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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…]

Samson Abanni, Abuja The Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has adjourned sitting at the collation center to Monday, February 27, 2023, by 11am. Announcing the state result for the presidential election at the International Conference Centre, Abuja on Sunday, the Ekiti state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Ayobami Salami, turned in the state’s … [Read more…]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday formally opened the 2023 presidential election collation centre at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu opened the centre and set certain ground rules for the collation of results. “The collation centre is hereby declared open until the final announcement of the results of … [Read more…]

The collation of the Presidential and National Assembly results will commence on Sunday, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has announced. Yakubu made this announcement while addressing a press briefing on the voting process nationwide on Saturday. The INEC Chairman said the Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) worked perfectly … [Read more…]

An election monitoring group, the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, on Saturday released its preliminary reports, identifying late commencement of polls, glitches in the functionality of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines among other operational deficiencies that characterised the Presidential and National Assembly elections . The Chairperson of CDD’s Election Analysis Centre, Prof. … [Read more…]

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to extend voting time in areas and polling units were glitches led to late commencement of balloting. The NBA, which is the umbrella body of legal practitioners in the country, said its request to INEC was based on reports from over 1000 … [Read more…]