The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the collation centre for the governorship and state house of assembly elections opened. Declaring the event open, late on Saturday at the INEC Secretariat in Calabar, Prof Gabriel Yomere, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Cross River, thanked all who were present....
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Yakubu Sanda, speaker of the Plateau House of Assembly, has lost his Pengana constituency seat to Happiness Akawu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Akawu scored 9,926 votes in Saturday’s States Houses of Assembly election to defeat Sanda of the All Progressives Congress candidate (APC), who polled 7,936 votes....
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has lost his polling unit on Saturday to the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Bassey Otu with 111 votes while the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had 54 votes. Also, Governor Ben Ayade won his...
A TikTok video shows a long bus which has been converted into a comfortable house. In the video posted by @irietoaurora, the lady who lives in it said she has occupied it for at least seven years. The bus still has its tires intact, and every other outer part was left untouched....
Yesterday’s governorship election closed a season of anxiety over democracy in Nigeria. After 24 years of democratic transitions, imperfect as they may have been, Nigerians have a right to claim that they now live in a democratic country. Even American democracy is still reeling from the injuries of Donald...
The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, lost his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the rescheduled Governorship and State House of Assembly. Adamu had earlier on February 25, during he Presidential and National Assembly Elections, lost in his Angwarimi...
The Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won in Gov. Nasir El-Rufai’s polling unit, for the governorship and state House of assembly election at Unguwan Sarki 024 Polling Unit where the Governor cast his vote on Saturday. The Electoral Presiding Officer, Haruna Shafiu, who announced the results,...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers has commended the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections in Rivers. He said in Port Harcourt that it was more peaceful than the Feb. 25 presidential and House of Assembly elections. Wike made the observation in a statement issued by...
Yiaga Africa alleged that some politicians were engaged in vote buying as party agents distributed food, cash and alcoholic drinks to some voters in exchange for votes. Mr Ezenwa Nwagwu, a board member, Yiaga Africa said this during the organisation’s news conference on its Midday situation report on the...
Prof. Shuaibu AbdulRaheem, the Governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Kwara, says the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has not improved its service delivery in the conduct of Saturday election. AbdulRaheem made the assertions in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
Dr Obafemi Hamzat, the deputy governor of Lagos state, has delivered his polling unit for the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a wide margin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Dr Hamzat voted at Oke-Balogun polling unit 002, where he delivered massively for the APC flag bearer,...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled voting to Sunday in 10 polling units at Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lagos, to sort out disagreements over the relocation of the polling units. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that agitations followed INEC’s decision to move the 10 polling...
Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works and Housing, says four West African Ministers rated the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) high in the conduct of Feb. 25 Presidential/National Assembly elections in Nigeria. Fashola disclosed this to newsmen after casting his vote in the Governorship and House of Assembly elections at...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has commended the conduct of the governorship and House of Assembly elections, alluding to noticeable improvements from the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections. The NBA President, Mr Yakubu Maikyau, SAN, said this at a virtual news conference from Kebbi, where he observed...
Mr Mohammed Kailani, a stalwart of the All Peoples Congress (APC) has urged opposition presidential candidates to withdraw their litigations over the Feb. 25 presidential election. Presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and that of Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi headed to the...
The Police Command in Kano state has confirmed the arrest of three persons suspected of disrupting elections in Masaka polling unit, Kofar Mazugal/Gwammaja, Dala local government area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, confirmed the arrest while addressing newsmen during his on-the-spot assessment of...
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, said that some weapons, ballot boxes and sensitive materials snatched by some suspected thugs were recovered during the gubernatorial election in Lagos state. Owohunwa disclosed this on Saturday to newsmen after he rounded off his monitoring activities for the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than 65 persons in 28 states have been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) over alleged voter inducement at the governorship and Houses of Assembly elections. The Commision’s spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujiaren, confirmed the arrest in the statement issued...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Mr Babajide Kofoworola, the PDP candidate for Ede North State Constituency, winner of the Osun State House of Assembly election. The Returning Officer, Prof. Popoola Bayode of the Obafemi Awolowo University, declared Kofoworola winner having polled the highest number votes. Kofoworola...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Bassey Otu, has expressed confident that his party will emerge victorious at the end of voting. Senator Otu said this Saturday after casting his vote at Efute ward Okurekang Odukpani local government...