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Gov’ship Elections: How We Will Transmit Results – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has revealed how polling unit results will be transmitted during the governorship elections across the states of the federation on Saturday. INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, disclosed this while speaking on Arise TV on Friday. Okoye said the commission had learnt valuable lessons from the […]

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Guber Elections: Five Political Parties Sign Peace Accord In Zamfara

Zamfara state police command has urged political parties contesting for governorship and state assembly elections on Saturday to ensure peace before, during and after the elections. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the state CP Kolo Yusuf made the appeal during the peace accord agreement reached at the Command’s headquarters, Gusau. The Peace Accord […]

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IGP Deploys Operational Vehicles, Personnel In Zamfara For Guber Poll

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Usman Baba, has deployed human and material assets to enhance the operational capacity of the Zamfara police command ahead of Saturday’s polls. The logistics included non-lethal weapons, personal protective equipment and anti-riot equipment ahead of March 18 governorship and State House of Assembly elections in the state. A statement issued […]

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Guber Polls: Zamfara CP, Others Strategize On Effective Election Security

The Commissioner of Police Zamfara State Police Command, CP Kolo Yusuf has met with other heads of security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission-INEC, to strategize on how to beef up security in all the nooks and crannies of the state before, during and after the 2023 Governorship and House of Assembly elections. In […]

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INEC: Zamfara REC Assures Safety Of Sensitive Materials Distributed Across The State

The Zamfara State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Saidu Babura Ahmad, assured safety of the sensitive election materials so far distributed across all the local government areas of the state. He explained that before the postponement of the election by INEC, which was scheduled to hold on Saturday March 11, 2023 to the 18th of March, […]

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Guber Election: Zamfara Residents Express Disappointment Over Postponement

Some electorate in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital have expressed their disappointment over the rescheduling of the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from the 11th of March to the 18th. They say the action of the commission was uncalled for, given the fact that INEC had […]

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JUST IN: INEC Shifts Governorship, State Assembly Elections To March 18

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has concluded arrangement to postpone the governorship and state house of assembly elections scheduled for Saturday, March 11. The polls have now been rescheduled by one week to March 18, 2023, credible sources in the commission told news men. It was learnt that the postponement was due to the […]

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Guber Election: Vote APC candidates for continuity, progress, Yari Begs Electorates

A former Governor of Zamfara State and Senator elect representing Zamfara West, Abdul’Aziz Abubakar Yari, the Shetima of Mafara, has called on all Zamfara State people that are with their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) to vote for the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the Gubernatorial and State House of Assembly polls on March 11, 2023. […]

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Guber Election: We’ll Not Accept Results Without BVAS Transmission – Zamfara PDP

Ahead of the Governorship election, the Zamfara state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that the Bimodal voter accreditation system BVAS must be used during the accreditation of voters, says they will not accept any results without the use of Bvas in the state. Addressing newsmen today in Gusau, the publicity Secretary […]

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BVAS: Saturday’s Gov Polls Might Be Postponed Over LP, PDP Court Order

Via – Vanguard Saturday’s Governorship and State Assembly elections across the country could be postponed, except the appellate court reverses itself on the relief it granted the presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his Labour Party LP counterpart, Peter Obi. The court had last week stopped the Independent National Electoral […]