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Hon. Auwal Jatau, the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), has emerged winner of Saturday’s supplementary elections for Zaki Federal Constituency in Bauchi state. Announcing the result in Zaki town on Saturday, the Returning…
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The Supreme Court, on Monday, affirmed the election of Aminu Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the duly elected governor of Sokoto State in the March 2019 governorship election. The apex court dismissed an appeal of the…
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The All Progressives Congress (APC), candidate, Senator Smart Adeyemi, has won the Kogi West senatorial district election. Announcing the results on Saturday at the collation center in Kogi State, the returning officer of the election,…
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“Maraici”(Orphanhood) by Safiyya Ahmad has won the 2019 BBC Hausa short story contest for women. “Maraici” is the story of Karima, a girl who, abandoned as an infant, grows up in an orphanage and is adopted by Hajiya Babba, a…
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The Desert Foxes of Algeria have won the 2019 African Cup of Nations, AFCON, a tournament in Egypt after defeating Senegal 1-0 on Friday. It was Algeria’s second time of winning the AFCON after 29 years. Algeria opened scoring…
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A US-based Nigerian Medical Practitioner, Dr. Chibawanye Ene, has won the 2019 Ronald L. Bittner Award on Brain Tumor Research. A statement from the Clinical Department, Applied Radiation Oncology U.S., said Ene received the award at…
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Umar Isa The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano state has declared the APC senatorial candidate for Kano Central District, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau as the elected Senator for the zone. Shekarau, a former Governor…
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Kayode Olarewaju President Muhammadu Buhari has won the Presidential election in Lagos State, by defeating his rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with a 132,798 vote margin. The margin was lower than the…
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By Biola Adebayo President Muhammadu Buhari has won Nasarawa state for the first time in his political career since 2003, defeating Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, his main challenger, by 37,896 votes. According to the Independent National…
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By Biola Adebayo Premium Times Associate Editor, Abdulaziz Abdulaziz, on Sunday won the Wole Soyinka award for investigative journalist of the year (online category). He also won the coveted investigative reporter of the year award.
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