The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari, who announced the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Aishatu ‘Binani’ Dahiru winner of the gubernatorial elections during the recently concluded supplementary elections. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the arrest follows …

Weeks after the Adamawa State governorship election saga, the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Barrister Hudu Yunusa-Ari has disclosed that he declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Aishatu Dahiru (popularly known as Binani) winner due to security pressure. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) suspended Yunusa-Ari after the illegal declaration of Binani as the winner, contrary …

It’s truly, very sad to recall that Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Nigeria’s second democratically elected president of the Fourth Republic, set aside History from the curriculum of second school education in 2009. The alibi was that students were avoiding the subject because there were few jobs for History graduates, and a concomitant dearth of instructors. He might have been correct about …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday, revealed that it is unaware of the whereabouts of its suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner in Adamawa State, Barrister Hudu Yunusa Ari. Last Sunday, Ari caused a major controversy when he declared Senator Aishatu “Binani” Dahiru of the All Progressives Congress winner of the state governorship election. This was while INEC was yet …

What played out last weekend in Adamawa State during the supplementary gubernatorial poll can best be described as attempts by desperate politicians to subvert democracy and undermine the will of the people. The electoral heist must be totally condemned in all its ramifications. In the show of shame in broad daylight, the whole world was shocked to see the Resident …