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The Speaker of Zamfara State House of Assembly, Nasiru Muazu Magarya and his deputy, Musa Bawa Musa Yankuzo, have been defeated in the March 18 election by the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). POLITICS NIGERIA reports that the Returning Officer (RO) for the Zurmi West Constituency election...

Soccer Former Arsenal and Real Madrid midfielder Mesut Ozil has announced his retirement from football at the age of 34. The former Germany international,...

Alhaji Nureni Ayinla-Oniru, Chairman, Action Alliance (AA), Lagos State Chapter, on Friday rubbished reports that the candidate of his party for Saturday’s gubernatorial election, Tope AbdurRazaq Balogun, stepped down for Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is the flag-bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking exclusively to POLITICS NIGERIA after some social media posts and news

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Friday dispelled reports that his supporters are planning a nationwide “groundswell #ENDINEC, #ENDNigeria protest”. In a statement sent to POLITICS NIGERIA, the Labour Party candidate said the opposition is behind the ‘fabricated protest’. Obi said: “My attention has been drawn to social media postings suggesting

Breaking News Live Updates: We are competing on cricket field to be world's best but together we are building a better world, says Australian PM  Times of India...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections till March 18. The exercise was previously scheduled to hold on March 11, but INEC, citing a logistics crisis stemming from BVAS configuration and transportation, said the election could not hold again as scheduled following a meeting of its executives on Wednesday

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu on Saturday disclosed that following the conclusion of last week’s elections, the Commission has received reports from its State offices, and official complaints from political parties and candidates, and it will punish erring officials...

Austin Ajayi l Yola The presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has had a clean sweep as he won his Ajiya 012 polling unit as counting of presidential polls. Atiku scored 282 votes while Ahmed Bola Tinubu his major rival scored 57 votes. Labour party came third in...