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• Buhari pays condolence visit to Emir of Daura over daughter’s demise

  17-03-2023 23:56 via pulse.ng
  
  Buhari was received at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua International Airport by Gov. Aminu Masari and the Deputy Governor, Mannir Yakubu.President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday visited the palace of Emir of Daura, Dr Umar Faruk Umar, to express his deep condolences and that of the nation, following death of Hajiya Talatu, the Emir’s oldest daughter.During the visit, according to a statement by Malam Garba Shehu, the President’s spokesman, Buhari paid tributes to the deceased, describing h
  
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• APC reports Peter Obi to security agencies over post-election claims

  17-03-2023 23:55 via pulse.ng
  
  The APC PCC director of media and publicity said Obi derided the election considered by many to be the best in our recent historyThe APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has called on security agencies to caution Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate, from making incendiary remarks over the outcome of February 25 presidential election.Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC PCC, made the appeal in a statement on Friday in Abuja, while reacting to comments made by Obi in
  
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• Court orders INEC to transmit governorship poll results electronically

  17-03-2023 23:50 via pulse.ng
  
  The Judge gave the judgment following a suit filed by the Labour Party (LP) and its governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom, Uduakobong UdohA Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit the Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly’s election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines.Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BV
  
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• Police order full investigation into attack on El-Rufai's convoy

  17-03-2023 23:49 via pulse.ng
  
  The Police Command in Kaduna State, said it has ordered full-scale investigation into Thursday’s attack on Kaduna state Governor’s convoy.The order is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muhammad Jalige, on Friday in Kaduna.Jalige said security operatives attached to the convoy have cleared the Bakin Ruwa axis of Rigasa, Nnamdi Azikiwe expressway in Igabi Local Government Area.According to him, armed hoodlums, suspected to be me
  
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• EFCC steps up action against vote buying, deploys teams on Saturday

  17-03-2023 23:45 via pulse.ng
  
  The various EFCC teams led by senior officers began arriving at their assigned locations earlier on Friday.The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its personnel across the states where Governorship and State Assembly elections will take place on Saturday.The EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.He said the move was to ensure that the elections were devoid of financial malpractice, especially inducement of voters.According to him
  
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• Video of Ado Doguwa firing AK-47 was in Falgore forest – DHQ

  17-03-2023 23:42 via pulse.ng
  
  Gusau said the viral video was posted with an intent to dent the image of the military at a time the role of the armed forces in the last Presidential and National Assembly elections was hailed by Nigerians and the International community.The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified that the video showing Alhassan Ado Doguwa, firing AK-47 rifle guided by military personnel was taken at Falgore Forest Military Training Camp in Kano State.Ado Doguwa is the Majority Leader of the House of Represent
  
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• Only 2 suspended NASS elections will hold along state polls – INEC

  17-03-2023 22:37 via pulse.ng
  
  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says only two National Assembly (NASS) elections earlier suspended by the commission will hold along with the Saturday governorship and state assembly elections.The commission explained this in a statement issued by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, in Abuja on Friday.Okoye advised members of the public to disregard any report alluding to conduct of supplementary elections aris
  
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• Osinbajo arrives in Ikenne for Ogun governorship election

  17-03-2023 21:28 via pulse.ng
  
  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo, have arrived in their hometown, Ikenne, Ogun, ahead of the governorship and houses of assembly elections coming up on Saturday.The vice president is expected to vote at Polling Unit 14, Egunrege, Ikenne.Osinbajo and his wife, on Feb. 25, voted at same polling unit in the presidential election won by the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu.The vice president had earlier on Friday attended the funeral service of Mrs Hilda Adefarasin a
  
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• Governorship election: Osinbajo arrives in Ikenne

  17-03-2023 21:28 via pulse.ng
  
  )Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo, have arrived in their hometown, Ikenne, Ogun, ahead of the governorship and houses of assembly elections coming up on Saturday.The vice president is expected to vote at Polling Unit 14, Egunrege, Ikenne.Osinbajo and his wife, on Feb. 25, voted at same polling unit in the presidential election won by the All Progressives Congress candidate, Bola Tinubu.The vice president had earlier on Friday attended the funeral service of Mrs Hilda Adefarasin
  
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• 2023 Elections: CP Adeoye reassures residents, warns trouble makers in Anambra

  17-03-2023 20:57 via pulse.ng
  
  Residents of Anambra have been asked to turn out en masse to participate in the State House of Assembly elections on Saturday without fear.CP Aderemi Adeoye, the Commissioner of Police in charge of House of Assembly election duty in Anambra, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Friday.Adeoye said that the Command and other sister security agencies had been fully mobilised and were ready to ensure hitch-free elections.He said no fewer than 7,000 personn
  
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• Gov. Buni appeals for peaceful elections in Yobe

  17-03-2023 20:44 via pulse.ng
  
  Gov Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has urged the people of the state to conduct themselves peacefully during Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly elections.Buni made the appeal in a statement issued by Mr Mamman Mohammed, Director- General, Press and Media Affairs to the Governor, on Friday in Damaturu.The governor noted that Yobe remains a peaceful state with no history of political violence,urging residents to keep the status of the state as a model of peaceful electioneering.“We
  
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• Cross River YPP Dep. Governorship candidate, 3 others kidnapped – Police

  17-03-2023 20:42 via pulse.ng
  
  The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the abduction of the Deputy Gov’ship candidate of the Young Peoples Party (YPP), Mr Agbor Onyi.The command’s Spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo told newsmen on Friday in Calabar that Onyi and three others were abducted along Calabar-Ogoja highway.She said among those abducted was an Assistant Supretendent of Immigration, Imojara Imojara.Ugbo said that the four persons were travelling to Northern Cross River for Saturday’s election when t
  
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• APC denies zoning key positions of 10th National Assembly

  17-03-2023 19:29 via pulse.ng
  
  The party urged the public to disregard the report about the alleged zoning, saying it is false and misleading.The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has yet to take decision on zoning of positions or offices of the 10th National Assembly as speculated in the social media.Mr Felix Morka, the APC National Publicity Secretary said this in a statement in Abuja.“The attention of the APC has been drawn to a report circulating on social media on purported zoning of key positions of the inco
  
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• INEC threatens to punish ad hoc personnel that compromises election

  17-03-2023 18:07 via pulse.ng
  
  The REC appealed to eligible voters to come out en-mass in orderly manner and cast their votes on the Saturday elections.The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) in Cross River on Friday threatened to punish collation and returning officers who engaged in sharp practices in the governorship and state house of assembly elections.Prof. Gabriel Yomere, INEC’S Resident Electoral Commissioner for Cross River, made the threats during a training in Calabar, for the commission’s
  
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• Top 10 things you should know before betting

  17-03-2023 16:33 via pulse.ng
  
  If you just got started with sports betting, we made a list of 10 things you need to know.People have been betting on sports since sports were invented.Betting on sports makes sporting events and games more entertaining to watch and gives you the chance to win money, who wouldn’t want that? Non GamStop casino is one of the best sites for those who want to engage in sports betting.There are so many sports to bet on, football is the most popular. But many people bet on UFC, Boxing, American
  
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• Lagos Speaker tasks residents on peaceful conduct during Saturday’s elections

  17-03-2023 12:10 via pulse.ng
  
  The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has appealed to residents to conduct themselves peacefully during Saturday’s Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections.Obasa made the appeal in a statement made available to newsmen in Lagos on Friday.The speaker urged youths not to engage in thuggery ,electoral violence or any other act that could undermine the peace of the nation.“Our youths should not engage in anything that will disrupt the peace and tranqu
  
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• 9 dramatic governorship elections to watch out for

  17-03-2023 12:09 via pulse.ng
  
  As Nigerians go to polls on Saturday, these are the states you should watch out for the most.Out of the 36 states of the federation, the March 18 governorship election will take place only in 28 states.Depending on the decision of the majority of voters in those states, they will either produce new governors or retain the incumbents.However, it will be interesting to see the outcome of the election in some of these states, because every political party is believed to have put its best foot forwa
  
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• 2023 Elections: Police assure of adequate security in Osun

  17-03-2023 12:08 via pulse.ng
  
  Mr Peter Abaoymi, Commissioner of Police in charge of election duty in Osun, has assured residents of adequate security as they go out to cast their votes on Saturday.Speaking with journalists on Friday in Osogbo, Abayomi said the police, in partnership with other security agencies, had mapped out strategies to ensure no breakdown of law and order during the House of Assembly election.Abayomi said he had scheduled a meeting with other security heads in the state to ensure there are no security l
  
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• We will resist attempt to militarise elections in Cross River, PDP threatens

  17-03-2023 09:27 via pulse.ng
  
  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Cross River has said that it will resist any attempt by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to militarise the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly polls in the state.Mr Effiok Cobham, Director General of the PDP Governorship Campaign Council, stated this at a news conference in Calabar late Thursday.Cobham said that the party was aware of the plans by the police to use special squad to militarise its stronghold, especially the Northern Senatorial Dist
  
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• PDP raises concern over resurgent attacks in Kaduna State

  17-03-2023 08:30 via pulse.ng
  
  The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has raised concern over the implication of the resurgent attacks in Southern Kaduna on the gubernatorial and House of Assembly polls coming up on Saturday, March 18.Mr Felix Hyat, Kaduna State PDP Chairman, made the observation in a statement on Thursday in Kaduna.Hyet, who also doubles as the Chairman of PDP State Chairmen Forum, said that the resurgence in banditry in Southern Kaduna communities in the last few days called for serious c
  
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• Gov. Ganduje donates ₦‎250m to victims of market fire disasters in Kano

  17-03-2023 08:26 via pulse.ng
  
  Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State, has donated ₦‎250 million to victims of fire outbreaks that engulfed Kurmi, Singa and Rimi markets.This is contained in a statement on Thursday in Kano, by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Abba Anwar.It said Gov. Ganduje sympathised with the victims and prayed for Allah’s Blessing and Divine replacement from Allah of what they lost in the outbreak.“A Committee was raised to screen the magnitude of the tragic disasters, as s
  
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• Delta to float Entertainment Trust Fund for creative industry – Okowa

  17-03-2023 08:25 via pulse.ng
  
  Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has promised to float Entertainment Trust Fund (ETF) that would stimulate the growth of the creative industry in the state.The governor made the promise at a town hall meeting with members of the Indigenous Creative Industry in the state on Thursday in Asaba.Okowa said that he would ensure that a legislation on the creation of the Entertainment Trust Fund is passed by the State House of Assembly to give it a legal backing.He said that he would institute the foundation
  
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• Tinubu favours competence, dismisses government of national unity

  17-03-2023 07:47 via pulse.ng
  
  On nation-building, Tinubu expressed his readiness to hit the ground running without fretting over the enormity of the task before him.The President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu said his administration will assemble people to work with based on their competence and performance.Tinubu dismissed the talk about a government of national unity saying he seeks to run a government of national competence without giving consideration to religious sentiments.The president-elect, who won the February 25 presid
  
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• Olubadan-in-Council denies endorsing Makinde's 2nd term bid

  17-03-2023 06:40 via pulse.ng
  
  Debunking the claim on behalf of the Olubadan-in-Council, Ajibade said there was nothing like that.The Olubadan-in-Council has declared it has no anointed candidate among the candidates jostling for the governorship seat in Oyo State.The Ekerin Olubadan, High Chief Hamidu Ajibade, made the position of the Council known in Ibadan on Thursday.According to Ajibade, the position of the highest Ibadan traditional system runs contrary to the media report made earlier on Thursday claiming that the incu
  
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• Activists submit petition for Bawa’s removal to Buhari

  17-03-2023 06:30 via pulse.ng
  
  The activists disclosed that they had also submitted a copy of the petition to the Inspector-General of Police (IGP).Scores of Anti-corruption Organisations and constitutional lawyers in Nigeria have submitted a petition to President Muhammadu Buhari, demanding a probe of the EFCC Chairman, AbdulRasheed Bawa.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the activists on Tuesday, resumed its suspended protest in Lagos, calling for removal of Bawa, Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commissio
  
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• Gov Abiodun approves ₦75m loan for plank sellers, butchers

  17-03-2023 06:25 via pulse.ng
  
  Abiodun commended the plank sellers for supporting the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress during the February 25 elections.Governor Dapo Abiodun has approved a revolving loan of ₦25million for members of Plank Sellers Association of Nigeria, operating at the Lafenwa Market.The governor announced the approval on Wednesday in Abeokuta , during a meeting with plank sellers at the marketThe News Agency of Nigeria(NAM)reports that the governor equally approved ₦50mill
  
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• INEC denies awarding election materials contract to APC guber candidate

  17-03-2023 06:20 via pulse.ng
  
  Okoye said INEC attention had been drawn to a news report that the Commission awarded a contract for the printing of sensitive election materials to Ahmed.The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the award of contract for the printing of sensitive election materials for 2023 general elections to Binani Printing Press Limited follows due diligence.The commission said this in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus O
  
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• Abia pastors declare fasting, prayer for peaceful elections

  17-03-2023 06:10 via pulse.ng
  
  The clerics, under the aegis of Representatives of Abia State Church Leaders, appealed to INEC to conduct a credible election.Church leaders in Abia have declared Friday, March 17, for fasting and prayers, to seek the face of God for a violence-free Governorship and House of Assembly elections on Saturday.Bishop Chikezie Elekwa, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, made this known to newsmen in Umuahia on Thursday.The urged the electorate to troop out en masse on Saturday to exercise their fra
  
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