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United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has congratulated President-elect Bola Tinubu on the heels of the just concluded presidential election. Both the UK and Nigeria share a longstanding relationship that has withstood the latter’s over-62-year independence from the former. “Congratulations to @officialABAT on his victory in Nigeria. The UK-Nigeria relationship remains strong,” Sunak tweeted on … [Read more…]

Bola Tinubu, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the presidential election. Mahmood Yakubu, chairperson of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced the results in the wee hours of Wednesday. Yakubu said Tinubu secured a total of 8,794,726 votes. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) … [Read more…]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have instituted a suit to restrain the Labour Party (LP) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) from doing anything to stop the collation and announcement of the results of the February 25 presidential election. In the suit filed before the Federal High … [Read more…]

The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, won the 25 February election in Imo State. Mr Obi polled more than 70 per cent of the votes cast in the southeastern state. He polled a total of 352, 904 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored … [Read more…]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again postponed the collation of results for the 2023 presidential election at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, at 2pm on Tuesday said collation will now resume at 3:30pm. He explained that though results from five states are available, the commission expects at … [Read more…]

Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu The Supreme Court has confirmed a former Commissioner for Environment in Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga, as the authentic governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the state. In a judgment delivered Monday, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Evarest Nnaji Odengene. In the judgment presided over by Justice Kudirat … [Read more…]

Chetanne Chinelo, Enugu Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has lost his bid to represent Enugu North Senatorial District in the National Assembly. Ugwuanyi was defeated by Okechukwu Ezea of Labour Party in the election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday. While Ezea scored 104,948 votes to emerge the winner, Ugwuanyi … [Read more…]

Peter Obi of the Labour Party has been declared the winner of the presidential election in Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous state. Mr Obi secured 582,454 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Bola Tinubu of the APC, who scored 572, 606 votes. Atiku Abubakar of the PDP came third with 75,750 votes. A total of 1,347,152 … [Read more…]

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has defeated his main rival Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Katsina State. The result was announced by Muazu Abubakar, the Katsina State Returning Officer. Katsina is the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, a member of the APC. It is … [Read more…]

Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has cleared the results of two Abia Local Government Areas announced Sunday in Umuahia The affected LGAs include: Isiala Ngwa North where he polled 24, 336; and Isuikwuato, where he scored 16,038 votes. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, came a distant second in … [Read more…]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday said its Results Viewing Portal (IReV) has not been sabotaged or compromised, adding that the portal remains “well-secured”. INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in a statement, said the commission is aware of the challenges with the portal, assuring Nigerians that the “outstanding problems” … [Read more…]