Cross River State Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade has lost his bid to return to the Senate to Senator Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe. Ayade’s counterpart in Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi also failed to make it in the senatorial election. The returning officer for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Cross River North senatorial district, Dr Emmanuel Emanghe announced that Ayade of the …

Police on Sunday has arrested a middle-aged man named Gabriel Agabi, over alleged impersonation and being in possession of 17 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices not programmed for the ward where he was apprehended. Agabi, who wore an INEC reflective jacket, was arrested at the collation centre in Okpoma, Yala Local Government Area of Cross River by the security …

Malam Saliu Mustapha, a senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara Central, has defeated former Minister of Youth, Malam Bolaji Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Early on Monday, the Returning Officer, Prof. Abdullahi Abubakar said that Mustapha polled 109,823 votes as against 69,202 by his close rival, Abdullahi. He said Mustapha satisfied the requirements of …

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Oyo South Senatorial District, Barrister Sarafadeen Alli has been declared the winner of last Saturday’s election in the district. As declared by the returning officer, Prof. Wole Olatokun of the University of Ibadan, at Ikolaba Grammar School, Ibadan, at 8.15 am on Monday, the APC polled 111,513 votes which were the …

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 …

Against popular projections, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is having a big fight not to lose his home state – Lagos. With results of 17 out of 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs) released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the Labour Party candidate, Mr Peter Obi is leading in the former capital of …

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 …