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Aliero Floors Bagudu, Clinches Senatorial Seat
Senator Muhammad Adamu Aliero has been declared winner of Kebbi central senatorial election. The returning officer, Professor Abbas Yusuf, said Senator Aliero polled 126,588 votes to defeat Governor Abubakar…
Rivers Collation Officer Suspends Exercise Over ‘Threat To Life’
The collation officer of the Presidential election in Rivers State, Professor Teddy Charles Adias, has suspended the exercise over what he described as threat to his life. Before the suspension, the results of…
Elections: You’ve Plunged Into The Ring Of Fire, Fani-Kayode Mocks Obasanjo
All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain and former minister of aviation, Femi Fani Kayode, has taunted former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his call for the cancellation of Saturday’s election. Obasanjo…
Don’t disrupt the process | You presided over worse elections – Federal Govt Tells…
The federal government has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the 2023 General Elections with what it called his inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the elections. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday,…
APC Wins 20 Reps in Lagos, Clears Three Senate Seats
Candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been declared winners of the three senatorial seats in Lagos State, recording landslide victories across the National Assembly slots. Former deputy governor, Dr. Idiat Adebule, won…
AN INTERLOPING FORMER PRESIDENT IS A PRESENT DANGER TO DEMOCRACY – General Akinrinade reacts…
The recent statement by former President Olusegun Obasanjo over the recently concluded elections must be…
Sanwo-Olu Debunks Inviting Igbo Captains Of Industry For Dinner
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has debunked inviting Igbo business leaders to…
Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe Destroys Governor Ikpeazu’s Desire To Retire To The Senate
Former Majority Leader of the Senate, Senator…
2023 General Elections: NBC Threatens To Sanction Erring Broadcast Stations
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has threatened to…
Tinubu’s Loss in Lagos Not Strife Between Igbo, Yoruba – Afenifere
A socio-cultural group, Afenifere, yesterday maintained that the loss of the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Tinubu, in the presidential poll in Lagos, should not be seen through the prisms…
Atiku Should Accept Defeat, Retire To Dubai, Nigerians Have Abandoned PDP – Fayose Consoles…
Despite the collation of Saturday’s presidential election still ongoing, a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has asked the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to accept…
Taraba State Governor, Ishaku Loses Senatorial Election To APC Candidate
The governor of Taraba State, Darius…
Halt Release of Presidential Results Now – PDP Tells INEC
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately halt further release of results of the presidential election, saying it did not…
PDP, LP Shopping for Injunction to Stop Result Declaration – APC PCC
The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday, said it had credible information that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party were presently…
Nigeria Elections Generally Peaceful, Transparent – ECOWAS Observers
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Observation Mission deployed to the Nigerian general elections on Saturday has said the exercise was generally peaceful and transparent. Former…
#NigeriaElections2023: Obasanjo calling for coup against democracy, APC campaign hits back
The All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign council has criticised the position of former…
#NigeriaElections2023: Commonwealth observers say election ‘largely peaceful’
The Chairperson of the Commonwealth Observer Group and former President of South Africa, His Excellency Thabo Mbeki, has urged aggrieved political candidates to seek legal redress. He said this in Abuja,…
BREAKING: Obi Floors Tinubu, Atiku In Nasarawa
Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has scored the highest votes in Saturday’s presidential election in Nasarawa State. Obi polled a total votes of 191,361 in the contest to defeat his…
‘Zero tension’ — Sirika asks Tinubu to prepare his acceptance speech
Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, has asked Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to write his acceptance speech. Sirika made the suggestion in a post on his…
INEC declares Tokunbo Abiru winner of Lagos East Senatorial election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Senator Adetokunbo Abiru of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the Lagos East Senatorial Election held on Saturday. The…
2023 Elections: I Did Not Disrupt Elections In Rivers State – Wike
Governor Nyesom Wike has denied allegations that he moved around to intimidate and cause disruption during the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday. In a statement by the State Commissioner for…
Tinubu extends lead over Obi, Atiku in Rivers
The All Progressives Congress has won 10 of the 13 local government areas in Rivers State so far collated in by the Independent National Electoral Commission for last Saturday’s presidential election. Among the 13 won…
BREAKING: Dino Melaye, others walk out from collation centre
Two major political parties have staged a walkout from the national collation facility in Abuja. The Labour Party and the Peoples Democratic Party, the two dominant opposition parties, abandoned the…
Senate: Orji Kalu Defeats Labour Party Candidate
The Chief Whip of the Senate and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu, has been declared the winner of the election by the Independent National…