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Chaiman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has threatened to sue officials of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for libel and defamation of character. Yakubu advised officials of the PDP to desist from maligning his character in the media or risk being sued for libel The INEC Chairman was reacting to a […]
The leadership of Action Alliance has refuted an earlier report that it had endorsed the Gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, in the Forthcoming Governorship election scheduled to hold next Saturday 11th of March across Ogun state. In a statement made public, the Party stated that it had not endorsed any other Political […]
The Edo State Government has urged the people to disregard a recent statement credited to the All Progressives Congress APC in the state which raised a false alarm that the State Governor, Godwin Obaseki is sponsoring a protest. In a statement released by the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Media Projects, Crusoe Osagie […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Senator Godswill Akpabio of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial election. Declaring Akpabio as the winner of the contest for the Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District, the returning officer for the senatorial district, Professor Anthony Udoh, said that […]
The Chief Whip of the Senate and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress for Abia North Senatorial district election, Senator Orji Uzor-Kalu, has been declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. According to the Nation’s Electoral umpire, the former Governor polled a total of 30,805 votes to defeat his […]
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has suffered defeat in his bid to return to the Senate after completing his tenure as governor. Ayade who is a second term governor was in the Senate from 2011 to 2015 and had hoped to return to the role as Senator representing cross River North. He was however […]
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has won the presidential election in Osun State. The state’s collation officer for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Folashade Ogunsola, announced the results at the national collation center in Abuja . The former Vice President defeated his closest rivals – Peter Obi of […]
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has defeated other contestants, Atiku Abubakar of the People Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) in the February 25 election in Ondo State. The State Returning Officer for the Presidential Election and the Vice Chancellor, Federal University , Oye-Ekiti, […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the election in the Esan and Igueben federal constituency in Edo State. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this at an election briefing on Saturday. According to him, the suspension was due to the omission of the logo of a party on ballot papers. The electoral chief said […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday condemned reports of attacks in some polling units across the country as accreditation and voting continues for the presidential and National Assembly elections. According to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, some Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines were snatched, while reports of attacks by bandits and […]
