How the northern states and the FCT voted for Obi and Kwankwaso in the 2023 election
1. Kano
Peter Obi: 28,513
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 997,279
2. Plateau
Peter Obi: 466,272
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 8,869
3. Benue
Peter Obi: 308,372
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 4,740
4. Kaduna
Peter Obi: 294,494
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 92,969
5. FCT
Peter Obi: 281,717
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 4,517
6. Nasarawa
Peter Obi: 191,361
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 12,715
7. Taraba
Peter Obi: 146,315
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 12,818
8. Adamawa
Peter Obi: 105,648
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 8,006
9. Niger
Peter Obi: 80,452
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 21,836
10. Kogi
Peter Obi: 56,217
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 4,238
11. Kwara
Peter Obi: 31,116
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 3,141
12. Bauchi
Peter Obi: 27,373
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 72,103
13. Gombe
Peter Obi: 26,160
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 10,520
14. Kebbi
Peter Obi: 10,682
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 5,038
15. Borno
Peter Obi: 7,205
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 4,626
16. Sokoto
Peter Obi: 6,568
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 1,300
17. Katsina
Peter Obi: 6,376
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 69,386
18. Yobe
Peter Obi: 2,406
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 18,270
19. Jigawa
Peter Obi: 1,889
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 98,234
20. Zamfara
Peter Obi: 1,660
Rabiu Kwankwaso: 4,044
Obi total votes: 2.08m
Kwankwaso total votes: 1.45m
Peter Obi won in 13 northern states plus the FCT, while Rabiu Kwankwaso won in 6 northern states
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The first image is La Pietà by Michelangelo, depicting the Mother of God cradling her Son after His crucifixion.
The second image was taken on Palm Sunday 2026 in Plateau State, Nigeria, a grieving mother holding her only son, tragically murdered by terr0rists.
Both scenes echo the same piercing sorrow: a mother holding her only son, lost in a moment of profound and tragic suffering.
SOUTH EAST RECORDED NIGERIA'S LOWEST FATALITIES — 28TH MAR 2026
(Total fatalities by geopolitical zone in the past month)
North East — 782
North West — 290
North Central — 168
South South — 24
South West — 14
South East — 7
Total — 1,285
📌 This covers all ACLED categories: demonstrations, political violence, insurgency, atrocities, repression, terrorist activity, and foreign military engagement.
The South East was the only region in Nigeria to maintain a single-digit fatality count over the last month.
While the nation averaged 42.8 deaths every day, the South East went an average of 4.3 days between each recorded fatality.
This means 99.46% of all fatalities occurred outside of the region. For every 1,000 people killed nationwide, only 5 were in the South East.
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🌍 Top 10 contributors to global real GDP growth (2026)
1.🇨🇳 China — 26.6%
2.🇮🇳 India — 17.0%
3.🇺🇸 United States — 9.9%
4.🇮🇩 Indonesia — 3.8%
5.🇹🇷 Türkiye — 2.2%
6.🇳🇬 Nigeria — 1.5%
7.🇧🇷 Brazil — 1.5%
8.🇻🇳 Vietnam — 1.6%
9.🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — 1.7%
10.🇩🇪 Germany — 0.9%
📌 China + India alone = 43.6% of global growth
📌 Asia-Pacific accounts for ~50% of total growth
Source: IMF