Nigerian Newspapers Headlines Today: 10 Things You Need to Know Today, Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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Policeman Guns Down Electoral Official In Delta
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that a staff member was murdered in Delta State by police officers.
According to reports, the official traveling to Asaba, the state capital, was killed at a checkpoint in the Ukwani Local Government Area of Delta State.
According to state Resident Electoral Commissioner Mr. Monday Tom, while the unidentified official was fatally shot, the corps members assigned to him for election duties were injured.
1) Former South African President and Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group, His Excellency Thabo Mbeki, has urged aggrieved candidates to seek legal recourse. On Monday in Abuja, he made these remarks while presenting the Commonwealth Observation Group’s preliminary report.
2) On Monday, the Kano State Police Command confirmed that two people were killed when thugs set fire to the campaign office of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in the state’s Tudun Wada Local Government Area on Sunday. SP Abdullahi Haruna, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the incident and stated that four of the suspects had been apprehended.
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3) Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, caused a political earthquake in Lagos on Monday by defeating Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, in Saturday’s presidential election. Obi received a total of 575,735 votes, while Tinubu received 573,001 votes, according to the results announced at the INEC collation centre in Yaba. Read More
4) Ahmad Lawan, the President of the Senate, has won the election for senator in Yobe North, Yobe State. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared him the victor with 91,318 votes, besting his closest competitor, Bello Ilu of the Peoples Democratic Party, who received 22,848 votes. Lawan is returning for the seventh time to the National Assembly. Read More
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5) Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Saturday’s election, has won in Kaduna State. In the final results collated and declared by INEC at the state collation centre, the PDP won in 14 LGAs, the Labour Party in 7, and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won in only two LGAs.
6) On Monday, armed thugs infiltrated markets in Lagos and attacked merchants and customers. Allegedly invaded markets include Ladipo, Balogun, and Ebute-Ero, all of which are located on Lagos Island and Mainland.
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7) According to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Saturday’s presidential election failed the integrity test and must be canceled. In a statement titled “2023 Nigeria Presidential Election: An Appeal For Caution and Rectification” released on Monday, Obasanjo alleged that operational-level INEC officials had been compromised. Read More
8) Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Kano State, edging out his closest competitor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, with 476,040 votes.
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9) The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders’ Forum, SMBLF, warned the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, against tampering with the results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections yesterday.
10) Atiku Abubakar, the candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party in Saturday’s presidential election, has won the Sokoto State elections with a total of 288,679 votes. Atiku was closely followed by Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, who received a total of 285,444 votes.
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