The vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and his counterpart in the Labour Party, Dr Yusuf Ahmed Baba-Ahmed, has dismissed last week’s presidential election as a sham. The duo stated this at a briefing in Abuja yesterday.“Reading from a prepared text, Governor Okowa said what the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, was doing by announcing results yet to be uploaded on the INEC portal was illegal and would not stand, adding that the promise by the INEC chairman to review the results after the declaration was a joke. Okowa…
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President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan . Ahmad Lawan, President of the Senate, says he owes his re-election into the National Assembly to the support of the people of Yobe-North. Lawan said this when he received a congratulatory card from the Senate Press Corps on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the people of Yobe North should take credit for the election victory. “You will recall that when the crisis about who will run for the senate seat for Yobe-north started, the matter was taken to court. “At the Federal High Court Damaturu, somebody else was given judgement. “Immediately…
Following the collation of the election results from 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu is strongly leading his major rivals; Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party(LP). As of the time this report was filed, Tinubu leads his closest challenger, Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, with over 1.8 million votes after the summation of results from the 36 states and Abuja. The former Lagos governor and national leader of the…
An official of the Independent Electoral Commission has reportedly been shot dead while some corps members sustained different degrees of injuries in Delta State. The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Delta State, Mr. Monday Tom, confirmed this to journalists on Monday shortly after the result of Ukwani Local Government Area was taken. He said, “There were incidents of attack in Ukwani Local Government Area where one of us died on their way coming after the election. The gunmen opened fire at their bus and unfortunately killed one INEC official and injured the corps members. “The corpers are now receiving treatment but…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to candidates of political parties to think more of Nigeria as the nation await results of Saturday elections. The group’s Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the call in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday. Akintola urged all candidates to avoid inflammable statements and to demonstrate faith in the country’s electoral system. The organisation further urged politicians and their followers to eschew post-election violence and to seek redress in the court of law, if aggrieved. “Nigerians went to the polls on Saturday, Feb. 25, to pick their 16th president, senators and representatives. “As at…
Barcelona manager, Xavi Hernandez, was left sizzling after his side suffered a 1-0 La Liga loss to relegation nominees Almeria on Sunday evening. The home side dumbfounded the leaders when Almerienses forward El Bilal Toure scored the only goal in the first half. Xavi roasted his players declaring this was his team’s most dissatisfying performance this season. The Catalan boss told reporters: “This was our worst match of the season. I’m very pissed off. It was too difficult,” he remarked. “We weren’t there. We weren’t inside the match. There are no excuses today. We didn’t deserve to win and we…
Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP Peter Obi has defeated the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Lagos, his home state. According to the results declared, Obi polled 582,664 while Tinubu scored 541,850. Although, the APC candidate won more local government areas, Obi defeated Tinubu with the majority of the votes cast in the state. All the results of the 20 local governments have been declared. Tinubu won in 11 while Obi won in nine local governments.
The All Progressive Congress in Ekiti State has cleared all the 9 National Assembly seats in the State. A statement signed by INEC Head, Voter Education and Publicity, on behalf of the Ekiti Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof. Abayomi Salami, declared the All Progressive Congress as the winner of all the nine National Assembly seats in Ekiti The Statement which was made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Sunday evening, showed that the APC emerged victorious in the 3 Senatorial Districts as well as the 6 Federal Constituencies in the State. Ekiti Central Senatorial District: Opeyemi Bamidele scored 69, 351 to…
A younger brother of the late President Umaru Yar’adua, Abdulaziz Yar’adua, has been declared winner of the Katsina Central Senatorial District election. The Returning Officer for the election, Aminu Kankia, declared the result in Katsina on Sunday night. According to him, Yar’adua of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored a total of 153,512 votes, against 152,140 votes scored by Aminu Sirajo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Kankia added that Gambo Abubakar of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) received 16,005, while Aminu Gide of Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) got 781 votes. Yar’adua is a retired lieutenant colonel in the…
Popular skit maker, Nasboi, has taken a swipe at Toyin Abraham and some other Nigerian celebrities over their choice of presidential candidate. In the post, which sounded sceptical, the internet celebrity made a screen recording of himself unfollowing Actress Toyin Abraham, Eniola Badmus and Comedian Seyi Law. For reasons best known to him, Nasboi expressed his disappointment over the drama that has ensued as a result of the presidential election. He noted his regret for ever looking up to them as his role models. DEAR ENIOLA BADMUS, DEAR TOYIN ABRAHAM AND SEYILAW, DID YOU WITNESS THE RIGGINGS? YOU SAW VIDEOS, RIGHT? ARE YOU…