The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resume collation of Adamawa governorship election results and declare the party candidate, Ahmadu Fintiri, winner of the election. The party made the call at a news conference by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba...
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As evidence to our earlier description of the situation, the Adamawa state governorship election was a “naked dance of shame in the market place”. The current imbroglio is testimony to that. Based on various irregularities perpetrated by the PDP and APC candidates during the two sets of governorship election...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday declared Rodney Ambaiowei of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as winner of the Southern-Ijaw Federal Constituency supplementary election in Bayelsa. According to the result declared by the returning officer, Prof. Christopher Onyema, the PDP candidate, Ambaiowei, polled a total of 13,992...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate as winner of Sokoto South Senatorial District. Declaring the results of the supplementary elections, the Returning Officer for the Sokoto South Senatorial District, Prof. Abubakar Bagudo, said...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State with their supporters have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The defectors, led by Mr Smart Oloye, a former Deputy Chairman of PDP in Akure South Local Government, were received...
Sen. Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has described the petition filed by Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against his election victory as “a gross abuse of court processes.” Tinubu, in a reply to the petition through his team of lawyers led by Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN, told...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says he has no preferred candidate for the speakership of the 10th Assembly. Media reports on Thursday said Hon. Gbajabiamila was allegedly against the aspiration of his deputy, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase, and some other...
Friday’s governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi took a dramatic turn on Thursday as the deputy governor, Mr Edward Onoja, stepped down for the state’s Auditor-General, Ahmed Usman-Ododo. Seven other aspirants, including a former Commissioner for Finance, Mr David Adebanji-Jimoh, Asiwaju Ashiru Idris and...
A former Assemblyman in Cross River, Mr Cletus Obun, has said that the Presidency of the 10th Senate should be zoned to the South South geopolitical zone. Obun, who was member of APC 2023 Presidential Campaign Council, South South Coordinator of the Public Affairs Directorate, said this in an...
The National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Samuel Anyanwu has emerged the PDP governorship candidate for the November 11 Imo State Governorship Election. This followed the PDP’s primary held on Wednesday the party’s primary in its state secretariat along the Okigwe Road in Owerri, the Imo...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi on Wednesday says the party has adopted the direct mode of primary for the conduct of its governorship primary election ,slated for April 14. Alhaji Abdullahi Bello, the State APC Chairman, made the disclosure in a telephone interview with the News Agency...
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Wednesday, nullified and set aside the ward and local government congresses conducted on Feb. 7 by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that the congresses were conducted for the purpose of nominating a governorship candidate...
Every system has its life cycle. For the 9th National Assembly, that cycle will end on May 29 as a new administration is inaugurated. Expectedly, the race for who succeeds Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, as the Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives has begun as ranking members of the...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has the Borno Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to order fresh election in the state. The NNPP, is challenging the reelection of Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno. The NNPP in a petition, argued that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ommitted the name of Umar Alkali, its governorship...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday prayed the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC) in Abuja to dismiss the petition filed by the PDP challenging the election of Sen. Bola Tinubu in Feb. 25 poll. The APC, the 4th respondent, urged the PEPC to reject the petition in its...