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'I Got Over 200,000 Votes in APC Primary Election' - Andy Uba Rejects Anambra Election Results #Anambradecides

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Uba described the results as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission “as a charade”. Andy Uba Andy Uba has vowed not to accept the result of the just concluded Anambra governorship election. Uba wondered how after getting over 200,000 votes in his party's primary conducted in the state, he was unable to replicate such feat in the governorship election. The All Progressives Congress candidate in the just concluded Anambra State Governorship Election therefore rejected the election result in a statement titled, ‘Senator Andy Uba Rejects the outcome of Anambra Governorship Election,’ signed by the Spokesman for his campaign organisation, Jerry Ugokwe, on Thursday. He described the results as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission “as a charade” which was not reflective of the wishes and aspirations of the people of the state. The campaign organisation said, “Our popular candidate, Senator Andy Uba is a victim of widespread electoral fraud and...

Anambra: Gov Ortom Congratulates Charles Soludo #ortom

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Ortom congratulated the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in a statement released through his media aide, Nathaniel Ikyur. Samuel Ortom The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has sent a congratulatory message to Professor Charles Soludo after he was announced as winner of the Anambra State governorship election. Ortom congratulated the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in a statement released through his media aide, Nathaniel Ikyur. The Benue Governor in the statement described the victory of Soludo as a true reflection of the wishes of the people of the state. The Peoples Democratic Party Governor commended the people of the state for their determination through the electoral process despite the threats and intimidation in the state. Ortom lauded security operatives in the state for maintaining law and order all through the election days and after the result was declared. He further stated that the Independent National ...

Anambra: ‘The Youths Are Angry’ – Ex-IPOB Leader Sends Message To Soludo #soludo

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Uche Mefor urged the politician to advocate for Igbo youths in his governance. Uche Mefor Governor-elect of Anambra state, Charles Soludo has been warned that Igbo youths are angry. A former deputy leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Uche Mefor revealed this today in a congratulatory message to the newly elected Governor. He urged the governor to advocate for Igbo youths in his government. Recall that the former governor of the central bank of Nigeria emerged winner of the 2021 governorship election in Anambra state on Wednesday morning. Soludo defeated his counterparts from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the Young Progressive Congress (YPP) after he garnered total votes of 112,229 almost double of the candidate behind him. In a statement on his Facebook page addressed to Soludo, the former IPOB leader said he is hopeful that the new Anambra leader will work hard for the development of the state. Mefor’s addr...

FLASHBACK: How Anambra Governor-Elect, Soludo Escaped Assassination Eight Months Before Election Victory #Arewapublisize

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Florence Obi, Returning Officer of the Anambra Governorship Election, had announced the result at the INEC office in Awka, Anambra State. A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Charles Soludo, was on Wednesday declared winner of the Anambra governorship election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Florence Obi, Returning Officer of the Anambra Governorship Election, had announced the result at the INEC office in Awka, Anambra State. "That Charles Chukwuma Soludo of APGA, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected," Obi declared. Interestingly, his victory came months after he narrowly escaped death. Recall that on March 31, unknown gunmen attacked Soludo in Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra state, killing at least three policemen attached to him. Soludo, 61, won with 112,229 votes beating Valentine Ozig...

INEC Declares APGA’s Soludo Winner Of Anambra Governorship Election #Anambra

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The returning officer for the election and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi announced the final result at about 1:50 am on Wednesday. Prof. Chukwuma Soludo Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has been announced the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The returning officer for the election and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi announced the final result at about 1:50 am on Wednesday. Obi announce the result after adding the figures garnered by each of the political parties in the Tuesday supplementary polls to those already declared on Sunday from the 20 Local Government Areas of the state. She announced the votes polled by the political parties as follows; APC, 43,285, APGA, 112, 229, PDP, 53,807, among others. She also announced the total number of valid votes in the election as; 241,523, reject...

Mohammed Bello-Koko: A coat of many colours, walking the talk already

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  By Dr Godspower Oshodin It is less than six months,  that in a bid to reposition the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) for better efficiency and service delivery, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed Mohammed Bello-Koko to head the agency in acting capacity. First of all, it is a fact not to be contested that the tasks on the shoulder of who the Managing Director of the Nigeria Port Authority (NPA) is, per time, is enormous. The NPA is a strategic revenue generating agency of the Nigeria Federal Government, hence who occupies the position of MD of the agency must be one who knows his or her onions and who is daring enough to walk where others dread to step. That is the highlight of 52-year-old youthful Mohammed Bello-Koko, a banker-turned-administrator. Most of the times, looking at the sterling records of Bello-Koko even in the banking industry alone, one cannot but say that indeed, he is the man who the cap of who presides as the MD of NPA, fits. As tasking as the banking indus...

Just In: President Buhari's Emir & Kinsmen Turban Okorocha - Politics

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  The Emir of Daura, Katsina State, HRH Alhaji Dr. Umar Farouk Umar CON with the full compliments of the Daura Emirate Council in a surprise ceremony on Thursday July 8th, 2021 in the home town of Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has turbanned the former Governor of Imo State, Sen.Rochas Okorocha as the Magan Alheri Hausa ( the Great Giver to the Hausa People) for his selfless, humanitarian activities in the north, Nigeria and humanity at large with some of the enviable credentials of Rochas Foundation Colleges free education scheme to over 25, 000 children from indigent background across the length and breadth of Nigeria and Africa coupled with his unalloyed support and solidarity with their illustrious son, President Muhammadu Buhari. History has it that the Emir of Daura's stool has been in existence for over 2000 years and is the prime leader of the Hausa Bokwai comprising the seven hausa senior brothers namely Daura, Katsina, Kano, Hadeja, Zazzau, Gobir, Rano and the ...

Just In: President Buhari's Emir & Kinsmen Turban Okorocha - Politics

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  The Emir of Daura, Katsina State, HRH Alhaji Dr. Umar Farouk Umar CON with the full compliments of the Daura Emirate Council in a surprise ceremony on Thursday July 8th, 2021 in the home town of Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has turbanned the former Governor of Imo State, Sen.Rochas Okorocha as the Magan Alheri Hausa ( the Great Giver to the Hausa People) for his selfless, humanitarian activities in the north, Nigeria and humanity at large with some of the enviable credentials of Rochas Foundation Colleges free education scheme to over 25, 000 children from indigent background across the length and breadth of Nigeria and Africa coupled with his unalloyed support and solidarity with their illustrious son, President Muhammadu Buhari. History has it that the Emir of Daura's stool has been in existence for over 2000 years and is the prime leader of the Hausa Bokwai comprising the seven hausa senior brothers namely Daura, Katsina, Kano, Hadeja, Zazzau, Gobir, Rano and the ...

Just In: President Buhari's Emir & Kinsmen Turban Okorocha - Politics

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  The Emir of Daura, Katsina State, HRH Alhaji Dr. Umar Farouk Umar CON with the full compliments of the Daura Emirate Council in a surprise ceremony on Thursday July 8th, 2021 in the home town of Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has turbanned the former Governor of Imo State, Sen.Rochas Okorocha as the Magan Alheri Hausa ( the Great Giver to the Hausa People) for his selfless, humanitarian activities in the north, Nigeria and humanity at large with some of the enviable credentials of Rochas Foundation Colleges free education scheme to over 25, 000 children from indigent background across the length and breadth of Nigeria and Africa coupled with his unalloyed support and solidarity with their illustrious son, President Muhammadu Buhari. History has it that the Emir of Daura's stool has been in existence for over 2000 years and is the prime leader of the Hausa Bokwai comprising the seven hausa senior brothers namely Daura, Katsina, Kano, Hadeja, Zazzau, Gobir, Rano and the ...