TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE ADDRESSED BY THE HON. CHAIRMAN, INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION , PROFESSOR MAHMOOD YAKUBU, ON THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON CANDIDATES OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS IN THE 2019 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN ZAMFARA STATE HELD AT THE CONFERENCE ROOM, INEC HEADQUARTERS, ABUJA, ON SATURDAY 25THMAY 2019 Ladies and Gentlemen First, let […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Bello Matawalle of the Peoples Democratic Party winner of Zamfara state governorship election. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, announced this during a press conference in Abuja on Saturday. He also said the party won in all elective positions in the state. He said this followed the supreme […]

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR PLATEAU STATE. P.M.B. 2069, Little Rayfield, Jos, Plateau State www.plateaustategov.org PRESS BRIEFING BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE INAUGURATION OF THE SECOND TERM IN OFFICE OF THE LALONG’S ADMINSTRATION, HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. SONNI G. TYODEN ON FRIDAY 24th MAY,2019 AT THE CONFERENCE HALL OF THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR OFFICE, […]

The Supreme Court has declared that the All Progressives Congress had no candidates in the 2019 general elections in Zamfara state. The five-member panel of justices, in a unanimous judgment on Friday, held that the party in the state failed to conduct primaries in accordance with the party rules. In the lead judgment by […]

Court stops Gov. Lalong from tampering with Gbong Gwom Jos stool May 23, 2019 10:18 pm Injunction By Thompson Yamput Jos, May 23, 2019 A Plateau State High Court on Thursday issued an interim injunction stopping Gov Simon Lalong from tampering with the composition of the Gbong Gwom Jos Traditional Council. The injunction was […]

CLOSING REMARKS BY H.E. PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AT THE VALEDICTORY SESSION FOR MEMBERS OF THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AT THE STATE HOUSE COUNCIL CHAMBER ON 22ND MAY, 2019. Today’s Federal Executive Council meeting is the last time we will meet as a cabinet before the commencement of the second and final term […]

The President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, on Wednesday, withdrew as a member of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal. This followed allegations of likelihood of bias leveled against her by the Peoples Democratic Party, and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Although the five-man panel of the tribunal, in a unanimous ruling dismissed […]