The incumbent Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the State. The INEC returning officer, Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed, at the State Collation Centre, declared Mohammed the winner of the election on Monday after polling 525,280 votes. Mohammed won over 13 local government areas out of the 19 LGA results in the State. He defeated the candidate of the major opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar (rtd), who won in only six local government areas of the State, and…
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All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in Oyo State, Teslim Folarin, has reacted to a video of him making certain political remarks. The Senator representing Oyo Central lost the March 18 gubernatorial election to Governor Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In a disclaimer on Twitter, Folarin denied blaming President-elect Bola Tinubu and other chieftains for the defeat of the APC. The lawmaker said it was a plot to clog the wheel of his closeness to the former Lagos governor and party co-founder. “My attention has been drawn to a trending 2:04mins video, blaming Mr. President-elect and other…
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has been reelected for a second term in office. Zulum, a candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was declared the winner of the gubernatorial election in the state having scored 545,542 votes. He defeated his closest opponent, Mohammed Jajari of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who polled 82,147 votes. The result was declared by the INEC Returning Officer, Jude Rabo, on Monday afternoon.
A suspended Roman Catholic priest and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Benue State, Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia has been declared winner of the Saturday governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, through Returning Office Prof Faruq Kuta, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, made the announcement on Monday in Makurdi, the state capital. Alia defeated the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Titus Uba and Herman Lorwase Hembe of the Labour Party in a tough battle. The Catholic priest polled 473, 933 votes to defeat Titus Uba, his closest opponent who scored 223,913…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Hon Francis Nwifuru, candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, winner of the 2023 governorship election in Ebonyi State. Nwifuru, who is the present Speaker State House of Assembly, scored a total vote of 199,131. He is followed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr Ifeanyichukwuma Odii, who polled 80,191 votes. The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) candidate, Prof Bernard Odo, came third with 52,189 votes.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday rejected the outcome of Saturday’s gubernatorial election in Katsina State, saying it will go to court. The Director General, Atiku-Lado Campaign Council, Dr Mustapha Inuwa, announced the PDP’s decision at a news briefing in Katsina. Recall that Dr Dikko Radda, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, won the governorship poll with 859,892 votes. Radda defeated the PDP candidate, Yakubu Lado-Danmarke, who scored 486,620 votes. However, according to Inuwa, the result didn’t reflect the turnout of voters on Saturday. He said: “There was no election in the state. We want to inform you without…
The 10th Oyo State House of Assembly will be dominated by members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), InfoStride News reports. The state House of Assembly has thirty-two (32) seats. The results obtained by the media on Monday showed that PDP, which is the ruling party in the state, cleared twenty-eight (28) out of the thirty-two seats at the state House of Assembly elections held on Saturday The All Progressives Congress (APC) won in four state constituencies. The list obtained by DAILY POST indicated that fifteen (15) of the elected members are returning while seventeen (17) of them are new…
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Niger State appears to be leading in 13 out of 17 results of local governments released in the governorship election in the state. This is just as the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, clinched four LGs based on results announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at the Collation Centre in Minna. The Returning Officer, Professor Clement Alawa, Deputy Vice Chancellor University of Abuja gave an update of results at the state Collation Centre in Minna as they arrive from various local government areas of the state. The…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Gov Mai Mala Buni of Yobe as the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in the state. INEC Returning Officer, Prof. Umaru Pate, announced the result in Damaturu on Sunday. Pate said that Buni of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 317,113 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Alhaji Sherif Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 124,259 votes. “That Buni Mai Mala of APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner of the election and returned elected,” he said. Pate, also the Vice Chancellor, Federal…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Lagos State, has expressed his gratitude to the people of the State for voting for him. Sanwo-Olu said he was honoured to be re-elected as the Governor of Lagos State, pledging to continue to work tirelessly to deliver a better Lagos for all. He said this in a tweet via his Twitter handle on Monday morning. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had on Sunday night declared Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the winner of the Lagos gubernatorial election. Sanwo-Olu polled a total of 762,134 to defeat…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has described the Saturday 18 elections as one of the most challenging elections in the history of the state. The PDP gubernatorial candidate in Jigawa state stated this in a statement via his Facebook page. According to the statement, “We thank Allah for sparing our lives to witness these elections in good health. I want to thank the people for having the resilience and patience to cast their votes and our supporters for their loyalty and dedication to the PDP throughout this trying period. “For the first time, polls in Jigawa State have been dominated…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commenced the collation of governorship and House of Assembly election results in Zamfara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the collation commenced at 5.57 p.m on Sunday for the governorship and legislative polls held on Saturday across the 14 local government areas of the state. Zamfara has 24 State House of Assembly seats spread across the 14 local government areas in the state. The local government areas include Gusau, Tsafe, Bungudu, Maru, Anka, Bukuyum, Bakura and Talata Mafara. Others are Maradun, Gumi, Kaura-Namoda, Birnin Magaji, Shinkafi and Zurmi. The Returning Officer…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State is set for another total victory as it has clinched 25 out of the 26 House of Assembly seats. InfoStride News reports that the only exception is that of Boripe/Boluwaduro State Constituency that has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In the results so far announced, the PDP has won in Ifelodun Constituency where Tajudeen Akinlolu Adeyemi of the PDP polled 16,184 votes to defeat his closest rival, Mulikat Abiola Bello of the APC who scored 7, 460 votes. In Ede North State Constituency PDP’s Adewumi Babajide Kofoworola…
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo failed to show up at his polling unit 22, Ward 11, Olusomi compound, Totoro, area of Abeokuta-North local government area of the state, Ogun State, during Saturday’s governorship and state House of Assembly elections. This was the first time since 1999 that the two-time Nigerian leader will not vote in an election. Obasanjo, who openly endorsed the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, during the February 25 election, is out of the country. It is understood that he travelled out of Nigeria 10 days before the governorship and State Assembly elections and is…
Bauchi State governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, is in an early lead in the results of Saturday’s governorship election in the state as he has taken eight out of the 10 local government areas so far declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The governor, who is seeking reelection on the platform of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) floored his closest rival, the immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (retd) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who so far won two LGAs. While Mohammed led in Kirfi, Jamaare, Bogoro, Warji, Itas/Gadau, Dambam, Shira and…
The Labour Party, LP, has threatened to mobilize protests around Nigeria, alleging that election results are being manipulated by the opposition in Abia and Enugu States. This was made known in a statement signed by the party’s national chairman, Julius Abure, on Sunday. Abure claimed that supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia state have held some Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) staff hostage at Obingwa LGA. Labour Party also accused the PDP in Enugu of tampering with results of the governorship election. “The Labour Party had thoroughly reviewed all infractions and we have vowed to never again…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Ekiti State has released the results of the House of Assembly election held yesterday. A statement by the commission’s Head of Voters Education and Publicity, Mr Temitope Akanmu said All Progressives Congress, APC, won 23 seats out of the 26 seats in the assembly. Also, Social Democratic party, SDP, won two seats while elections for Ido/Osi Constituency I was declared inconclusive due to disruption of the exercise by hoodlums. Some of the candidates of the APC who won the election include Babafemi Fatula (Ikole Constituency I), Ayo Adegbite (Ado Constituency I), Mrs Iyabo…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has won the gubernatorial election in the state for another term. The election was conducted in all the 33 local government areas of the state on Saturday. Makinde who contested on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been declared the winner of the election. The returning officer in the state, Professor Adebayo Bamire who announced the result of the election, declared that Makinde who is seeking another term in office defeated all other candidates to win the election. Bamire, the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, announced that Makinde scored a total…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Gombe State, Inuwa Yahaya, is leading after the announcement of results from six LGAs. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that Jibrin Barde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had so far won two LGAs while APC won four LGAs, according to the results so far announced by INEC on Sunday. Gombe is currently governed by Inuwa Yahaya of the APC, who is serving a first term. The collation of the results is being presided over by Prof. Maimuna Waziri, the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Gashua, Yobe, who is the State…
Rotimi Amaechi, former Minister of Transportation has lost his local government area in Ikwerre to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In the announced result, PDP polled 13,716 votes to defeat the All Progressive Congress (APC), which polled 7,503 votes in the governorship election in the state. See the results below: APC:7,503 PDP:13,716 ACCORD: 138 LP:895 SDP:1,447