The Labour Party (LP) candidate, Mr Donatus Mathew, an okada rider, has been declared the winner of the Kaura federal constituency of Kaduna State. The returning officer, Prof. Elijah Ella, declared the result on Sunday and said Mathew polled 10,508 to defeat the incumbent member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon Gideon Lucas Gwani, who came second with 10,297 …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi has won the presidential election in Lagos State. Obi defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu after the votes were calculated from all the 20 Local Government Areas in the state. Tinubu is a former Lagos State governor and the state is his stronghold. Former …

A female National Youth Service Corps member and a presiding officer in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections in Enugu State have been caught manipulating and changing the votes of the Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, to the advantage of the New Nigeria Peoples Party candidate, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. The said corps member is alleged to have come …

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has won all 16 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Ekiti State in the presidential election held on Saturday. In the result announced by the state Returning Officer for the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Akeem Lasisi, Tinubu polled 201,494 notes to beat his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s …

Some hoodlums have attempted to set the local government office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ablaze in Takai Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano state. A witness said the incident happened during a clash between political supporters at the headquarters of Takai town on Sunday morning. “The fire was set up from behind the building but it was …

Eight out of 20 local government results have been announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission IINEC) in Lagos State with the All Progressives Congress (APC) winning in seven, while the Labour Party won the state capital, Ikeja. As at 9:30 pm, results were announced at the state collation centre in Yaba for Lagos Mainland, Ikorodu, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos Island, …

The Labour Party has cried foul citing manipulation and manufacturing of results by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in states across the country particularly Lagos, Edo, Rivers and Imo State. At a press briefing at the party headquarters in Abuja, the National Chairman, Barrister Julius Abure also decried the violence meted out on Labour Party supporters. The …

A former spokesman for the Defence Headquarters, Major General John Enenche (rtd.) has stressed that security must be strengthened at collation centres nationwide to forestall more cases of snatching of ballot boxes and the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines. Citing cases of political thuggery and disruption of polls recorded during the presidential and National Assembly polls on Saturday in …

In its assessment of Saturday’s elections, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) raised the alarm over cases of violence and the late arrival of electoral materials. A statement by its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, reads: “As Nigerians went to the polls to elect a new President and members of the National Assembly, we had high hopes that this election cycle will …

A 73-year-old woman, Comfort Muoneke has been detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for having 20 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs). Two of her suspected accomplices – Afekhana Esther and Segun Osaimokhai – were also arrested. In a statement on its Facebook handle on Sunday, EFCC said: “Operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial …