The Chairman of the commission, retired Justice Igbozurike Akomas, announced the results in the early hours of Thursday at the commission’s premises in Umuahia
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Oluwawole spoke few weeks after the State Governor, Ayo Fayose, said he was the defect speaker of the Assembly
To achieve this, the DSS said Wike had secured the services of one Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, a Personal Aide to the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, to mobilize some hoodlums to execute their plan
This was contained in a statement issued by Simeon Nwakaudu, the Special Assistant on Electronic Media to Wike
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the election, billed to start by 8am and end by 3pm took off as late as 12 noon at most polling centres across Aba
The PDP stalwart spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Pankshin on Wednesday while reacting to the decamping of Senator Joshua Dariye to the APC
The commission’s daily bulletin issued on Wednesday in Abuja stated that the committee was expected to submit its report on January 30, 2017
The UN says Jammeh must carry out a peaceful and orderly transition process and transfer power to President-elect, Adama Barrow, by January 19, 2017 in accordance with the Gambia’s Constitution
Speaking at the event, the Chairman of the APC in Plateau State, Hon. Letep Dabang, said the defectors have fulfiled the constitutional requirements of the party by identifying with their constituents from wards, local governments and the state
Oyediran, who spoke at the 15th year remembrance and memorial lecture of Odunayo Olagbaju, was a lawmaker on the ticket of Alliance for Democracy in Osun State between 1999 and 2001
Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, Akufo-Addo expressed confidence that the relations between Nigeria and Ghana would be deepened during his time as president
Under US law, electors must formally vote for the president and vice-president before they can lead the country
Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the National Publicity Secretary of the Makarfi-led faction, made the remark in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Abuja
The Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, gave the applause in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Turaki Hassan, in Abuja on Monday
The Secretary of the Abia State Independent Electoral Commission, Tony Mgbarine, made the announcement in Umuahia on Monday
Addressing a press conference in Lagos on Monday, Ademola Adewale, the Coordinator of the group, frowned at the flagrant violations of the provisions of the constitution by State Governments on the conduct of local elections
The leaders at their meeting in Abuja resolved to attend the inauguration of the Gambian President-Elect, Adama Barrow, on January 18, 2017 in conformity with the Gambian constitution
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Supreme Court on Friday gave judgment against Nyako’s bid to return and complete his tenure
In a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by his Media Office, the former Vice President noted that the courts “are the final arbiter for affirming the will of the people
“They should either stop talking about that or produce some proof at last. Otherwise it all begins to look unseemly,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in comments carried by state news agency TASS.