Author: Ayorinde Oluokun
Just In: APC’s Sule defeats PDP’s Ombugadu to be reelected Nasarawa governor
Governor Abdullahi Sule garnered 347,209 votes in the election to be re-elected the governor of Nasarawa State for final and…
Just In: NNPP defeats APC in Kano governorship election battle
Kano thus became the first state to be won by the NNPP in the Saturday's governorship election conducted in 28…
No winner yet – INEC declares Kebbi governorship election inconclusive
Collated results of Kebbi governorship election show that the APC, candidate was in the lead with 388,258 votes, while his…
Sanwo-Olu speaks on governorship election victory
By Florence Onuegbu Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu early Monday morning promised that his government will keep all the promises he made…
Labour Party’s Alex Otti in clear lead in Abia
Otti who is the candidate of Labour Party in the election has polled 65,968 votes so far from the 10…
Zulum in firm lead against PDP candidate in Borno
Zulum, who is the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election won in all the 22 local governments…
Police speak on murder of Rivers APC campaign director
The Commissioner has tasked operatives of the Command to deploy all necessary human and investigative assets to ensure that killers…
‘How gunmen attacked INEC staff, security operatives in Kogi’
The victims were returning from election duty in Kupa district of Lokoja, when they were waylaid by the heavily armed…
PDP’s Fubara coasting to victory as Gov. Wike’s successor in Rivers
Fubara has won massively in all the 17 local governments declared before the announcement and collation of the result was…
JUST IN: Kwara governor AbdulRazaq re-elected for 2nd term
AbdulRazaq polled 273, 242 votes to defeat the PDP candidate who is his closet rival who scored 155, 490 votes.
JUST IN: Umar Namadi of APC wins Jigawa governorship election
Namadi, who is the incumbent deputy governor of Jigawa, scored 618,449 votes to beat his closest rival, Mr Mustapha Sule…
APC wins 23 out of 26 Ekiti Assembly seats
Ekiti has 26 Constituencies across its 16 Local Government Areas
17 arrested for electoral offences in Lagos
Lagos Police Commissioner, CP Idowu Owohunwa, had on Saturday told journalists that the list of persons arrested for various offences…
Gunmen attack buses conveying INEC officials in Kogi, 6 missing
Officials of INEC, police officers and drivers sustained gunshot injuries in the attack on the six buses which reportedly occurred…
Gov. Yahaya leads as INEC announces results of 6 Gombe LGAs
Details of the results showed that in Shongom LGA, Governor Yahaya of APC polled 13,609 votes, PDP scored 13,412 votes,…
‘How Ebonyi PDP chieftain Peter Nweke was beaten to death by thugs’
A member of PDP who is resident in the area, Innocent Nomeh, confirmed that the deceased was killed after being…
Armed hoodlums disrupt collation of results in Cross River
The hoodlums attacked the Ogoja Local Government office being used by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as collation center…
Desmond Elliot re-elected into Lagos House of Assembly
Elliot emerged winner with 17,837 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bode Adebayo, the candidate of Labour Party (LP) who…
Rivers APC chieftain Chisom Lenard shot dead
Lenard, a chartered Surveyor, was reportedly shot dead by hired political thugs in police camouflage while he was resisting their…
INEC ad-hoc staff shot dead in Rivers
By Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt An ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC was shot dead by political…
Sen. Adeola delivers polling unit, ward to Gov. Abiodun
Speaking earlier to journalists after voting, Senator Adeola expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the governorship and state assembly election.
Yiaga Africa exposes how politicians induced voters
Yiaga Africa WTV Data Center received 54 verified critical incident reports, primarily concerning the intimidation and harassment of voters, disruption…
Lai Mohammed delivers polling unit for Gov. AbdulRazaq
In the results announced by INEC Returning Officer for the Polling Unit 006 Oro Ward 2, Irepodun Local Government Area,…
Gov. Abiodun narrowly defeats PDP’s Adebutu at polling unit
Governor Abiodun defeated the PDP candidate by five votes in his polling unit scoring 147 votes to Adebutu's 142 votes.
Gov. El-Rufai wins polling unit for Uba Sani
Candidates of APC also won the house of assembly election conducted alongside the governorship election in Governor El-Rufai's polling unit.
EFCC nabs 19 vote buyers in Kwara, recovers PoS machine, cash
Some of the suspected vote buyers were arrested in Omu-Aran, Ilorin South and Ilorin West areas of Kwara state with…
INEC’s security director ‘breached security of election’ in Rivers, Wike says
Wike said the INEC's security official he identified as Leebari, carried out that act in favour of Magnus Abe, the…
Ogun: Gunshots as hoodlums snatch ballot boxes in Gov. Abiodun’s hometown
The hoodlums, whose number could not be ascertained, had invaded the polling unit on motorcycles and started shooting into the…
Nollywood actress Chioma Akpotha attacked by thugs in Lagos
Chioma Akpotha, however, escaped unhurt in her vehicle which was damaged by the thugs. She said the side-mirror and other…
‘Why Obasanjo did not vote for first time since 1999’
It was the first time that Obasanjo, a two time Nigerian leader will not vote in an election since Nigeria…