Muhammadu Buhari, re-elected president of Nigeria, made many promises before he first won power in 2015: vowing to defeat Boko Haram, tackle corruption and boost the economy. With none of these fulfilled — and the economy recovering from recession — he portrayed himself as a continuity candidate, hammering home a similar message. He framed the […]
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The United States Ambassador, W. Stuart Symington, Monday, warned political parties who participated in the ongoing presidential and national assembly elections, to refrain from using force and violence to interfere with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Disclosing this in a statement, Symington charged political parties to convince those who support them to equally refrain […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) office in Isiala Mbano, Imo North, was on Monday gutted by fire, destroying INEC materials and some infrastructure, the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports. The cause of the fire which happened is yet to be ascertained. When contacted the INEC Public Relations Officer, Mrs Emmanuella Ben-Opara, she confirmed the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has won the Presidential election in Lagos State, by defeating his rival, 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 Buhari defeated Jonathan in 2015 in the megapolis. Buhari then polled 792,460 votes, while Jonathan got 632,327. […]
Read More The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the Presidential election in 12 out the 13 Local Government Areas of Delta so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to the result declared by the Collation Officers of the LGAs on Monday in Asaba, PDP won in 12 local government areas while the […]
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INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu formally flags off the announcement of the 2019 General Elections results. Ekiti State’s Collation Officer announces the results for Ekiti State. #NigeriaDecides2019 Breaking NewsINEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu formally flags off the announcement of the 2019 General Elections results. Ekiti State’s Collation Officer announces the results for Ekiti State.#NigeriaDecides2019 pic.twitter.com/9VSPdiDweu […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the presidential and parliamentary election results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. PDP had Atiku Abubakar as its presidential candidate. The National Chairman of the PDP, Uche Secondus, in a press briefing currently ongoing said the results being announced by INEC are inflated in favour […]
Read More The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar, has taken an early lead in Saturday’s presidential poll results of eight out of nine Local Government Areas (LGA’s) of Rivers. The results on Monday were announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) electoral officers with support of the collation officers from the […]
Read More Incumbent Governor of Oyo State and Oyo South Senatorial District candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Abiola Ajimobi has lost his bid to return to the senate after his exit as governor. In the results of the National Assembly elections for the Senatorial seat as announced by INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Wole Akinsola, the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has won Ekiti state, the first officially declared presidential election result by Independent National Electoral Commission. In the result announced by the returning officer, Professor Idowu Olayinka, vice chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Buhari of the All Progressives Congress polled 219,231 votes, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party got […]
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PDP To INEC: Declare Atiku Winner Now…Alerts That Buhari, APC Are Seeking To Alter Results The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) charges the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately announce results as delivered from the polling units and declare the people’s candidate, Atiku Abubakar, the winner of the February 23 Presidential election Our position is […]
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The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday said Ekiti State had concluded collation of results of Saturday’s elections, declaring it as first in the country to do so. Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, announced this at a news conference at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, the National Collation Centre for the Presidential and […]
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