Category: Politics
Reverend father Hyacinth wins Benue
21 Mar 2023
Hyacinth Alia, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has won the Benue state governorship election. Ali, a reverend father, garnered 473,933 votes to defeat Titus Uba, the candidate of the Peoples Democracy Party (PDP), who polled 223,913 votes, to be declared the winner on Monday. Herman Hembe of the Labour Party (LP) scored 41,881 […]
Continue ReadingFintiri wins Adamawa
21 Mar 2023
Adamawa State Governor and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State, Ahmadu Fintiri, has won the majority of the votes cast in Saturday’s election. Although Mr Fintiri has yet to be formally declared the winner of the election, at the time of this report, the results of all the 21 local […]
Continue ReadingINEC declares Babagana Zulum winner of Borno State Governorship election
21 Mar 2023
The INEC Returning Officer in Borno state, Professor Jude Tsammani Rabo who is also the Vice Chancellor, of Federal University, Wukari, Taraba State has declared Babagana Umara Zulum of the All Progressives Congress, APC as the Governor-elect having polled 545,543 votes. Zulum defeated his closest rival of the PDP, Mohammed Ali Jajari who managed to […]
Continue ReadingPDP party agent killed by thugs while struggling with the ballot box with them
21 Mar 2023
Oyibo Nwani, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ebonyi State has been killed by suspected political thugs. Oyibo Nwani, an agent in the governorship and House of Assembly elections, was shot dead by the thugs who stormed his polling unit in the Onicha Local Government Area on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Onicha […]
Continue ReadingIt’s official: Sanwo-Olu has been re-elected as governor of Lagos
20 Mar 2023
Governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been re-elected. In the early hours of Monday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Mr Sanwo-Olu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of Saturday’s governorship election. He received 762,134 votes to his main challengers’ 62,449 votes for the PDP and 312,329 votes for the LP. […]
Continue ReadingINEC staff in Surulere, Lagos confronted for claiming that results would only be uploaded at the RAC center
20 Mar 2023
INEC personnel stationed at PU059 in Surulere, Lagos state, have stated that they are unable to upload the governorship and state house of assembly election results directly from the polling unit. The lady addressing the voters informed them that the results will not be uploaded from the polling unit until they take them to the […]
Continue ReadingGov Sanwo-olu set to be reelected as Lagos State Governor after leading in 18 LGAs
20 Mar 2023
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is leading by a wide margin in the governorship election held in the state on Saturday. Sanwo-Olu has won 18 out of the 19 LGAs declared so far while Labour Party’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour won only one. Only the results from the […]
Continue ReadingINEC declares Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq winner of the Governorship election in Kwara
20 Mar 2023
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State as the winner of the 2023 governorship election in the state. The governor won the poll to serve a second term of another four years in office under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Abdulrazaq won in all […]
Continue ReadingGovernor Dapo Abiodun has been reelected for a second term
20 Mar 2023
The Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, has been reelected for a second term of four years. The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate was declared the winner by Prof Kayode Adebowale, the state returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the March 18, 2023 governorship election in Ogun State. Abiodun polled 276,298 […]
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