Sunday, 24 March 2019

NigerianEye: “Three Nigerian governors win supplementary polls” plus 29 more

NigerianEye: “Three Nigerian governors win supplementary polls” plus 29 more


Three Nigerian governors win supplementary polls

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 11:08 PM PDT

Samuel Ortom (Benue), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Umar Ganduje (Kano) and Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto) have retained their seats after the collation of Saturday's supplementary polls. But their challengers –...

N13 Billion Ikoyi cash: EFCC declares ex-NIA DG, Oke, wife wanted

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 11:14 PM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folasade, wanted for failing to appear in...

Man allegedly kills cousin over N500

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 11:14 PM PDT

A 26-year-old man, simply identified as Chidiebere, at the weekend in Aba, Abia State, allegedly stabbed his cousin, Chisom, to death over N500. Chisom, 27, until his death last Friday, reportedly...

Fire destroys over 20 houses, shops at Mile 12, Lagos

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 11:01 PM PDT

Over 20 houses and several shops were, on Saturday, destroyed by fire in the Kosofe area of Mile 12, a densely populated community in Lagos State, rendering dozens of families homeless. The...

Igbo leaders insist on Nigeria’s restructuring

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 10:58 PM PDT

Igbo leaders on Sunday reiterated their commitment and determination to accomplish their desire for the restructuring of Nigerian nation to guarantee equity and justice. They disclosed this when a...

INEC declares APC’s Ganduje winner of Kano Governorship Election

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 10:56 PM PDT

The Returning Officer for the Kano Governorship Election, Prof. Bello Shehu, has declared incumbent Governor Abdullahi Ganduje winner of the 2019 governorship election in the state. He said Ganduje...

We clearly won the Kano governorship election - PDP

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 01:25 PM PDT

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that its candidate, Abba K. Yusuf, won the Kano state governorship election, saying any declaration that does not reflect such cannot stand. The main...

APC rejects Sokoto governorship election result

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 11:49 AM PDT

The All Progressive Congress in Sokoto state has rejected the results of the governorship election declared by the returning officer, Professor Fatima Batulu Mukhtar in Sokoto on Sunday. Similarly,...

DEVELOPING STORY: PDP agents storm out of Kano collation center as INEC set to declare winner

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 10:07 AM PDT

Agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have walked out of the collation center in Kano ahead of the announcement of the winner of the governorship election. The results of the last two local...

Tension in Kano as DSS, policemen clash at collation centre

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 09:22 AM PDT

Policemen and officials of the Department of State Services (DSS) clashed at head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano state on Sunday. The altercation was over a...

Army vows to deal with serving soldier arrested for cultism

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 09:48 AM PDT

Nigerian army has vowed to deal with Igbavbou Lucky, a private in the Nigerian army, who was arrested over his alleged involvement in cultism. Lucky was among the 103 suspects arrested and paraded by...

BREAKING: Samuel Ortom of PDP declared winner of Benue governorship election

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 08:42 AM PDT

Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has been declared winner of the Benue State governorship election. Ortom was declared winner on Sunday by the Independent National...

I wish my husband’s cabinet will have 41.6% women -Aisha Buhari

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 07:46 AM PDT

Aisha Buhari, the wife of the president, says she wishes her husband cabinet will have as many women — in percentage — as the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP) has in 2019. Speaking at...

EFCC declares Ex-NIA boss, Ayodele Oke, wife wanted

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 07:43 AM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, and his wife, Folasade, wanted after they failed to...

Yoruba elders send list of demands to President Buhari

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 07:37 AM PDT

Kunle Olajide, the Secretary-General, Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), has tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure true federalism and national unity in his next government. Olajide told the News...

Sokoto guber: Senator Wamakko, APC gov candidate, Aliyu reacts to Tambuwal’s victory

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 07:35 AM PDT

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Ahmed Aliyu, and Senator Aliyu Wamakko, on Sunday congratulated Governor Aminu Tambuwal for emerging winner of the just concluded...

Kano governoship rerun: APC, Buhari govt conspired to terrorise voters – Fani-Kayode

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 06:52 AM PDT

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation has condemned the rerun governorship election conducted in Kano State Reports had it that the process on Saturday was marred by violence, attacks by...

Gbenga Daniel speaks on why he quit partisan politics, deal with APC, Atiku

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 06:44 AM PDT

Former Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, says he never reached a deal with the All Progressives Congress (APC) to dump the People's Democratic Party (PDP). Earlier in the month, Daniel quit the...

PDP’s Bala Mohammed wins Bauchi supplementary poll

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 10:25 AM PDT

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bauchi State, Bala Muhammed, has celebrated his victory as the "governor-elect in waiting". Mr Muhammed, a former senator and FCT...

Plateau Rerun result: Lalong reacts as INEC declares him winner

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 05:58 AM PDT

Governor Simon Lalong of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who emerged winner of Saturday's supplementary polls, is seeking the support of Plateau people to deliver the dividends of democracy to...

REVEALED: EFCC traces lawyer’s ‘car gift’ to Onnoghen

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 05:54 AM PDT

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced a car owned by Walter Onnoghen, the embattled chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), to Joe Agi, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The...

PDP’s Ortom on the verge of winning second term in Benue, extends margin over Jime

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 05:46 AM PDT

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State is on the verge of retaining his seat for a second term as results of the Saturday's supplementary election have shown him leading with a clear margin. Before the...

Sokoto guber: INEC announces Tambuwal of PDP winner of governorship election

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 07:47 AM PDT

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Sokoto State, Governor Aminu Tambuwal, has been declared winner of the governorship election in the state. Tambuwal won with a slim margin, after...

Mikel Obi sends strong message to President Buhari

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 04:49 AM PDT

Super Eagles captain, John Mikel Obi, has sent a strong message to President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government regarding the security situation in the country. He spoke in reaction to the...

INEC suspends collation of supplementary governorship election results in Kano

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 04:43 AM PDT

The Independent National Electoral Commission has halted the collation of the supplementary governorship election in Kano State. Results from 21 local councils have been collated already and it saw...

PDP leading with over 1000 votes in Bauchi supplementary poll

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 04:40 AM PDT

The Bauchi state gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Bala Mohammed, has increased the margin of his lead in the governorship election. Mohammed garnered 6,376 votes...

Our observers were stoned in Kano -CDD

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 04:35 AM PDT

The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) says observers deployed to monitor supplementary election in Kano were stoned and disallowed from performing their duty. Idayat Hassan, the CDD...

INEC’s Returning Officer Comfort Tuleun shot on Gboko-Makurdi road — Benue REC

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 02:04 AM PDT

INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Benue, Dr. Nentawe Yilwatda, has confirmed the attack on the commission's convoy on Gboko-Makurdi Road by unknown gunmen on Saturday night. Yilwatda told...

Atiku needs help – El-Rufai

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 01:42 AM PDT

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai on Friday evening returned to the state after his rumoured involvement in an accident, saying, he is not cloned from abroad. This was as, the...

Bauchi supplementary polls: Results announcement finally begins

Posted: 24 Mar 2019 01:35 AM PDT

After over 18 hours of waiting for the commencement of the announcement of the result of Saturday's governorship supplementary election in Bauchi State, the process has commenced. Supplementary...

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