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By Aminu Abdullahi Gusau The  All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Abdulmalik Zubairu, has won the Bungudu/Maru federal constituency seat in Zamfara. Announcing the result in Bungudu on Monday at the INEC collation center for the constituency, Prof. Nasiru Sani said Zubairu scored 37,852 votes against his closest opponent and incumbent lawmaker Shehu Ahmed of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 25,393 votes. Sani said other candidates that participated in the election were, Hamza Abduljalil of NNPP – 1180 votes, Bara’u Alhaji-Garba of NRM – 185 votes, Umar Abdulrahman of APP – 68 votes, and Manir Yahaya of APGA – 206 votes. “Having satisfied the requirements of the law, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Abdulmalik Zubairu is hereby declared winner and is returned elected,” he added. Reacting to his victory, Zubairu said he would dedicate 90% of his earnings to women in the constituency through imitating empowerment and welfare programme...

By Gambo Abubakar Kaduna Governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has been defeated by the opposition; People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the presidential elections at the state level. El-Rufai who suffered a defeat, lost to PDP with a margin of 155, 068 votes, as his party; APC came second on the list with 399,293 votes, winning just two Local Government Areas out of the 23 LGAs in the state. According to the results, PDP won in 14 Local Government Areas with 554, 360 votes, while Labour Party who maintained third position secured 294, 494 votes, winning seven LGAs. NNPP had 92969 votes. Prof. Muhammad Zayyan Umar, who was the Returning Officer for Kaduna state declared the results as follows Giwa LG     APC - 19,922    PDP - 22,302   LP - 565      NNPP - 3,114 Kaura LG    APC -  1847 PDP - 7847     LP - 25,744   NNPP - 320 Kajuru LG...

By Aminu Abdullahi Gusau Former Zamfara state governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar has won Zamfara West Senate position under the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Returning Officer, Zamfara West Senatorial Election, Prof. Rufus Tinuola announced the results at the collation centre in Talata-Mafara. Tinuola said Yari scored 147,346 votes against his closest opponent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bello S-Fagon, who scored 58,832 votes. He said other candidates were:  AA Party scored 65 votes, Ibrahim Musa of ADC scored 150 votes, Ahmad Lawali of APP scored 75 votes and Aliyu Yahaya of LP with 111 votes. The other candidates include: Sale Nasiru of APGA scored 258 votes, Sulaiman Lawali of ADP scored 239 votes and Abdulmalik Adamu of NNPP got 363 votes. “Having satisfied the requirements of the law, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Zamfara West Senatorial District, Abdul’aziz Yari, is hereby declared winner and is returned elected,” he added. Reacting...

By Aminu Abdullahi Gusau Late arrival of election materials in some polling units at Kauran Namoda local government has caused total delay in which some electorates who are desparates to cast their vote have started loosing confidence . The affected poling units include, Red block 035 poling unit kaura, where electoral officers came  at around 12:30, pm, and that of Kyambarawa 016, and their Bvas machines are not in good order, as they are not working properly. By this ugly development voters remain stranded for some hours waiting for the arrival of materials.  Late arrivals of these election materials to the affected  polling units constituted a major problem to the exercise Some of the stranded voters at the effected centers who expressed  dissatisfaction with the situation, blamed INEC for what they saw as poor arrangement. The INEC officials were seen doing their best to ensure that the affected Bvas were put into uses, and they succesfully rectified and over com...

By Gambo Abubakar Kaduna  The  Kaduna state governor Malan Nasir Ahmad El-rufai has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission for the smooth conduct of today presidential and House Representative Elections.    El-rufai made the recommendation today in an  interview with newsmen immediately after casting his votes at Marnona Polling Unit,024, Unguwar Sarki Kaduna.  The governor said, he was not happy over the  low turnout of people most especially women as according to him, women are playing important role n his polling unit.    He appealed the people in the state to come out and cast their votes, stressing that it is the day that determine the one that would rule the country for the next four years.  Also speaking, the state All Progressive Congress gubernatorial candidate, Senator Uba Sani who cast his votes at, No 041 Airport/LEA, Kawo Kaduna, descibed that, the today's elections is done in an orderly mann...

Zamfara PDP Gubernotorial Candidate Accuses Anti Thuggery Organisation For Attacking His Wife's Convoy. By Aminu Abdullahi Gusau  Zamfara state Peoples Democratic Party PDP candidate in this year's general elections, Dr. Dauda Lawal Dare has accused state Anti thuggery committee for attacking his wife with her entourage in Gusau the state capital. He made the accusation at a press conference in his residence Friday. “Around 11:30 pm on Thursday, 23/2/2023, my motorcade conveying my wife and her entourage was ambushed by a state-sponsored militia disguised as Anti Thuggery Committee armed to the teeth with guns and other fatal weapons besides A. A Rano filling station, off Sani Abacha way, solely aimed to assassinate me for political reasons”. He said. He changed that during the attack, two of his police security escort, an inspector, and a sergeant alongside five other civilians were shot and are currently receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Center Gusau. Dr. Da...

By Gambo Abubakar Kaduna  The National Electoral Commission has reassured the people of Kaduna state of the conduct of credible elections ever conducted in Nigeria.  The statement was made by the INEC Administrative Secretary Kaduna state, Alhaji Mohammad Auwal Mashi, during  the distribution of sensitive materials to the twenty three local government electoral officers in the state, held at Central Bank Of Nigeria in Kaduna recently. According to  Mashi, the 4.3 million  registered voters are available and assured that all electorates will cast their votes for the whole categories of elections.  "We have concluded all the arrangements with inter agencies consultative committee on election security, and make sure that we will  provide security for the sensitive materials and INEC officials to all 23 local government areas in the state."  In an  interview, The Peoples Democratic Party state's returning officer, Comrade Danjuma ...