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#NigeriaElections2023: Atiku wins Kaduna with 554,360 votes
But Obi won in seven Local Government Areas of Chikun, Kaura, Kajuru, Jaba, Kachia, Jema’a and Zango-Kataf while Tinubu won in troubled Birnin-Gwari as well as Sanga LGA where the state Deputy Governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, hails from.
Atiku on his part won in 14 LGAs which include Giwa, Kauru, Lere, Ikara, Kagarko, Zaria, Sabon-Gari, Makarfi, Kaduna South, Kudan, Igabi, Kaduna North, Kubau and Soba
The results are as follows:
1. Giwa Local Government Area, Kaduna
Presidential
APC -19,922
PDP – 22,302
LP – 565
Registered voters – 149,456
Valid votes – 46,435
Rejected Votes – 1,662
2. Kaura LGA(Kaduna)
Presidential
APC – 1,847
LP – 25,744
PDP – 7,847
Valid votes – 36,222
Rejected Votes – 694
Total votes cast- 36,916
3. Kajuru LGA(Kaduna)
Presidential
APC – 3,940
PDP – 9,253
LP – 14,875
Valid votes – 29,839
Rejected Votes – 30,639
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4. Makarfi LGA(Kaduna)
Presidential
APC – 13,767
PDP – 22,098
LP – 759
Registered voters – 118,150
Accredited voters – 43,888
Valid votes – 42,046
Rejected Votes- 824
Total votes cast – 42,870
Credit: Godwin Isenyo
5. Jaba LGA
Presidential
APC – 3, 131
PDP – 8,798
LP – 9,967
NNPP – 335
Registered voters- 75,445
Accredited voters – 23,368
Valid votes – 22,827
Rejected Votes – 524
Total votes cast – 23, 301
6. Kaduna South LG
Presidential
APC – 29,596
PDP – 42,996
LP – 22,577
NNPP – 9,124
Registered voters – 407,580
Accredited voters – 114,508
Valid votes – 106, 085
Rejected Votes – 3,964
Total votes cast – 110, 049
7. Kauru LG
Presidential
APC – 15,870
PDP – 19,018
LP – 11,293
NNPP – 3, 128
Registered voters – 132,827
Accredited voters – 51,142
Valid votes – 49,729
Rejected Votes 1,133
Total votes cast – 50,862
Returning Officer – Aminu Mohammed
8. Lere LG it
Presidential
APC – 24, 795
PDP – 34,149
LP – 15,568
NNPP – 7,264
Valid votes – 82,299
Rejected Votes – 2,342
Total votes cast – 84,608
***Two polling units cancelled due to over voting
Returning Officer – Abdullahi Ibrahim Buba
9. Ikara
Presidential
APC – 17,297
PDP – 24,540
LP – 994
NNPP – 4,274
Valid votes – 47,474
Rejected Votes – 1,136
Total votes cast – 48,610
The Prof. Ladi Sandra Adamu, the Returning Officer, said no fewer than 15 polling units’ results were cancelled due to over voting.
10. Sanga LG
Presidential
APC – 9,393
PDP – 9,233
LP- 9,088
NNPP – 356
Valid Votes – 23,400
Rejected – 722
Total votes cast – 29,122
11. Kagarko
Presidential
APC – 9,798
PDP – 14,027
LP – 12, 502
NNPP – 1,255
Valid votes – 37,818
Rejected Votes – 1,255
Total votes cast – 39,415
Returning Officer, Musa Umar, said 13 polling units were cancelled due to violence and over voting.
12. Kachia LGA
Presidential
APC – 12,053
PDP – 16,049
LP – 17,381
NNPP – 1,521
Valid votes – 47,696
Rejected Votes – 1,595
Total votes cast – 49,271
13. Zango-Kataf
Presidential
APC – 5,877
PDP – 20,170
LP – 22,689
NNPC – 246
Valid votes 49,896
Rejected Votes – 1,607
Total votes cast – 51,502
14. Jema’ah LGA
Presidential
APC – 10,928
PDP – 16,452
LP – 26,560
NNPP – 719
Valid votes – 53,372
Rejected Votes – 1,781
Total votes cast – 57,163
Prof. Dauda Ishaya, Returning Officer.
15. Zaria LGA
Presidential
APC – 41,432
PDP – 62,260
LP – 3,634
NNPP – 8,729
Valid votes – 118, 489
Rejected Votes – 4,352
Total votes cast – 122,841
Aliyu Alkali, Electoral Officer, Zaria LGA
16. Sabon Gari LGA
APC – 25,714
PDP – 30,713
LP – 12,834
NNPP – 6,082
Valid votes – 76,846
Rejected Votes – 2,433
Total votes cast – 79,279
17. Soba LGA
Presidential
APC – 18,965
PDP – 23,364
LP – 354
NNPP – 3,722
Registered voters – 158,086
Accredited – 48,530
Valid votes 46,982
Rejected Votes – 1,027
Total votes cast – 48,009
18. Kubau LGA
Presidential
APC – 20,139
PDP – 23,686
LP – 1,701
NNPP – 4,819
Registered voters – 158,757
Accredited voters – 52,137
Valid votes – 50, 650
Rejected Votes – 1,111
Total votes cast – 51,761
19. Birnin-Gwari
Presidential
APC – 17,080
PDP – 8,774
LP – 235
NNPP – 1,143
Registered voters – 132,165
Accredited voters – 28,355
Valid votes – 27,493
Rejected Votes – 756
Total votes cast – 28,249
20.. Chikun LGA
Presidential
APC – 9,367
PDP – 32,759
LP – 69,117
NNPP – 2,742
Registered voters – 334,079
Accredited voters – 122,711
Valid votes – 115,895
Rejected Votes – 4,721
Total votes cast – 120,616
21. Kudan LGA
Presidential
APC – 11,630
PDP – 19,340
LP – 888
NNPP – 6,747
Registered voters – 101,331
Accredited voters – 38,851
Valid votes – 38,913
Rejected Votes – 10
Total votes cast – 38,851
Returning Officer, Prof. Binta Abdulkareem
22. Kaduna North LGA
APC – 39,693
PDP – 40,670
LP – 10,330
NNPP – 12,613
Registered voters – 369,928
Accredited votes – 108,523
Valid votes – 105,098
Rejected Votes – 2,421
Total votes cast – 108,519
Prof. Maryam
23. Igabi LGA
Presidential
APC – 37,259
PDP – 45,962
LP – 4,839
NNPP – 8,276
Registered voters – 328,468
Accredited voters – 100,470
Valid votes – 97,721
Rejected 3,019
Total votes cast – 100,740
Returning Officer – Prof. Yusuf Amartey, ABU, Zaria
By Okey Maduforo Awka
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Livingstein Ikioye Orutugu, alongside 12 other Commissioners of Police, to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG).
The Commission also approved the promotion of 17 Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) to the substantive rank of Commissioner of Police (CP).
In addition, the PSC approved the promotion of 93 senior police officers to their next ranks following their successful performance in the recently concluded written examination and oral interview conducted at the Commission’s Corporate Headquarters in Abuja.
The approvals were granted on July 1, 2026, at the PSC Corporate Headquarters in Abuja as one of the major resolutions reached during the Commission’s plenary meeting held the previous Wednesday.
Recall that CP Orutugu was appointed Police Commissioner and posted to Anambra state from the Zone 13 Police Command more than a year ago.
The Chairman of the Commission, DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (Rtd.), mni, while congratulating the promoted officers, urged them to remain truthful, transparent, and accountable in the discharge of their new responsibilities.
He further advised the officers to maintain the highest level of professionalism in the course of their duties, avoid involvement in civil disputes, particularly land-related matters, and remain mindful that there is life after retirement.
“Guard your reputation and integrity. Let your actions speak for you and not against you,” he said.
A founding member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Osita Okechukwu, has commended President Bola Tinubu for retaining His Excellency Kashim Shettima as Vice President for his second term.
Okechukwu, who is the former Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), gave the commendation in a statement issued on Saturday in Enugu.
The APC Chieftain also advocated for the delegation of greater responsibilities to Shettima in overseeing the nation’s economic affairs.
Okechukwu said he was delighted that after all the speculation, rigmarole and political maneuvering surrounding the issue, President Tinubu graciously retained Vice President Shettima.
“May I commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for graciously retaining His Excellency Kashim Shettima as Vice President and humbly request that more powers be delegated to him to oversee economic affairs.
“I am making this humble appeal based on the fact that the economic reforms of President Tinubu have yielded significant gains at the macroeconomic stability level.
“However, hunger and poverty remain pressing challenges, which invariably require the urgent delegation of greater economic responsibilities to the Vice President, given his background in rural development and economic management,” Okechukwu said
The APC Chieftain recalled that the International Monetary Fund (IMF), godfather of neoliberalism and leading advocate of neoliberal economic policies, noted in its 2026 Article IV Consultation on Nigeria that the country requires more inclusive growth.
He quoted IMF as saying “approximately 63 per cent of Nigerians now live below the national poverty line”.
Okechukwu stressed that while the President’s economic reforms had improved key macroeconomic indicators, greater attention must be directed toward translating those gains into tangible improvements in the living standards of ordinary Nigerians.
“Shettima’s academic background in Agricultural Economics, experience in banking, and record in public service place him in a strong position to support efforts aimed at reducing poverty, promoting rural development, and ensuring that economic growth becomes more inclusive,” he added.
A Catholic priest from Nigeria who was on a pastoral mission to the United States of America has taken his own life after the expiration of his visa and following prevailing new visa policy of the USA.
Reverend Father Benjamin Okwy Madu (Father Ben) as he was fondly called by his parishioners, aged 54, took his own life Thursday evening, July 2, 2026 after he reportedly expressed unwillingness to go back to Nigeria because he had fallen in love with the community of Cape Ann, the city of North Shore including the parishioners.
Boston Archbishop Richard G. Henning sent a message to fellow priests confirming that Father Ben took his own life.
Local law enforcement and the Essex County District Attorney’s Office investigated the scene and noted that no foul play was suspected.
“Sincerely, it is not my wish to return home right now, but circumstances beyond my control have warranted that my time in the United States come to an end,” Father Ben wrote.
“My heart is broken, yet my joy remains. I will miss the home I found away from home… I will deeply miss the seaside, where I often drive to after Mass to call my family and hear about their Sundays.” he was reported to have posted a farewell message on the parish newsletter.
Father Ben, a 54-year-old Nigerian national from the Diocese of Abakaliki, had been serving as a beloved hospital chaplain and parish priest on the North Shore of Massachusetts since 2021.
His R-1 religious worker visa was expiring, and he was ordered to return to Nigeria. Just days before his death.
The Boston Globe reported that he had expressed deep fears about what would happen to him upon returning to Nigeria, where clergy frequently face severe perils, including violence and kidnapping
The outbreak is said to have spread across several ISWAP enclaves, exposing worsening sanitary conditions and the dwindling availability of medical care within the insurgents’ camps.
Security analyst Zagazola Makama disclosed the development in a post on X, citing intelligence sources familiar with the situation.
According to the sources, two other ISWAP fighters who contracted the highly infectious disease were allegedly executed by members of the group after efforts to treat them in Kimba village proved unsuccessful.
The incident is believed to reflect the increasingly difficult conditions inside the terrorist camps, where sustained military offensives have disrupted supply routes and severely limited access to medicines, healthcare and other essential resources.
Intelligence sources said the combination of poor hygiene, inadequate medical facilities and mounting operational pressure has left many of the insurgents vulnerable to disease outbreaks.
The sources further disclosed that military commanders have been advised to intensify efforts to intercept medical supplies and pharmaceutical products suspected of being destined for terrorist hideouts. Security officials believe cutting off access to healthcare supplies could further weaken ISWAP’s ability to treat injured or sick fighters and reduce the group’s operational capacity.
While the reports have not been independently verified, the development is seen as another indication of the mounting challenges facing the insurgent group as security forces continue sustained operations across the North-East.
The development was disclosed on Friday by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
In a shared post on his verified X handle, Onanuga simply announced that the victims had been released by their abductors.
“Finally, all the kidnapped pupils and teachers in Orire, Oyo have been rescued by our security agencies,” he wrote.
As of the time of filing this report, details surrounding their release, including whether any ransom was paid or the circumstances leading to their freedom, had yet to be disclosed.
The abductions occurred on May 15, 2026, when armed men attacked three schools; Community Grammar School, Baptist Nursery and Primary School, and L.A. Primary School, in the Esiele and Yawota communities of Oriire Local Government Area.
No fewer than 39 pupils and seven teachers, including a principal, were taken during the attacks.
During the attack, a teacher, Joel Adesiyan, was killed while attempting to escape.
Another teacher, Michael Oyedokun, was beheaded in the kidnappers’ den.
The terrorists holding the victims had reportedly made a four-point demand before agreeing to free the captives, including the release of detained terrorist commanders, payment of ransom, two Hilux vehicles and the implementation of Sharia-related law.
The Oyo State Government had consistently maintained that no ransom would be paid to secure the release of any victims.
The incident had triggered weeks of public anguish, with the Nigeria Union of Teachers embarking on a month-long strike in the state to press for the victims’ rescue before suspending the action in July.
It also drew federal intervention, with military and police authorities repeatedly assuring Nigerians that operations to secure the victims’ freedom were ongoing.
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