Kano election
28 Oct
The National Patriotic Coalition (NPC) has described the recently conducted local government elections in Kano State as not only a sham but also comedy taken too far. Led by Dr. Kunle Solomon, the coalition, in a statement on Monday, claimed that the election's outcome, which saw the NNPP sweep all 44 chairmanship and 484…
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