The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Senator Aisha Dahiru, popularly known as Binani, as winner of the Adamawa Governorship election. Prof Hudu Yunus Ari, the Resident Electoral Commissioner of Adamawa, declared Binani as winner midway into the collation. Results from 10 out of the 20 local government...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Rep. Alhassan Doguwa of All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of Saturday’s election for Doguwa/Tudun Wada federal constituency of Kano State. The Returning Officer, Prof. Sani Ibrahim of BUK, announced the result on Sunday at the Tudun Wada INEC office. Ibrahim...
The Labour Party (LP) says it will provide credible and people-focused leadership at the Enugu State House of Assembly, to bring dividends of democracy to the people of the state. Dr Mcginger Ibeneme, Spokesperson, Labour Party Enugu State, said this on Sunday while reacting to the Oji River State Constituency Supplementary...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Mr Afam Ogene, candidate of Labour Party (LP), winner of Saturday’s Ogbaru Federal Constituency supplementary election in Anambra. With his victory, Ogene unseated the three-term incumbent House of Representatives member for the constituency, Mr Chukwuma Onyema of the Peoples Democratic...
The Labour Party (LP) has won the just-concluded Oji River State Constituency Supplementary Election, held on Saturday, April 15, 2023. The election was held at Oji-River Central School Polling Unit, Registration Area/Ward 11, which had 2,489 registered voters. INEC had declared and returned LP’s candidate, Chief Osita Eze, winner...
The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Abbas Faisal of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the supplementary election for Kudan House of Assembly seat in Kaduna State. INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Dauda Aminu, declared the results in Hunkuyi on Sunday, saying that Faisal scored...
In the strong move to put forward their best hands for the forthcoming governorship contest of Edo State, the Esan ethnic nationality, located in the Central Senatorial Zone, have listed criteria that aspirants from the zone must meet to enjoy overwhelming support. This they argue is to ensure that...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has appointed Sen. Ahmed Makarfi as the Chairman of its Kogi governorship primaries committee. PDP National Organising Secretary, Umar Bature said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.“The National Working Committee (NWC) has approved the nomination of Makarfi and other members of the...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives candidate, Rep. Abass Agboworin, as the winner of Saturday re-run election in Ibadan South-East/North-East Federal Constituency of Oyo State. Agboworin, a current occupant of the seat, was declared elected after he polled 28,111...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Special Congress on Saturday in Kogi ratified Alhaji Ahmed Usman-Ododo as the party’s governorship candidate for the Nov. 11 Governorship election in the state. Ododo had on Friday beaten six other aspirants to emerge candidate and flag bearer of the APC in the party’s...
The independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Awwal Umar of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the supplementary election for Giwa West House of Assembly seat in Kaduna State. INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Maryam Suleiman declared the results in Giwa on Saturday. Sulaiman said that...
Sen. Smart Adeyemi (APC-Kogi), one of the aspirants for the governorship election in Kogi has faulted the conduct of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in the state. He made this known during a news conference in Abuja on Saturday. Adeyemi, who represents Kogi-West Senatorial District, expressed disappointment...
Ex Senator, Athan Achonu, who represented Imo North Senatorial District, on Saturday night emerged the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the Nov. 11 governorship election in Imo. Declaring the results in Owerri, the Chairman of the Electoral Panel and Abia Governor-elect, Mr Alex Otti, said Achonu polled...
A former deputy governor and governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi, Mr Yomi Awoniyi has rejected the delegates list for the party’s primary election scheduled for Sunday. Some other aspirants joined Awoniyi in rejecting the delegates list. The aspirants made their position known at a...
Chief Timipre Sylva has been declared winner of the Bayelsa All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary, held on Friday. The result of the primary was announced at the APC state Secretariat in Yenagoa by the Chairman of the election committee, retired Maj. Gen. A T. Jibrin rtd. Jibrin said...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday declared Sen. Ibrahim Bomai of All Progressives Congress (APC) as the senator-elect for Yobe South. INEC Returning Officer, Dr Abatcha Melemi of the Federal University Gashua, made the declaration in Potiskum. Melemi stated that Bomai scored 69,596 votes to defeat Mr...
Alhaji Ahmed Ododo has emerged as the governorship candidate of All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kogi. According to Patrick Obahiagha, Secretary of the Kogi APC Primary Election Committee, Ododo scored 78, 704 votes to beat six other contestants. Obahiagha who announced the result of the governorship primary on Friday...
Our attention has once again been drawn to a letter written to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Sen. Abdullahi Adamu and his National Working Committee (NWC) by a group known as the Coalition of APC Support Groups (CASG) in their attempt to sway the ruling...
Yahaya Bello of Kogi has described the primary election of All Progressive Congress (APC) for the governorship in the state as very peaceful, orderly and successful. Bello said this in a statement by his Chief Press secretary, Onogwu Mohammed, shortly after the election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo on Friday secured the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship ticket for his second term bid. Uzodinma, who was the sole contender in the primary election that took place in Owerri, polled 63,618 valid votes. The Chairman of the seven-member 2023 Governorship Primary Election Committee,...