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Elections: Imo, Rivers results manipulated, says Yiaga Africa 

A civil rights organisation, Yiaga Africa, has added a new twist to the general election conducted on February 25, saying that the results from Imo and Rivers states were inconsistent with its projections for the states. The organisation raised the observation in its post-election statement signed by the Chair, Watching The Vote and Executive Director, Read More source https://punchng.com/elections-imo-rivers-results-manipulated-says-yiaga-africa/

Elections: PDP vows to retrieve mandate 

The Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party has vowed to challenge the outcome of the February 25 presidential election that returned the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, as President-elect. The campaign also urged party supporters to be worry-free as efforts are being made to retrieve the party’s mandate. Read More source https://punchng.com/elections-pdp-vows-to-retrieve-mandate/

Tinubu woos Atiku, Obi as parties reject result

The President-elect, Bola Tinubu, has extended an olive branch to his opponents, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party and his Labour Party counterpart, Peter Obi, after the contentious presidential election in which he was declared the winner on Wednesday. Tinubu said political competition must now give way to conciliation and inclusive governance.  The Independent Read More source https://punchng.com/tinubu-woos-atiku-obi-as-parties-reject-result/

#Emilokan: The kingmaker who became king

FORMER Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was at dawn on Wednesday, declared the winner of last Saturday’s presidential poll. ADELANI ADEPEGBA  and ADEBAYO FOLORUNSHO-FRANCIS write on the politics of the kingmaker who is set to become Nigeria’s 16th president on May 29 The All Progressives Congress standard bearer, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was in the Read More source https://punchng.com/emilokan-the-kingmaker-who-became-king/

Teenager, guardian in court for kidnapping children

An Ondo State Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has remanded a 16-year-old boy, Lekan Mustapha; and his guardian, Zulum Yisa, over alleged kidnapping.  The teenager told the court that they had kidnapped no fewer than nine children in the state and took the victims to one Islamic cleric in Ikorodu, Lagos Read More source https://punchng.com/teenager-guardian-in-court-for-kidnapping-children/

NEWSAN’s charter of demand for politicians

The National Civil Society Network on Water and Sanitation, generally known by the shortened form, Society for Water and Sanitation–or by its acronym NEWSAN–is the umbrella body and coordinating network of over 300 civil society organisations, non-governmental organisations and community based organisations in water, sanitation and hygiene spread over the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Read More source https://punchng.com/newsans-charter-of-demand-for-politicians/

Gombe NNPP gov candidate lauds Goje, Dankwanbo over election victory

The governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Gombe State, Khamisu Mailantarki, has lauded Senator Muhammad Goje of the All Progressives Congress and  Dr Ibrahim Dankwambo of the Peoples Democratic Party, for their emergence in the just concluded National Assembly elections. Speaking during a courtesy visit to Goje at his residence in the Read More source https://punchng.com/gombe-nnpp-gov-candidate-lauds-goje-dankwanbo-over-election-victory/