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The Oyo State governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Engineer Seyi Makinde has won the March 9, governorship election. He defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Chief Adebayo Adelabu in a keenly contested election. Declaring the result, the State Chief Returning Officer who is also the Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos Prof […]

The alleged manipulation of the presidential and National Assembly election, incidents of multiple deaths, and the militarization of the exercise, among other factors were blamed for the severe voter apathy as Nigerians elected state governors and assemblymen, yesterday. In addition to this, the failure of INEC to pay the allowances of some ad hoc staff […]

Following the refusal by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to allow the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, the power to have a forensic examination of ballot papers, lawyers say the petitioners will bring a fresh application during the hearing of the petition. Justice Abdul Aboki, leading a three man panel had […]

Prof Pius Adesanmi, a Nigerian was among the 157 dead victims of the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 Max that crashed this morning shortly after take-off in Addis Ababa. The plane billed for Nairobi had 32 Kenyans on board, the largest group of nationals in the ill-fated plane. There were 33 different nationalities on board […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Sunday it has suspended electoral processes in Rivers State due to “widespread disruption” of elections on Saturday. “The initial reports suggest that violence occurred in a substantial number of polling units and collation centers,” INEC’s head of information and voter education committee Festus Okoye said. “Staff have been […]

Gunmen have killed a policeman, an official of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and abducted three ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina. The State Police Command confirmed that the killings and abduction took place during the governorship and state assembly election in the state on Saturday. The […]

All electoral materials for Mbalom ward in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue, were in the early hours of Saturday, burnt by armed hoodlums. According to a witness, the hoodlums on arrival fired shots in the air before setting on fire the RCM Primary School Aya, housing the materials. Mrs Ngunan Yongo, the Electoral […]

Ondo governor Rotimi Akeredolu yesterday evening declared an indefinite dusk-to-dawn curfew in Oba Akoko in Akoko Southwest Local Government area of Ondo state, following a “heightened level of violence and aggressive attempts at disrupting the electoral process.” “The Ondo State Government has instituted a mandatory curfew in Oba Akoko until further notice,” said Akeredolu. Although […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi has confirmed are were no elections in three Registration Areas (wards) hit by violence in the governorship and state house of assembly in the state on Saturday. Prof Godswill Obioma, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ebonyi, confirmed this while addressing newsmen in Abakaliki on Saturday on […]

For the second time in a fortnight, Nigerians went to the polls to elect governors in 29 of the 36 states, all state assemblies and administrative councils in the Federal Capital Territory of Abuja. Vote counting began after polls closed on Saturday in the keenly fought governorship and state assembly elections, held against a backdrop […]

Despite the possibility that the presidential election petition tribunal could still overturn the results of the Feb 23 presidential elections, the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari has advised the All Progressives Congress (APC) to consider only card-carrying members for political appointments, if and when her husband is sworn in for a second term. She […]

In the history of elections in Imo State, Saturday’s governorship polls are the fiercest since the state was created in 1976. This is due mainly to the caliber of candidates on display and the type of heavyweight support behind them. Imo State has the largest number of governorship aspirants in this year’s general elections. And […]