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Plateau Holds LG Election October 9 2024

Wendy R.

Plateau State has fixed October 9, 2024, for the conduct of local government elections. The Chairman of the state Independent Electoral Commission, Plangji Cishak, disclosed this on Wednesday during an ongoing meeting with leaders of political parties held at the commission’s headquarters in Jos, the state capital. Plangji said the council poll would be conducted across the 17 local government areas of the state, which are currently under the management of Transition Implementation Committee Chairmen. The chairman, who recalled his series of earlier engagements with the party stakeholders, said “Today, we are going to engage you in one of the…

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INEC Probes Election Disruptions In Enugu, Akwa-Ibom, Kano

Wendy R.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said it was investigating election disruptions that occurred during the rerun/by-elections in Enugu, Akwa-Ibom and Kano states. The commission disclosed this via its X handle on Saturday. The rerun/by-elections are currently holding across 26 states in the country. The elections are holding in 80 local government areas across 575 registration areas and 8,934 polling units. The 26 states include Ebonyi, Yobe, Kebbi, Lagos, Ondo, Taraba, Benue, Borno, Kaduna, Plateau, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Cross River, Delta, Enugu, Jigawa, Katsina, Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Kano, Nasarawa, Niger, Oyo, Sokoto, and Zamfara. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu,…

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BREAKING: S’Court Upholds Fubara’s Election

Wendy R.

The Supreme Court, on Thursday, dismissed an appeal by the All Progressives Congress candidate in the Rivers State governorship election, Tonye Cole. Cole asked the apex court to sack Siminalayi Fubara as governor of the state. He alleged that the election was marred by irregularities and that Fubara did not validly resign his previous position as required by the law, before the election. Both the tribunal and the Court of Appeal dismissed his case for want of merit. Reading the lead judgment, Justice Ibrahim Saulawa dismissed Cole’s appeal. The five-man panel in a unanimous decision held that the appellant failed…