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…
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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
The Labour Party, LP, governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, has insisted that he won the gubernatorial election in the state. Rhode-Vivour explained that the results of LP’s field agents indicated that he won Saturday’s governorship election. He accused the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, of colluding with the All Progressives Congress, APC, to manipulate results. In a series of tweets, the governorship candidate insisted that the results declared by INEC were not a reflection of the wishes of electorates in Lagos State. He wrote: “Firstly, I would like to thank all Lagosians, especially our supporters for coming out…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has announced the results of the Saturday gubernatorial elections in 15 local government areas of Lagos State. According to the commission, the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate and the incumbent governor of the state Babajide Sanwo-Olu won the 15 local governments with 718,595 votes. The governor who is seeking re-election for his second tenure is ahead of the Labour Party, LP’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour who also garnered 257,502 from the 15 LGs announced so far. Sanwo-Olu is also ahead of his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP counterpart, Olajide Adediran aka Jandor who scored 59,172 votes from…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the Ogori Magongo State Constituency election in Kogi State, Hon. Bode Ogunmola, has been declared the winner. Declaring the result of the election, Mr Ekundayo Mejebi, the returning officer, said Hon. Bode Ogunmola defeated Major Akerejola of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Hon. Ogunmola scored 2,910 votes to defeat his close rival, Major Akerejola, who scored 2,163. Ogunmola is the immediate past Publicity Secretary of the PDP in Kogi State.
InfoStride News has reliably gathered that the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Boripe/Boluwaduro State Constituency in the House of Assembly election. The APC candidate, Popoola Simon Olufemi, has been declared the winner of the assembly seat. Candidate Olufemi of the APC polled 15,594 votes to defeat Aina Abayomi Adesina of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 14,817 votes. InfoStride News had earlier reported that the Osun PDP had won 25 of the 26 state constituency seats that make up the Osun State House of Assembly. It was also earlier reported that the result for Boripe/Boluwaduro state constituency…
Festus Keyamo, the spokesperson of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has congratulated Desmond Elliot for winning Surulere 1 constituency seat. Desmond reportedly defeated the youthful Olumide Oworu of the Labor Party. LP Supporters, popularly known as Obidients, had vowed to vote for Oworu to defeat Desmond Elliot. The lawmaker had on his Instagram page posted a video of his visit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, thanking him for his support towards the state assembly election. He described Gbajabiamila as his father, mentor, leader, and speaker of the nation.…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has won the polling unit of a former governor of the state, Senator Rasidi Adewolu Ladoja. Makinde, who is seeking a second term on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, scored 98 votes to defeat other candidates. The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Teslim Folarin, scored 35 votes. The gubernatorial and the state House of Assembly elections were conducted in all the 33 local government areas of the state on Saturday.
As results continue to trickle in across polling units in the Governorship and House of Assembly elections, the Nigerians await the winners and losers in the election. The state has 17 local government areas and 2.1million registered voters. Major governorship contenders are Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chijioke Edoga of the Labour Party, LP, and Frank Nweke Junior of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and Chief Uche Nnanji of the All Progressives Congress, APC. IGBOETITI LGA EKWEGBE WARD 1 Polling unit: Amadulu Gubernatorial APC – 3 LP – 64 PDP -8 UKEHE WARD IV Polling unit:…