: Kebbi Electoral Commission disqualifies all PDP candidates

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kebbi State, has condemned the decision of the Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission (KESIEC) to disqualify all its candidates contesting todays Local Government Elections in the state, describing it as a joke taken too far. The Chairman of the party in the State, Alhaji Bello Usman Suru, while addressing newsmen on Thursday night at the partys secretariat, expressed the partys displeasure at the decision of the electoral bodys reasons for the disqualification, which he said were not acceptable to the PDP. Suru said his…

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Kaduna: PDP floors APC in rescheduled Zangon-Kataf LG council poll

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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), in Zangon-Kataf local government area of Kaduna State, Francis Zimbo, has won Saturdays rescheduled chairmanship election, which was rescheduled to Saturday over security concerns. The Returning Officer, Prof. Nuhu Garba, said Zimbo scored 28,771 votes to defeat Mr. John Hassan, of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), who polled 19,509 votes. Mr. Francis Zimbo, of the PDP, having satisfied the requirements of the law and scored the highest number of votes is hereby declared winner of the election and returned elected”, Prof. Garba…

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