The incumbent Governor of Taraba State, Darius Ishaku has lost his election bid for Taraba South Senatorial District in the National Assembly.The governor lost to his All Progressives Congress (APC) counterpart in the district, David Jimkuta.He is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the district.The APC candidate polled 85,415 to defeat Governor who raked in 45,708 votes. The candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Michael Magaji came thir...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has sent the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, a complete list of its senatorial candidates.There are 15 people on the list who are either former governors or current governors.Orji Uzor Kalu, the Senate Majority Whip, is running for re-election. From 1999 to 2007, he was the Governor of Abia State.Godswill Akpabio, former Governor of Akwa-Ibom State from 2007 to 2015, was a member of the 8th Assembly. He lost his r...

As the Federal government and diffrent states of the federation are locking down their places in order to curb the exponential spreading of the novel coronavirus, which has led the Federal goverment to extend the lock down in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja, but in a converse action, the Northern States Governors’ Forum on Monday (Yesterday) met to discuss the impact of coronavirus in the Northern region.The Governors made this position known through an online meeting, which...