•Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno Chad’s junta chief Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno won this week’s presidential election in the first round, according to provisional official results released yesterday, extending his family’s decades-long grip on power. Monday’s vote aimed to end three years of military rule in a country crucial to the fight against jihadi...
Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Prince Dotun Oyelade, has said the outstanding performance of Governor Seyi Makinde in the last five years was the major reason Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates won all the 33 local government seats. He made this known in a statement shortly after the Chairman, Oyo State Independent Electoral Co...
•Kogi LGA Chairman James Onoja in white Security operatives today allegedly arrested the council chairman of Igalamela Local Government Area of Kogi State, James Onoja, for possession of ammunition and lots of cash. The money and the ammunition it was gathered were packed in several ‘Ghana-must-go’ bags, reports Saturday PUNCH. The money and a...
Voters across the 21 local government areas of Kogi State will be heading to the polling units tomorrow to elect a new governor. According to the final list of candidates published by INEC, 18 candidates will represent their parties in the election. They are Isah Jibrin Usman (Accord), Braimoh Olayinka (AA), Achimugu Augustine (AAC), Abejide [...