Action Democratic Party (ADP) candidate, Mr. Pam Dachungyang has been declared the winner of the Saturday’s Plateau North senatorial rerun election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Prof. Nestor Chagok, declared the result in the early hours of Monday. Chagok said that Dachnggyang polled 122,442 votes...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Hon. Musa Mustapha as the winner of the Yobe East Bye-Election. Hon. Musa Mustapha scored 68,778 votes to defeat Aji Kolomi (Ajiko) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The Returning Officer of INEC, Prof. Ibrahim...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in Saturday’s by-election for Lavun constituency in the Niger House of Assembly, Mr Jibrin Ndagi-Babba has won the election. He polled 21,393 votes to defeat Mr Baba Yusuf-Dabban of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 20,802 votes. The Returning Officer, Prof...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Saturday’s Jalingo, Yorro and Zing Federal Constituency by-election as inconclusive. INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Daniel Ayuba, said this after the collation of results in Jalingo on Sunday. Ayuba said that the decision was based on the provisions...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in Saturday’s Ebonyi South Senatorial by-election, Salis Onu, has said it would be a waste of time going to court to challenge APC’s victory at the poll. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that APC candidate, Prof. Anthony Ani polled a total...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday declared Dr Alhassan Zakariya Ishaq of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) as the winner of Saturday’s rerun election in Kura/Garun Mallam state constituency in Kano. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Returning Officer, Prof. Shehu Galadanchi, announced...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Chinwe Nnabuife of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) as the winner of the rerun election for Orumba North and Orumba South Federal Constituency in Anambra. INEC’s Returning Officer for Orumba North and Orumba South Federal Constituency, Prof. Gabriel Anene, declared...
The Action Democratic Party (ADP) is leading in five of the six Local Government Areas in the Plateau North Senatorial re-run elections held on Saturday, according to official results. The Returning Officer for the exercise, Prof. Nestor Chagok, announced that the ADP Candidate, Mr Pam Dachungyang, was leading...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Hon. Pogu Lawan of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged winner of the By-election for the Chibok LGC State Constituency in Borno State He scored a total 9,101 votes and was returned elected. He was followed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Despite the heavy security presence and vote buying that characterised the just concluded re-run elections, electorates in Sokoto State seem to have made their preferences known as indicated in results declared by the various Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Returning Officers. The results...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The battle of supremacy between the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has been settled through the ballot box on Saturday. Announcing the results for the re-run election in Akamkpa /Biase Federal Constituency and Yala/ Obudu State...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has declared Mr Yakubu Adamu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of Saturday’s rerun election into the Birninkudu/Buji Federal Constituency seat. The Appeal Court had, in November 2023, declared the March 18, 2023 Birninkudu/Buji Federal Constituency election inconclusive and...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Prof. Anthony Ani, has been declared the winner of Saturday’s Ebonyi South Senatorial by-election in the state. Ani won with 46,270 votes, defeating his closest rival, Ifeanyi Eleje of APGA who garnered 3,513. Silas Onu of the PDP polled 2,783 votes and...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mustapha Sadauki of People Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the Shinkafi State Assembly election held on Saturday. Its Returning Officer for the exercise, Prof. Rufus, while announcing the result on Sunday, said that Sadaelectionuki defeated Usman Shinkafi of the All...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Guma I State Constituency in Benue, Mr Terwase Uche, has been declared winner of the rerun election by Returning Officer, Prof Julius Ikya. Ikya declared Uche as the winner of the rerun election on Saturday in Daudu, the constituency’s headquarters....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled elections in 16 polling units in Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency of Plateau because of missing ballot papers. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Plateau, Dr Oliver Agundu, said in a statement on Saturday night that the election has been rescheduled...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Fuad Laguda, winner of the Surulere Federal Constituency I by-election in Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Laguda had in the build up to the election, said he...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Despite heavy security presence, the rerun election in Sokoto State has been described as a vote for cash by electorates, as they queued up in large numbers in Shagari and Yabo local government areas of the state to collect their own. While on...
The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate in the Ebonyi South Senatorial District rerun, Mr Ifeanyi Eleje, has described the election as “hugely flawed”. Eleje, who made the assertion on Saturday at Afikpo while speaking to newsmen, further described the process as “marred with intimidation”. “This is the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have arrested 3 persons suspected to be vote buyers in Sokoto State during the bye-elections monitoring exercise. The Commission in a statement on Saturday via it X handle, said 3 males...