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The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has gained two additional seats in the just concluded House of Assembly election in Kaduna State.

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has gained two additional seats in the just-concluded House of Assembly election in Kaduna State.

Going by the official list of members-elect for the 9th House of Representatives assembly, a total of nine political parties will have representatives in the chamber.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared incumbent governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, as winner of the governorship polls.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State is on the verge of being returned as the winner of Saturday’s election.

As results of gubernatorial/state Assembly elections trickled in in Kaduna, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has said it was glaring that the party was short-changed in some election results in parts of the state.

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna state has alleged fraud and irregularities as Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai of the All Progressives Congress (APC) leads from the results released so far in Saturday’s gubernatorial election.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won in seven of 11 local governments of Kaduna State, results declared so far indicate.

Pakistan has continued a limited opening of its airspace for commercial flights, after closing it earlier this week at the height of tensions with neighbouring India that saw both countries carry out air raids inside each other's territories for the first time since the 1971 war.

President Muhammadu Buhari has emerged winner in 15 of the 23 local government areas in Kaduna State.

President Muhammadu Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is maintaining his lead in last Saturday’s presidential polls in Kaduna State.

Heavily armed security men in a convoy of several vehicles yesterday patrolled the streets of Kaduna in a show of force to deter any attempt to cause violence during Saturday’s election.

Ahead of the forthcoming elections in Kaduna State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Hon. Isa Ashiru, yesterday urged his supporters not to succumb to any form of intimidation.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says it has assisted over 700,000 Adolescent and Young Person (AYPs) with HIV information in Kaduna State in the last two years.

Four members of the House of Representatives in Kaduna South Senatorial Zone have picked the PDP tickets to seek fresh mandates, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports.

The Unguwan Jacob Boyi, Nok community of Jaba Local Government Area, Kaduna State, says their only source of water for ages was a spring at the top of 1,829-metres-high rock above sea level.

A member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Sunday Katung (PDP-Zangon Kataf/Jaba), has said that selfish interest is the cause of perceived rivalry between the Executive and the Legislature.

No fewer than two million Adolescents and Young People (AYP) in Kaduna State are ignorant of their HIV status, according to a data from the state AIDS Control Agency.