Muhammadu Buhari is currently leading Abubakar Atiku by a massive margin in Yobe state after results in five local governments were made known at the presidential collation centre in Damaturu, the capital. Prof. Abubakar Gundiri, Vice Chancellor, University of Wukari, who was in charge of declaration of the results as returning officer, said Buhari received 12,227 votes in Gujba while Atiku got just 325 votes. In Tarmuwa local government, Buhari clinched 12,122 votes against Atiku’s 1, 269 votes. As for Damaturu local government, APC got 35,772 votes against PDP’s 2,099. In Karasuwa local government, APC gathered 22,377 to defeat PDP…
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The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has adjourned the final collation of the Presidential Election results to Monday by 11am. Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu revealed this today while formally declaring open the National Collation Centre. His words, “From today, the collation centre is hereby declared open until the final determination of the 2019 presidential election. During the course of proceedings, there may be interludes or adjournments and these will be announced by the Chief Returning Officer. “At the moment no State Collation Officer has is around. Some of them are expected tonight. Accordingly, proceedings are hereby adjourned.…
Bola Tinubu has spoken up about the trending pictures on social media reporting bullion vans loaded with cash seen entering his house on Friday. The reports broke the internet but Tinubu has claimed that the money was solely for election purposes. He said it was nobody’s business if he made up his mind to spend his personal money however he pleased, as long as it was not vote-buying. His words, “Bullion vans? Are those ballot paper?” “Excuse me, is it my money or government money? I don’t work for government, I am not in [any] agency of government. Let anybody…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State and All Progressives Congress, APC deputy gubernatorial candidate, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, on Saturday, delivered on their promises to clinch their polling units for President Muhammadu Buhari. They made sure that the APC candidate led his opponents with large margin to flaunt their loyalty to APC. At Ambode’s Ward A5, polling unit 033, Ogunmodede College in Ajaganabe Area, Papa Epe, Buhari clinched 131 votes, while Atiku Abubakar got 116 votes. Hamzat on the other hand, delivered his polling unit in a remarkable way to the candidates of APC, despite the the sagas at the polling…
Alvaro Morata netted his first goal for Atletico Madrid in a 2-0 victor at home to Villarreal today which reduced the gap behind to seven points. Morata, who has been unlucky in recent games scored in the 31st minute, firing a cross from Filipe Luis into the bottom corner on the volley. His words, “At last [the goal] came, with the victory too I am going home very happy today,” “I was joking a little bit with my teammates. Until I had seen that all the officials in the stadium were giving the goal, I did not celebrate too much.…
Tottenham Hotspur has to bounce back as soon as possible to put Saturday’s terrible 2-1 Premier League defeat by Burnley behind them ahead of a tough run of fixtures, striker Harry Kane has said. Tottenham are set to face Chelsea and Arsenal consecutively in the league on Wednesday and Saturday, respectively, before going to Borussia Dortmund for the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie next Tuesday. His words, “It’s a big week to come and we have to move on as best we can. It’s a big period for us and we know we are more than capable…
Jurgen Klopp has said he feels the 0-0 draw at Manchester United on Sunday was two points dropped for his team but also mentioned that the injury problems suffered by United had hindered his side’s flow. Klopp’s Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League, one point clear of Manchester City, in a game that saw United’s Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard go off injured before the break. His words, “It was a strange game,” “I think we started really, really well. We started exactly like we wanted to start, and then the injury crisis started as…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has come out to say that Manchester United played with “10-and-a-half” men after his injury-hit team still went on to hold Liverpool to a 0-0 draw at Old Trafford today. Solskjaer hwas forced to make three first-half substitutions after Ander Herrera, Juan Mata and Jesse Lingard all picked up hamstring injuries. Marcus Rashford also had to cope with an ankle injury after an early tackle from Jordan Henderson but played the full 90 minutes after Solskjaer — who had lost Nemanja Matic in the build-up — could not replace him. His words, “I have never seen it…
Nigerian actress, Georgina Onuoha has blasted media-house, CNN for failing to cover Nigerian elections, which held across Nigeria on Saturday. The actress accused them of being partial after they covered the recent elections held in America’s Venezuela, but shunned Nigeria, which obviously was dented by violent in some regions. Her words, “CNN why are you guys not covering the elections in Nigeria where innocent citizens trying to exercise their civic rights are be gunned down? Nigeria 🇳🇬 is the biggest democracy in Africa with almost 200 million people, yet you guys have no decorum and are only interested in Valenzuela.…
Singer cum political aspirant, Banky W has revealed how an anonymous party attempted to use touts disturb the peaceful collation of results at his polling unit. Banky W failed to mention any name or political party, but he was very certain in his claim that there was attempts to intimidate peaceful citizens late in the night. Adesua Etomi’s beau also said that the police in the area intervened to calm the situation. Despite the peace at last, Banky W went on his social media page to shade whoever triggered it. His words, “We will not leave this place until every…
The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has said, this evening, it will begin the announcement of results of Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections. INEC said, in Ekiti, the process had ended and the State Collation Officer was already on his way to Abuja. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, revealed this recently in Abuja as he updated Nigerians on the conduct of the elections. His words, “Meanwhile, collation of results from yesterday’s elections continue nationwide. Almost all the states have concluded RA Collation and are now collating results at the LGA level. Some have commenced state level collation. We expect…
Nollywood actor and comedian, Jigan Babaoja, who was recently blasted online for posting photo of cash donation to Baba Suwe, has stated the reason for his action. He said the money was not his own, as it was a collective effort by members of the public, so he decided to be transparent with it. His words, “When you are running a foundation, you must be as transparent as possible since it is not your money. I run the Jigan Baba Oja Foundation. I am only contributing my time and what I am doing is from my heart.” “People will always…
Former Big Brother Naija housemate, Leo Da Silva has resorted to blasting Nigerian celebrities who now link themselves with Banky W in case he wins the election in his constituency. Banky W has been predicted to win as collated results show he is gaining a huge amount of vote, to the point of defeating the ruling All Progressive Congress candidate in his polling unit. Leo has however come out to blast the fake love in the industry as several of Banky’s colleagues never showed him support before the election, but will want to be his friend if he wins He…
Reekado Banks recently posted on Twitter concerning electoral activism, after he exercised his franchise during the presidential and national assembly elections yesterday, February 23. Several fans are of the opinion that Reekado Banks’ tweet is a clear shot at Davido who campaigned massively for youths to vote but he was in South Africa during the election. See what he shared, Another beef looming?
Bukola Saraki just won his Agbaji quarters, Ajikobi unit 005 for PDP and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, like he promised. The results delivered was presidential APC 68 and PDP 219; Senate APC, 60 and PDP 269. In the House of Representatives election, APC received 53 and PDP 253. In polling unit 006, Ajikobi ward in the residential poll, APC polled 152 and PDP 234; Senate APC 120 and PDP 270. In the House of Representatives election, APC got 130 and PDP 269. There was massive turnout of voters in the state as many of them came out en masse to…
Edwin Clark recently spoke up about all things Muhammadu Buhari as election results roll in from several polling units. He also had his say on INEC’S postponement of the general elections last week and how it affected a lot of things and people in the country. In an interview with Punch, he said, “As I said earlier, the word ‘independent’ in INEC is not just for formality. It is meaningful in the sense that it is an independent institution. And that is what is provided for in the 1999 constitution of Nigeria. Unfortunately, for some time now, we have observed…
All Progressives Congress senatorial candidate, AbdulRazaq has defeated the PDP senator Bukola Saraki with a large margin of about 262 votes in Kwara state. He got 473 votes while PDP’s Senator Bukola Saraki received 211. The APC candidate recently told reporters his party was set for a grand victory against the PDP, saying the people of the state were fed up of poor governance and corruption which he said the opposition stands for in Kwara State. Saraki however won his own polling unit at Agbaji Quarters, Ajikobi Ward, Ilorin West LGA and also delivered for Atiku Abubakar.
INEC in Kaltungo Council Area of Gombe State has praised the corps members deployed there for ensuring that both the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the area were peaceful and successful. The INEC’s electoral officer for the area, Mr Kabiru Zakaria, revealed this recently. His words, “The corps members conducted themselves well during the exercise and ensured that they were successfully. “And none of them was found wanting during and after the elections. “Those that gave us problem were non corps members,” He mentioned that the misconduct of the regular citizens ensured elections was called off in five polling…
Peoples Democratic Party senatorial candidate, in Kogi West, Dino Melaye is cruising to victory in results declared so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission. He secured the highest votes in Mopamuro Local Government Area. Melaye wants second term into the red chamber of the National Assembly, with his closest rival being Mr Smart Adeyemi of the APC. Mr Ibrahim Ismaila, the INEC Collation Officer of Mopamuro LGA, revealed the interim results at the collation centre in INEC LG office in Mopa at about 3: 20 a.m on Sunday. According to Ismaila, the PDP senatorial candidate, Melaye got 5112 votes,…
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has come out to express his optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari will get 4 more years to rule Nigeria. Imo State’s number one citizen, who exercised his franchise alongside his wife, Nkechi, at 11:18am at Polling Unit D in Ogboko Ward in the Ideato South Local Government Area, had lots of things to say. His words, “I am happy with INEC and how the smart card readers are functioning.” “Though there are few cases of ballot box snatching at Umuobom and Osomotor, the President’s speech on ballot box snatching has scared people from snatching…