Politics

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has debunked the insinuation that South East Governors influence results to help President Muhammadu Buhari achieve 25 per cent of votes in states in the zone. Mr Umahi made the declaration…

The legal team of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has summoned an emergency meeting for Tuesday, TheCable understands. Coming on the heels of the rejection of the presidential election result by the main opposition party, the…

The United States (U.S.) Ambassador to Nigeria, W Stuart Symington, on Monday commended the peaceful conduct of last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections across the country. In a statement, the envoy said the…

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected results of the presidential elections being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Uche Secondus, PDP national chairman, said the results being…

Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), won in 18 out of the 33 local government areas of Oyo state in the just collated presidential election results released in Ibadan. Atiku polled 366,592 votes,…

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that under an All Progressives Congress (APC) dispensation, Feb. 23rd of every year will be observed as the 'Day of Liberation' by the people of Kwara. ''I…

President Muhammadu Buhari has won the Presidential election in Lagos state, defeating Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with a 132,798 vote margin. The margin was lower than the 160,143 votes with which…

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said he doesn’t believe in rumour and would rather wait for the result that will be declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Various results on the social media have…

President Muhammadu Buhari is leading according to results announced in 17 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Lagos State. Results are being announced by collating officers at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari, has polled overall votes of 285,894 in Kogi to defeat his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who…

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is maintaining his lead in last Saturday’s presidential polls in Plateau. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Independent National Electoral…

The All Progressives Congress polled 497,914 votes to beat the Peoples Democratic Party which scored 50,763 votes in Yobe in last Saturday’s presidential election. Prof. Abubakar Gunduri, the state Collation Officer, announced…

Olumide Osoba, the son of former governor of Ogun state, Segun Osoba has won the House of Representatives seat for Abeokuta North/Odeda/Obafemi-Owode federal constituency in the state. Olumide who contested on the platform of…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Kola Balogun, has been declared the winner of the Oyo South senatorial district. Mr Balogun saw off contest from his closest rival, Abiola Ajimobi, of the All Progressive…

Northern Nigeria’s only female senator, Binta Garba, has lost the Adamawa North senatorial election to a new entrant in politics, Ishaku Abbo of the Peoples Democratic Party. While Abbo polled 79, 337 votes, Garba garnered 63,…

The Presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party, Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has commended his party and his supporters for “changing the narrative” of Nigeria’s political history, adding that this in itself was a major…

The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, President Muhammadu Buhari, has won in eight Local Government Areas, while the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, swept five LGAs in the…

Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has won the presidential election in Ondo State. Abubakar defeated the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by…

Senator representing Kogi West district Dino Melaye will be heading back to the Red Chamber after the INEC Returning Officer declared him winner of the election in the district. Melaye, who ran under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared President Muhammadu Buhari winner of the election in Ekiti and Osun states. The president, who is in a clear lead in the results so far declared in the north,…

Ike Ekweremadu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Candidate and Deputy Senate President has been declared winner of Enugu West Senatorial District for the fifth time in Saturday Presidential/National Assembly elections. …

The announcement of the presidential election results in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has commenced with President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) taking an early lead in the results of three Area…

A corps member caught thumb printing for a political party A corps member has been caught inside the bush, still thumb printing for one of the political parties. Check the thumb printing yourself to confirm the party she is working…

Senate President Bukola Saraki is a prominent but polarising figure in Nigeria’s politics. He stepped into the shoes of his late father as the “generalissimo of Kwara politics” in the early 2000s but the result of the 2019 national…