Chairman of the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC), Plangji Cishak, has said that he’s satisfied at the turn out of voters in Saturday’s local government election in the state. About 894 candidates from 11 political parties ate slugging it out for votes to fill the chairmanship and councillorship position from 2,789, 528 voters in…
Chairman of the Plateau State Independent Electoral Commission (PLASIEC), Plangji Daniel Cishak, has expressed the readiness of the commission to conduct a free and fair election on Saturday. Speaking at a press briefing in Jos on Friday, the chairman said that the commission met all the timelines it set for the election, except one, which…
A section of the Eleme Local Government Area secretariat in Rivers State has been torched. According to Channels Television, the newly elected Chairman, Brain Gokpa, in company with his councillors and supporters, arrived at the LG secretariat to discover that some buildings in the complex had been set ablaze. The Channels Television report cited a…
. APC wins 11 LGs, PDP seven All Progressives Congress has been declared winner of the Saturday governorship election in Edo State. INEC Returning Officer, who is also the Vice-chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta declared APC candidate, Monday Okpebholo, as the winner of the election. Okpebholo polled 291,667…
.…Says pro Wike sacked lawmakers remain sacked … Maintains Oko Jumbo remains the Speaker and ruling will be appealed, as it can not survive at the Appeal Court Opposition lawmakers in the National Assembly has rejected the Federal High Court judgment, which declared the defection of sacked 27 Rivers lawmakers as a pre election issue…
Former Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa, has donated the princely sum of One billion Naira to the people of Sokoto State, describing it as a gesture of “Giving Back”. Bafarawa, who made the donation on Tuesday in Sokoto during an event organized by Attahiru Bafarawa Foundation, said the donation was in appreciation of…
Former Chairman of Kanam local government area of Plateau state, Dayyabu Garga, who recently defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the fortunes of the party in the state has so dwindled that people are stoned if they identify themselves as members of APC. Garga, who…
Confusion has engulfed the Plateau state chapter of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) with allegations and counter allegations trailing the delegates conference/ election of the union scheduled for September 17. A group led by a member of the chapter Comrade Izere Maxwell Igyem, had at a press briefing on Thursday accused the…
Former Governor of Plateau State and Senator Plateau Central Zone in the 7th and 8th Senator, His Excellency Senator Joshua Dariye has applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR for appointing two illustrious Sons of Plateau State, Chief Ayuba Burki Gufwan as the Executive Secretary National Commission for People With Disabilities (NCPWD) and Hon. Saad Ibrahim…
Adeyanju, Gbajabiamila unite to boost lottery industry Director General of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, Mr. Lanre Gbajabiamila, has described the appointment of Comrade Tosin Adeyanju as the new Executive Secretary of the National Lottery Trust Fund a new era in the history of the organization, both in Nigeria and beyond. Special Assistant to the…
