As the collation of results of the presidential election continues nationwide, the Peoples Democratic Party has won in seven out of 18 Local Government Areas in Edo State. At the INEC office in Benin where the collation of results continued into the wee hours of Monday, at Igueben the PDP candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, led with about 6,854 votes while the All Peoples Congress candidate, followed closely with 5,692 votes. The outcome was not any different in Esan Central, as the PDP polled 12,003 votes while the APC polled 7,688 votes. In Etsako Central, PDP led with 10,365 votes while APC…
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The Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), President Goodluck Jonathan is leading in six Local Governments according to the results collated and announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lafia, the Nasarawa state capital. The party, as at the time of filing this report has won six local government out of the 13 LGA in the state. The All Progressives Congress candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, has won three. The results from the LGAs are: Akwanga LGA APC 10, 823 PDP 15, 992 Wamba LGA APC 12, 958 PDP 8, 353 Keffi LGA PDP 9, 735 APC 26,…
The Presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress, APC, Muhammadu Buhari, is leading his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart and incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan in Kogi State in the presidential election. Mr. Buhari has so far garnered 109,827 votes against President Jonathan, who has 84,555 votes so far. The figures are from 11 out of the 21 local government areas of the state. Results from the remaining 10 local councils are still being collated. The figures were released by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Lokoja, the state capital, on Sunday night A breakdown of the result further revealed that Buhari…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has released results of presidential election in 10 local governments in Ogun State. From the results released on Sunday in Abeokuta, the All Progressives Congress, APC, emerged winner with a wide margin in seven LGAs while the People’s Democratic Party won the remaining three LGAs. The local government areas released so far include Obafemi-Owode, Abeokuta North, Odogboolu, Odeda, Imeko-Afon, Sagamu, Ijebu-Ode, Remo-North, Ewekoro, and Ijebu North-East. The details are as follows; Remo North: APC 6,164, PDP 9,278 Ewekoro LG; APC 9,626, PDP 3,227 Obafemi-Owode: APC 15,207, PDP 5,786 Imeko-Afon: APC 7,657, PDP 12,153 Sagamu…
Chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega has dismissed the claim made by the Director, Media and Publicity of the People’s Democartic Party Presidential Campaign organisation (PDPPCO), Femi Fani-Kayode that the PDP was winning the presidential elections in 23 states and has scored 64 percent. According to the INEC boss, results have not been collated in more than 20 states. “I don’t know the sources of such information (that the PDP is leading in 23 states). The results have not been collated in 23 states. Fairly very few states have actually collated. In fact, only two states…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Nigerians to totally disregard misleading figures being circulated by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the social media as results of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in some polling booths. The ruling party in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh on Sunday, said the figures were “fake and do not represented the true results which are currently being collated by INEC, the only body authorized to release and announce results. “The APC in its desperation for power has resorted to posting fake results in the social media in a…
Vice President Namadi Sambo won his polling unit for the Peoples Democratic Party, in the presidential and National Assembly elections, which held on Saturday nationwide. Mr. Sambo voted at polling unit 11, Police College, Kabala Doki, Ward 5 in Kaduna North Local Government Area. The Returning Officer, Olorufemi Raphael, while announcing the result at the end of voting, said PDP polled 105 votes, APC 20 votes, NCP 01, while APA got 01. The vice president had been taunted in the past and dismissed as a political lightweight who could not win election in his own ward. In the 2011 general elections, Mr. Sambo…
The All Progressives Congress has warned against any attempt to tamper with the results of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections, saying Nigerians have voted peacefully and massively and they know who they have voted for. In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the APC said it has the authentic results from every polling unit where voting took place on Saturday, and will not accept anything contrary to those signed results. The opposition party condemned the dangerous kite now being flown by the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, through some of their…
The National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun lost his polling unit and ward to the Peoples Democratic Party in Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections. Mr. Oyegun’s Ward 2 of the Staff Training School at GRA Benin has two units. At both units, APC lost to the PDP. At Unit 2, where Mr. Oyegun voted, PDP garnered 88 votes to defeat APC, which had 65 votes in the presidential election. For the House of Reps, PDP polled 79 votes against the APC’s 75. At Unit 1 of Mr. Oyegun’s ward, the PDP garnered 95 votes in…
The Resident Electoral Commissioner of Rivers state, Dame Gesilia Khan, tonight said elections held in the 23 local government areas of the state despite protests and refusal of some eligible voters to exercise their franchise. “The Presidential, senatorial and House of Representatives elections held In the 23 Local government areas in the Rivers state on March 28, 2015,” she said. Although Governor Rotimi Amaechi had refused to be accredited because electoral officers at his Ubima ward polling unit could not present the result sheets, the Rivers State REC said he was wrong to have asked for the election results. “At…
The conduct of presidential and national assembly elections in Rivers State has generated concerns among election observers from the U.S and UK, who monitored elections in the state. The group, Contact Project, led by its Executive Director, Miss Jennifer Lynne, told reporters in Port Harcourt that the observers monitored the election in six local government areas. She said the observers observed challenges in the area of availability and security of result sheets. “In addition, as widely reported, we observed severe challenges due to dysfunctional card readers, causing lengthy delays, voter denial and reporting irregularities”. According to Lynne, the events that…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, for the arrangements it made for the conduct of the presidential and national assembly elections. He made the commendation while addressing journalists shortly after casting his vote at Kofar Ajiya polling unit in Tambuwal. “I commended INEC for making excellent arrangements for the conduct of Saturday’s presidential and national assembly elections. “Nigerians should accept the results in good faith and be peaceful and orderly”, he said. He advised the media to report only the official results of the elections released by INEC. Also, speaking…
The President of the Senate, David Mark, has described the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday as largely peaceful in his constituency. In a statement yesterday, Mr. Mark, however, expressed concern over the reported cases of faulty card readers. The senate president said after he cast his vote in Otukpo Ward 1, Otukpo, Benue State on Saturday that the exercise was “generally peaceful and organized. The voters queued and complied with the rules”. He expressed concern over the malfunctioning of the card readers in some polling units and urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to salvage…
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has declared that none of the commission’s databases was compromised in Saturday’s cyber-attack on the electoral body’s website. The INEC chairman, who was a guest on Weekend File, a Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) programme hosted by veteran newscaster, Cyril Stober, said the attack on the commission’s website, which lasted less than forty minutes, did not disrupt the election plans. “What I want to stress is that no database on the website is compromised, but only the information on the website”, Mr. Jega said. While reiterating that the commission’s sensitive…
A lot of Nigerian celebrities and showbiz stars have been quite vocal, expressing their thoughts about a “free and fair” election while some openly campaigned for the candidates of their choice. Sadly, not all starts have decided to give their vote to any candidate as most of them are out of town to headline concerts in other parts of the world. Here a list of notable stars that missed the election: 1. Davido HKN boss, Davido left the shores of Nigeria on Friday, March 27, 2015 in a private jet along with members of his HKN Gang which includes B-Red, Deekay and Kamal…
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An Instagram user, Samuel Ajayi has accused Wizkid of smashing his iPhone 6, breaking a glass in the club and making Dubai police shut down a night club. If you didn’t know, Wizkid is currently in Dubai where he headlined the Industry Nite on Thursday, March 26, 2015. A young man who uses the account @samuelchyn on Instagram has accused Wizkid of smashing his iPhone 6 because he took a photo of the ‘Ojuelegba’ singer while smoking. Wizkid is still in Dubai and has gone ahead to have a Yacht party at the Dubai Marina Yacht club and he’s yet…
It’s common knowledge that they both entered the movie industry at the same time and it’s their partnership that gained them their present status in Nollywood. Apparently, Aki and Pawpaw whose real names are Chinedu Ikedieze and Osita Iheme respectively parted way as we stopped seeing them in movies together and they stopped living together; there was really no beef between them. Chinedu Ikedieze (Aki) explains as he speaks to the Tribune There was no clash between us. Then, the owner of the property wanted to use it, so we both had to vacate the apartment. The truth must be told, we cannot live together…
There was a little controversy at first concerning if there was a proposal or not; but it seems that has been resolved. Ubi Franklin who recently proposed to Nollywood actress, Lilian Esoro has revealed that he’ll be getting married to her before the year runs out. The MMMG boss stated that the wedding will definitely hold in Nigeria because he’s not a fan of weddings held outside the country. In a recent chat with Punch, Ubi said: – ‘The marriage would definitely be this year in Nigeria. I am not a fan of marrying abroad. I have nothing against people that do…
Voting will continue today in 300 out of the 150,000 polling stations in the country, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This came after technical glitches affected voting at several polling units nationwide. “Just about 300 polling units out of about 150,000,” Kayode Idowu, INEC spokesman told reporters yesterday. According to him, there were 109 polling stations where “cards were not read” at all, another 100 stations where there were “issues” with biometric data, while card readers in other areas had battery problems. The situation made the commission to direct electoral officer to start manual accreditation of voters.…