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Alex Otti of the Labour Party, LP, has been declared the winner of the 2023 Abia State Governorship election. He scored a total of 175,467 valid votes while his closest contender and PDP candidate, Okey Ahiwe scored 88,529 valid votes. More details later…
Press Release: Resumption Of Collation Of Governorship Election Results In Abia And Enugu States It will be recalled that the Commission met on Monday 20th March 2023 and reviewed the conduct of the Governorship and State Assembly elections held nationwide on Saturday 18th March 2023. Arising from the meeting, the Commission took the decision to … [Read more…]
“I am eager to go,” Buhari said at the State House in Abuja Tuesday while receiving the outgoing United States Ambassador, Mary Beth Leonard. He said given the chance of a free and fair election as well as non-interference as was witnessed in the February 25 and March 18 elections, Nigerians had proved to be … [Read more…]
Enugu residents and supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have, once more, called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to, without further delay, announce its candidate, Dr. Peter Mbah, the winner of the Saturday March 18 governorship election in Enugu State. The winner of the Enugu governorship polls is yet to be announced … [Read more…]
The Labour Party (LP) and its candidate, Mr Peter Obi, have formally filed a petition at the Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, challenging the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner of the February 25, 2023, presidential election. The petition marked: CA/PEPC/03/2023, has the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC); … [Read more…]
The Campaign Council of the Enugu State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has disagreed with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on its decision to suspend the announcement of the final results and declaration of Dr. Peter Mbah as the winner of the Enugu State governorship contest, stressing that the election management body … [Read more…]
…NNPP Finally Breaks Through Amid 15 APC Wins, Eight For PDP The heated governorship race has finally ended in 24 of the 28 states that participated in last Saturday’s polls with Kano State playing host to a historic win for the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP). The over-20-year-old party claimed its first governorship seat through … [Read more…]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has increased the salaries of workers in the state by 20 per cent, shortly after he secured a second term in office. In a circular by the Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, the governor reiterated his administration’s determination to improve the welfare and well-being of public servants in Lagos State. … [Read more…]
The senator representing Enugu East, Chimaroke Nnamani, has formally withdrawn his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), following his defeat at the hands of the Labour Party (LP). LP’s Kevin Chukwu clinched the seat after having polled 69,136 votes to defeat Nnamani, who scored 48,701 votes. The election was held last Saturday, following the … [Read more…]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Enugu State, has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), urging the election management body to declare its governorship candidate in Enugu, Dr. Peter Mbah, the winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election in the state, saying it is the only option by the provisions of the Electoral Act … [Read more…]
The Labour Party and its governorship candidate in Enugu State, Chijioke Edeoga have petitioned INEC against the results from Nkanu East Local Government area, saying BVAS was not used in election in the council. Pacesetter reports that both Labour Party supporters and PDP supporters have staged protests in front of INEC office in Enugu, for … [Read more…]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the New Nigeria People’s Party, NNPP governorship candidate, Abba Kabir Yusuf winner of the last Saturday election in Kano State. Yusuf defeated his close rival, the All Progressive Congress, APC candidate, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna with a margin of over 100,000 votes. The INEC Returning Officer for the … [Read more…]