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Tribunal Rejects Binani’s Petition, Upholds Fintiri’s Re-Election As Gov

The Adamawa governorship election petition tribunal has confirmed Ahmadu Fintiri’s victory as the governor of the state. In a ruling on Saturday, the three-member panel dismissed the petition filed by Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the March 18 election. Binani had taken her case to court, attempting to […]

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JUST IN: Binani Takes INEC Back To Court Over Nullified Declaration

Aisha Dahiru, widely known as “Binani,” the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Adamawa governorship election, has once again filed a lawsuit against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). As earlier reported that her declaration as the governor of Adamawa in the March 18 governorship election was nullified by INEC. Binani, represented by her […]

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Adamawa Guber Debacle: Why Binani Must Be Arrested – CSO

A civil society group under the aegis of Concerned Civil Society Organizations, has given insights about why the gubernatorial candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC), in Adamawa State, Sen. Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani must be arrested. Rising from an emergency meeting in Kaduna on Sunday, the group’s national coordinator, Ibrahim Mada said based […]

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Binani’s Acceptance Speech Confirms She’s Party To Illegal Declaration – Falana

Fiery lawyer and activist, Femi Falana (SAN), has said that the Adamawa State gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru’s acceptance speech confirmed that she was in on the illegal declaration. Falana stated this in an interview on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Thursday. The SAN described Binani’s declaration and her […]

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‘How I Contested Against Those In Abuja Who Feel They Own Nigeria’ – Gov Fintiri

Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has accused some politician with federal power of trying to truncate his victory at the just concluded gubernatorial election in the state. This media recalls that after several controversies that trailed the conduct of the election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the governor winner of the polls. […]

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Aisha Binani Denies Giving ₦2 Billion For Declaration Of Results In Adamawa

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Governorship candidate in Adamawa, Senator Aishatu Dahiru (Binani) has denied allegations that she gave a sum of N2 billion as a bribe to some staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare her as Governor-elect. Recall that the electoral umpire had on Sunday suspended collation for the Saturday […]

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Binani: What Happened In Adamawa Was A Disgrace’ – APC Lawmaker Speaks

A member of the House of Representatives, Akin Alabi, has described the controversy surrounding the Adamawa State governorship election as a disgrace. Recall that a Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State illegally declared Binani the winner of the governorship election when the collation of results from the supplementary election was still ongoing. The Independent […]

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Nigerians Call On NBC To Sanction NTA Over Broadcast Of Binani’s Speech

Some Nigerians have called on the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC to sanction Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) over the broadcast of Senator Aisha Dahiru Binani’s ‘illegal’ acceptance speech as Adamawa state Governor. This comes barely 72 hours after Binani was declared as Adamawa State governor in the just concluded governorship supplementary polls, on April 15. Following […]

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BREAKING: INEC Declares PDP’s Fintiri As Winner Of Adamawa Election

The candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Ahmadu Fintiri has been declared winner of the Adamawa governorship election. He defeated his closest rival, Aishatu Dahiru Binani of the All Progressive congress (APC). FINAL RESULTS TALLY APC: 396,788 PDP: 430, 821 Details later

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BREAKING: IGP Replaces Adamawa CP Over Gov Poll

Controversy has surrounded Saturday’s supplementary governorship poll in the North-East State. The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba has ordered that the Commissioner of Police on election duty in Adamawa State, Mohammed Barde withdraw from the state with immediate effect. The IGP also ordered that the Commissioner of Police in charge of Gombe State, […]