Month: February 2023
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Atiku Defeats Tinubu in Buhari’s State, Katsina
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of Saturday’s general election in Katsina State. The state Returning officer, Professor Muazu Abubakar Gusau, early Monday morning announced the results of the exercise. The results were announced by him at 3.20 a.m. He said the…
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Tinubu Defeats Atiku, Obi in Ogun With Over 150,000 Votes
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the presidential election in Ogun State, beating out the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State, APC candidate Bola Tinubu finished in first place with 341,554 votes, while the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar polled 123,831. In third,…
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Acclaimed UNICAL Lecturer Arrested For Impersonation, Possession of 17 INEC’s BVAS
Acclaimed lecturer in the philosophy department of the University of Calabar, Gabriel Agabi who hails from Ugoro Community in Bekwarra Local Government Area of the state was on Sunday arrested by the Police over impersonation and in possession of 17 Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, not programmed for the ward where he was arrested. He…
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Peter Obi Wins LG in Lagos, as Tinubu Records Early Lead
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has won Ikeja LGA in Lagos state. Ikeja is the local government area of Bola Tinubu, standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Olusegun Agbaje, the INEC resident electoral commissioner, announced the result at the collation centre in the state on Sunday. Obi secured 30,004…
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Peter Obi Wins 5 Local Governments in Edo
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Gregory Obi has won in five local governments in Edo state. The Edo State Collation Officer, Vice Chancellor, University of Uyo, Prof.Professor Nyaudoh Ndaeyo, has released the results of the presidential election in five Local governments in the state. The five local governments where results were…
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Labour Party Faults Process of Collating Results, Threatens Legal Action
The Labour Party (LP) has faulted the process of collating the result of last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly Elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),saying it will challenge the outcome in court. LP alleged that most of its members were deliberately disenfranchised through varied means across the country, but were more discerning in…
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Why Collation of Presidential Election Result is Being Delayed – INEC Chairman
Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC and Chief Returning Officer for the Presidential Election, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has explained the delay in the collation of presidential election results, with a promise to begin by 6pm on Sunday. Yakubu disclosed this while officially declaring open the National Collation Centre domiciled in the International Conference Centre ICC,…
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Presidency: Tinubu ahead in Southwest, Northwest, North-Central, Obi Southeast
Confidence and excitement bubbled in the camp of the All Progressives Congress (APC) last night as results of the presidential and National Assembly elections began to trickle into public domain and the collation centres of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) nationwide. Early returns from polling units in the six South West states of Lagos,…
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Varsity Lecturer Arrested Over Alleged Vote-buying
A lecturer with the Sarwuan Tarka University (formerly known as the University of Agriculture), Makurdi, Benue State, Dr Cletus Tyokyaa was on Saturday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged vote-buying. He was arrested at the RCM Polling Unit in Daudu, Guma Local Government Area of the state with the sum of…
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#NigeriaDecides: Pregnant Woman Slumps, Dies While Waiting on Queue To Vote
A pregnant woman, identified as Shamsiya Ibrahim on Saturday slumped and died while waiting on the queue to vote in Tsafe Area of Zamfara State. It was gathered that when the pregnant lady slumped, she was rushed to Tsafe General Hospital where she was confirmed dead upon arrival. Shamsiya traveled from Kotorkoshi area of Bungudu…