TEN THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS TUESDAY MORNING

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Hello and good morning! This is today's Nigerian newspaper summary:

1. Similanayi Fubara, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, has been declared the winner of the Rivers State governorship election. The Returning Officer announced the results in Port Harcourt on Monday night, saying Fubara received 302,614 votes, while the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Pastor Tonye Cole, received 95,274 votes.

2. All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Uba Sani has been declared the winner of the Kaduna governorship election. Sani received 730,002 votes, according to the State Collation Officer, Prof. Lawal Suleiman Bilbis, while Hon. Mohammed Isa Ashiru of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) received 719,196 votes.

3. The Adamawa State governorship election was declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday. Professor Muhammad Lamin Mele, the state's collation officer, stated after collating results from all 21 local government districts that the number of revoked votes exceeded the margin between the two leading candidates.

4. Reverend Father Hyacinth Alia, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, has been declared the winner of the Benue State governorship election. According to the results given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Alia received the most votes, defeating his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) competitor Titus Uba.

5. Under the leadership of its President-General and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar III, the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has urged Muslims across the country to observe Ramadan after sunset on Wednesday.

6. The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party yesterday urged the state's Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, to accept defeat in Saturday's governorship election. Sheriff Oborevwori, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly and the PDP's governorship candidate, defeated All Progressives Congress challenger Omo-Agege.

7. Katsina State's Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the results of the state's governorship election held on Saturday. Dr Mustapha Inuwa, Director General of the PDP Campaign Council in the state, stated the party's position at a news conference in Katsina on Monday.

8. The European Union has chastised the Independent National Electoral Commission for failing to meet expectations in Nigeria's electoral process. In a statement on Monday, the Chief Observer, EU Election Observation Mission, Barry Andrews, said Nigerians hungered for democracy and were ready to participate in the country's democracy, but the appetite was lost owing to failings by the political elites and the INEC.

9. The Taraba State Police Command accused soldiers on Monday of killing two police officers at a military checkpoint near the INEC headquarters in the state's Jalingo area.

10. The Electoral Officer and Returning Officer for the Zamfara state governorship election in the state's Maradun local government area have been kidnapped. Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle, who is running for reelection, hails from the local government region.