Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Monday morning
1. Governor Umar Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has won the controversial Kano State governorship election.
Announcing the result on Sunday, the Returning Officer, Prof Sebastian Maimako, said Ortom of the PDP polled 434,473 votes to humble APC’s Jime, who came behind with 345,155 votes, thus, winning with 89,318 margin. 4. The Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the incumbent Governor of Plateau State and candidate of the ruling APC, Simon Lalong, as Governor-elect of the state.
The party said in a statement on Sunday in Makurdi that the results did not reflect the wishes of the people, saying that APC would challenge the results in court. 8. Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has promised to attract more development and other dividends of democracy to the state during his second term in office.9. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared a former Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayodele Oke and his wife, Folasade, wanted for failing to appear in court to answer for the N13bn money laundering charges against them.
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