The lawmaker representing Rimin Gado, Tofa and Dawakin Tofa, Abdulkadir Tijjani Jobe in Kano State, has boasted that he will defeat his opponent. Jobe, who is contesting against Governor Ganduje Son, Abba, cast his vote at Jobe wards Dawakin Tofa, He told newsmen that he is highly confident from the reports of early results coming that he has won Governor Ganduje at his polling unit. “I’m highly confident of going back to the House after my wide defeat of Ganduje and his family at this election because my constituents are hundred percent with me”. He said, “what did Ganduje do…
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The Labour Party has raised the alarm alleging that some officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have refused to upload the presidential election results in Lagos and Delta States. The National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, raised the alarm in a statement he issued on Saturday night. According to him, the results collated in various polling units in the states are not being uploaded to the Central Server of the electoral body. Abure alleged that in places like Agege, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Surulere, and Ibeju Lekki, amongst others where results showed that Labour Party won convincingly, the INEC…
Reno Omokri has reacted to reports making the rounds that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was trying to change the results of the ongoing presidential and National Assembly elections. There are some reports from the supporters of one of the leading presidential candidates that the INEC was trying to manipulate the system in favour of another candidate. The former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan believes that there was no way the Commission could change the results when polling agents already have the results that have been publicly declared. “INEC is NOT trying to change any results. Stop spreading such…
The Speaker of the House of the Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has commented on the ongoing general elections. Gbajabiamila, who voted in his polling unit at about 11 am on Saturday, said the election was smooth and peaceful. He disclosed this on Saturday in a post via his verified Twitter handle. The Speaker said the election is critical to the country. “Was at my polling unit this morning in Surulere, at about 11 am to cast my vote. The process went smoothly, in a peaceful and orderly manner. “I hope it continues like this across the country as this election is…
Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has won at former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s polling unit at Ward 11, Unit 22, Olosomi Compound, Totoro/Sokori, Abeokuta, Ogun State. Obasanjo had earlier declared his support for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi. But, Tinubu, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), defeated other candidates. The former Lagos State Governor scored 55 votes to defeat Obi who polled 9 votes. The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, got 7 votes.
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Ladi Adebutu, has voted in Wesley Primary School, Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area of the State. Adebutu while addressing newsmen said the election has been peaceful so far. However, the PDP candidate was not pleased that Governor Dapo Abiodun visited his (Adebutu’s) polling unit after he had voted at a different polling unit. Adebutu asked why will Abiodun be “gallivanting around” after he had voted. He described the act as being against the law of the land. Adebutu expressed confidence that the PDP will win the election, asking…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has expressed concern over the voters’ apathy in the state, especially among women. The Governor, while waiting to cast his vote, urged the electorate to come out en masse to exercise their rights by choosing their leaders. El-Rufai who waited for hours in the queue to cast his vote disclosed this at PU 024 ward 7 Unguwar Sarki, Kaduna said there are reported cases of Biomodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) malfunction in the state. The Governor explained that a BVAS machine was snatched at the Southern part of the state, just as he also said that two…
The Delta State House of Assembly candidate for Uvwie Constituency, Ufuoma Gideon Diare of Africa Democratic Congress, ADC, alleged manipulations in the election exercise. He spoke with newsmen at Alegbo Primary School in Effurun,Uvwie Local Government Area. Diare said:”They are trying to submerge the people. But Nigeria is waking up, everyone is beginning to believe that Nigeria will move forward.” He, however, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC for conducting a free and fair election. According to him,”INEC has done a good job.”
As Nigerians file out to decide their next president, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has been described as the greatest threat to a free and fair election in Nigeria. Deji Adeyanju, a socio-political activist, made the remark while accusing Bello of cutting three major roads to the opposition stronghold in the state. On Thursday, the Kogi State Government, said the excavation of some roads in Kogi Central was a deliberate security measure. The state government said the measure was to restrict criminals from using the roads to cause havoc. This was disclosed by the state’s Commissioner for Information and…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, performed optimally nationwide during the presidential election. Yakubu stated this while giving an update on Saturday at the National Collation Centre briefing in Abuja. He explained that according to reports reaching the Commission, all went relatively well with its technologies. “There were ballot boxes snatched here and there, but it appears that the target of those who want to undermine the election is the BVAS. We would continue to do everything to protect the process and proceed courageously,” he stated.
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has expressed hope that the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu will be declared president-elect. El-Rufai spoke at his polling unit while lamenting over the low turnout of voters across the state. The governor also lamented the snatching of ballot boxes and BVAS in Southern Kaduna. El-Rufai said: “This morning, we got a report of one incident in Southern Kaduna where BVAS and ballot boxes were snatched and in Soba where two ballot boxes were also snatched. “And of course in my view, my prayer is that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is…
Voters in Rivers State have expressed their determination and interest in participating in the presidential and National Assembly elections. A cross-section of voters, party agents and unit coordinators who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday expressed their views about today’s elections. A voter, who simply identified herself as Miss Chioma, said that though the cashless policy was biting hard both on the poor and the rich, she foresaw a huge success of the exercise. She said that today was very significant in the life of every Nigerian to come out and exercise their franchise to vote for…
The U.S. announced a new round of sanctions on Russian firms, banks, manufacturers and people Friday, aiming them at entities that helped Russia evade sanctions earlier in the year-old war against Ukraine. Russia’s metals and mining sector is among those targeted in one of the U.S. Treasury Department’s “most significant sanctions actions to date, according to the agency. The action, taken in coordination with Group of Seven allies, seeks to punish 250 people and firms, puts financial blocks on banks, arms dealers and technology companies tied to weapons production, and goes after alleged sanctions evaders in countries from the United…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday asked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to seek other options outside Musiliu Akinsanya, popular as MC Oluomo, to distribute 2023 election materials in Lagos State. InfoStride News reports this on Friday in the judgment of Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke in a suit filed by Labour Party, its governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Favour and four others. The court had on Monday okayed an interim order on the issue before adjourning to hear the substantive case. A hearing in the substantive case came up on Wednesday, after which the court adjourned for its judgment until…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has assured that its governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, would complete the agro-cargo airport in Iperu area of Ogun State. InfoStride News reports that the agro-cargo airport initiated by the Gbenga Daniel administration was revisited by the incumbent Governor, Dapo Abiodun. On Thursday, the airport witnessed its maiden test flight at an occasion graced by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and other dignitaries. But, the PDP in a statement by its spokesman in Ogun, Akinloye Bankole, reminded Ogun people that the cargo airport project was actually a brainchild of the PDP administration in Ogun…
A spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Council, Dele Momodu, has revealed that he likes the Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi because he continues to give respect to whom it is due. Despite lauding Obi’s respectful disposition, Momodu maintained that the Labour Party flag bearer is not in the same league as the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. He added that it would be almost impossible for the former Anambra Governor to win the presidential election on Saturday. The veteran journalist spoke while fielding questions on Arise TV’s Morning Show on Thursday. Momodu said, “Peter…
Barely 24 before the 2023 general election, the National Conscience Party, NCP, has endorsed the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu. Leaders of the party took the decision after its emergency National Coordinating Council meeting in Abuja. A Communique signed by Adebola Lateef, National Secretary; Pastor Peters Omoragbon, NDC South-South; and Comrade Waheed Lawal, Acting National Chairman was issued at the end of the meeting. The party also denied endorsing the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, stressing that its leadership was not consulted by the former chairman of the party, Mallam Tanko Yunusa. “As a result,…
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has described an audio wherein he purportedly revealed plans by himself, Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal and Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to rig Saturday’s election as fake. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, Atiku said the clip in circulation was a confirmation of last week’s alert of plans by opponents to deepen its propaganda. “In this age of artificial intelligence technology, even dead people can be portrayed as delivering speeches. This is nothing new,” Shaibu noted. The aide recalled Atiku contested two presidential elections and has never…
The immediate past Speaker of the Taraba State House of Assembly, Joseph Albasu Kunini, has described those going about discouraging eligible voters not to vote for the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), as devil-incarnates. He made the assertion, Friday in Lau local government council of the state while canvassing votes for persons jostling for one position and the other on the platform of the ruling party in the state. The former speaker who contested the governorship ticket of the PDP but did not succeed urged his constituents to vote massively for all the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Barely 24 hours before the presidential election, state chairpersons of the Labour Party, LP, said the party’s candidate Peter Obi was ill-prepared to win the poll. Gombe State LP chairman and coordinating chairman for the 36 states, Sani Abdulsalami, disclosed this on Thursday while speaking with journalists in Abuja. Abdulsalami alleged that Obi had neglected the party’s chairpersons in the 36 states. He added that the presidential candidate of LP does not respect the party’s executives in the states but prefers working with his cronies. “As members of the Labour Party National Executive and NWC, it is our opinion and…