Labour Party’s Governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has lost his polling unit. Rhodes-Vivour lost to incumbent Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu after the results from his polling unit were counted. According to the Punch report, Labour Party got 18 votes while Governor Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 29 votes...
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Rev. Fr Hyacinth Alia, the Benue governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed confidence of winning the Saturday’s governorship poll. Alia stated this on Saturday after he cast his vote at Bako Market Square polling unit 052 in Mbadede Ward of Vandeikya Local Government Area (LGA)...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo said the voter apathy witnessed in most parts of the state during Saturday’s House of Assembly election was envisaged. Uzodimma, accompanied by his wife, Chioma, said this after voting at Polling Unit 032, Uzuh Omuma in Oru East Local Government Area at about 12.40...
Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti on Saturday said that the ruling All Progressive Congress APC) would win all 26 seats in the State House of Assembly. This is just as he decried the low turnout of voters during the election, describing it as disappointing. Oyebanji, who spoke after casting...
Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has decried the low turnout of voters for the governorship and House of Assembly elections. He gave the assessment in the an interview with newsmen shortly after voting at about 12: 32pm at his Government Reserved Area Polling...
Dr Dikko Umar-Radda, the APC governorship candidate in Katsina State, has commended INEC for the seamless process in the ongoing governorship and state assembly elections. Umar-Radda made the commendation after casting his vote at Kofar-Katuka Polling Unit 010 in Radda, Charanchi Local Government Area. He said that there has...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) Governorship Candidate in Kano, Alhaji Abba Yusuf, has expressed confidence of winning the governorship election in the state . Abba spoke to newsmen shortly after casting his vote at Balarabe Haladu ward, 003 polling unit in Gwale Local Government Area. He commended the...
Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State arrived his polling unit 01, ward 11, located at Abayomi bus stop, Iwo Road in Ibadan North Local Government Area, at exactly 10:30 a.m. and voted at exactly 10: 34 am. Makinde, who expressed satisfaction with the exercise so far, urged the people...
The PDP Presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, says he has lost confidence in the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC on the conduct of elections. Atiku expressed his feelings at his Ajiya 012 polling unit, Yola, Adamawa, when he and his wife Titi Atiku, cast their votes in the governorship...
President-elect, Sen. Bola Tinubu voted at 9.35 a.m. at Unit 085, Ward 03, Alausa, Ikeja amid tight security in the Governorship/National Assembly elections on Saturday. Tinubu was accompanied by his wife, Oluremi and the Lagos Market leader, Chief Folashade Ojo. Mr Dele Alake, his Media Spokesman, told journalists after...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The APC Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has called on security agencies to caution Mr Peter Obi, Labour Party presidential candidate, from making incendiary remarks over the outcome of Feb. 25 presidential election. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity, APC PCC, made the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has yet to take decision on zoning of positions or offices of the 10th National Assembly as speculated in the social media. The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mr Felix Morka, stated this in a statement in Abuja....
The National Judicial Council (NJC) on Friday in Abuja recommended the compulsory retirement of the Chief Judge of Taraba State High Court , Justice Philibus F. Andetur with immediate effect. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Soji Oye, NJC’s Director of Information on Friday. The Chief...
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld Mr David Jimkuta a first timer as the lawful candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Feb. 25, senatorial election in Taraba South Senatorial. In a judgment delivered by Justice Adamu Jauro as prepared by Justice Centus Nweze, he observed that...
Dr Boniface Aniebonam, pioneer National Chairman and founder, New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has declared that the party is not in alliance with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun. Aniebonam in a statement in Lagos said that people should disregard all rumours that the party’s Governorship Candidate in...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to electronically transmit the Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly’s election results in accordance with its regulations and guidelines. Justice Obiora Egwuatu, in a judgment, also ordered the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reiterated that it has not collapsed its structure into any other political party for the Saturday Governorship and House of Assembly elections in Lagos State. The state Publicity Secretary of PDP, Mr Hakeem Amode in a statement on Friday in the state, urged...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party in Bauchi State, Haliru Jika, has expressed displeasure with the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) held on February 25th. He said that he was unimpressed...
The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Enugu State has said it did not collapse its structure for any party in the state in respect of the March 18 governorship and House of Assembly elections. The party disclosed this on Friday in Enugu in a statement by its State...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Former Deputy Governor of Cross River State and Director General of Cross River State People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Efiok Cobham, has alleged that the ruling party in the state has perfected plans to rigged the Gubernatorial elections on Saturday. Addressing Journalist at Ernest Etim...