IRETI Heeba Kingibe of Labor Party has been declared winner of Saturday’s senatorial election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Heeba defeated incumbent Senator Philip Aduda of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who was elected into the senate in 2011. The returning officer, Professor Sani Saka, said she polled 202,175 votes to defeat Aduda who secured 100, 544 votes. All Progressives Congress’s Zakari Angulu got 78, 905.
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PROFESSOR Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said the call for his resignation by the Labour Party (LP) and the People’s Democratic Democratic Party (PDP) is misplaced. News Point Nigeria had reported how some parties said they had lost confidence in the ongoing election process over the non-use of electronic transmission of results as stipulated by the Electoral Act. At a briefing in Abuja, the opposition parties alleged that Saturday’s elections had been manipulated. But responding through Rotimi Oyekanmi, his Chief Press Secretary, the INEC Chairman, said contrary to the insinuation by both parties, results…
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) on Tuesday slammed opposition parties over their calls for the cancellation of the February 25 presidential election. At a briefing on Tuesday, a Media Adviser of the APC PCC, Dele Alake knocked the Labour Party (LP) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for calling for the cancellation of the election, saying it will be tantamount to an “abortion of democracy”. Alake said the presidential candidates of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar and his LP counterpart, Peter Obi to “accept defeat honourably”. “This election has already been won by our candidate, according to…
THE Senate experienced a rowdy session over the collation of the results of the presidential and National Assembly 2023 election. News Point Nigeria reports that, the Senator representing the Kwara Central, Ibrahim Oloriegbe, citing Orders 41 and 51 presented a motion on the need to call for calm and appeal to political parties, stakeholders and Nigerians to abide by the rule of law on the election process in the just concluded election. He was backed by other senators in the All Progressives Congress, stating that it was very important for the highest legislative body to be involved to bring calm…
THE Federal Government has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the 2023 general elections with his allegedly inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the polls.The Federal Government has urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo not to truncate the 2023 general elections with his allegedly inciting, self-serving and provocative letter on the polls. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said what the former President “cunningly” framed as an “appeal for caution and rectification” was nothing but a calculated attempt to undermine the electoral process and a wilful incitement to violence.…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has moved the collation of results for the 2023 presidential election by some hours. The collation of results from the state started on Sunday at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja. Monday’s collation had ended a few minutes past 10 pm. Mahmood Yakubu, INEC National Chairman, had adjourned the collation to 11am on Tuesday to enable the state collation officers for the presidential election (SCOPs) in the remaining states. But addressing newsmen on Tuesday, Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner, explained that though results from five states were available, the commission expects at least…
SENATOR Adamu Aliero has been declared the winner of the Kebbi Central Senatorial District election at the expense of Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State. Announcing the result in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State capital, the Returning Officer Professor Abbas Yusuf Bazata declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senator Adamu Aliero winner having scored 126,588 votes against Governor Bagudu, the Chairman All Progressives Congress (APC) Governors’ Forum, who scored 92,389 votes. Similarly, a political debutant Garba Musa Maidoki of the PDP has defeated the incumbent Senator Bala Na’allah of the ruling party APC and who was seeking the fifth term in…
THE collation centre at ICC is currently besieged by a small crowd of young people protesting the results as the presidential election results are still being counted. News Point Nigeria reports that, in order to voice their discontent with the election results, the demonstrators, who are primarily young people, stormed the national collation center, the International Conference Centre, ICC, in Abuja. The youths criticized the way the presidential election was conducted, under the leadership of activist Moses Ogidi-Paul. The demonstrators held placards that said, among other things,“BeingbackIREV, no IREV no collation,” “Nigeria not for sale, we fight for justice,” “INEC…
THE Senatorial candidate of the Labour Party in the Federal Capital Territory, Hajiya Ireti Kingibe, on Monday, raised the alarm on how political thugs were allegedly recruited to rig the election following the cancellation of results from polling units in Bwari and Gwagwalada Area Councils by the Independent National Electoral Commission. She, however, expressed optimism that the will of the people must prevail. While alleging that thugs attacked some collation centres and tore presidential result sheets, without being arrested, the candidate said she would stand her ground and ensure that the right thing was done. According to her, due to…
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has scored the highest votes in Saturday’s presidential election in Nasarawa State. Obi polled a total votes of 191,361 in the contest to defeat his closest rival, Mr. Ahmed Bola-Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, who got 172,922 votes while Mr. Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party secured 147, 093 votes. News Point Nigeria reports that the presidential election results were collated and announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC), collation officer in Nasarawa State, Prof. Ishaya Tanko. Tanko, who is the Vice-Chancellor University of Jos, Plateau state, saod the…
TWO agents of the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, stormed out of the National Collation Centre for the presidential election results at the International Conference Centre in Abuja on Monday. A member of the 8th National Assembly from Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye; and a former governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha; amongst other party agents staged a walkout on the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu over dissatisfaction on the process of the collation of results from state collation officers for the presidential election (SCOPs). The drama ensued around…
ELECTION Observers from The international republican institute and the national democratic institute have expressed concerns over the violence that erupted in some parts of the country during the just concluded elections . Leader of the NDI/IRI election observer group, Dr Joyce Banda who was speaking at a news conference in Abuja notes that while the signing of the peace accord offered the presidential aspirants the opportunity to caution their supporters, it failed to achieve the aim . The group states that the election fell short of its expectation owing to lack of adequate logistics and political violence amongst others. The…
THERE was drama at the International Conference Centre in Abuja on Monday when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) resumed the collation of the February 25 presidential election results for the second day. The drama ensued when a former member of the 8th Nigerian National Assembly, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye protested the results from Ekiti State announced earlier on Sunday. Melaye, an agent to the flag bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, caused a stir when he fiercely insisted that the INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu must not accept the results of Ekiti, alleging that…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, of the All Progressives Congress the winner of the Niger North senatorial election. According to the returning officer, Zacchaeus Kolo, who announced the results, Bello polled 100,197 votes and having satisfied all conditions was declared winner. Bello won the Niger North senatorial election against the PDP and NNPP candidates who scored 88,158 and 13,886 votes respectively.
THE Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed and her counterpart in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mahmud Muhammad Abubakar have lost their polling units to the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The ministers are indigenes of Kaduna State and currently serving in the cabinet of President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed lost her polling unit,.PU 053 in Kawo, Kaduna North, where in the Presidential election, APC scored 8 votes, NNPP 5 and the Peoples Democratic Party 15 votes. The Minister of Agriculture, Mahmud Muhammad Abubakar lost his polling unit in Tudun Wada,…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Salihu Mustapha of the All Progressive Congress the winner of the Kwara Central Senatorial District election. Mr Mustapha secured 109,823 votes to defeat the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Bolaji Abdullahi. Mr Abdullahi, who is a former minister of sports, got 69,202 votes. The APC candidate was announced as the winner by the Returning Officer, Professor Salih Abubakar. “That Mustapha Salihu of APC, having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner,” Professor Abubakar declared to cheers from APC supporters. Mr Mustapha, 50, has been in the All…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Sunday cautioned political parties against the release of presidential and National Assembly election results, stressing that only the commission is “legally responsible” for the release of election results. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu made this known when he formally opened the 2023 presidential election collation centre at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. “I appeal to all political parties and media organisations to draw their figures only from the official results released by the commission as the only body constitutionally responsible for releasing official election figures,” Yakubu emphasised. Mahmood also said the collation of…
THE House of Representatives election for Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu federal constituency in Kogi State has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The returning officer, Dr. Adams Baba, declared the result inconclusive in Kabba, the collation centre for the federal constituency, on Sunday. He said the candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Salman Idris who polled the highest votes of 13,867 in the election is deficient by the electoral law to be declared winner of the election. He added that the number of cancelled votes from two polling units in the federal constituency was higher than the margin of…
THE Director General of Tinubu Campaign Organisation, and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Bako Lalong, has lost his polling unit to the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, at polling unit 015, Kurumbo Ward B of Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau State. News Point Nigeria reports that, Lalong is contesting Plateau South Senatorial District in the Saturday’s election. He voted at Unit 015 located at the LEA Primary School Ajikamai. Sowan Stephen, the presiding officer of the unit, announced that Peter Obi of the Labour Party scored 104 votes, the All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Bola Ahmed…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced the upload of the 2023 presidential results on its website, News Point Nigeria has observed. Our correspondent who logged into the commission’s portal observed that as of 10:45 pm, results from a total of 2,060 out of the 176,846 polling units have already been uploaded. INEC has come under fire for failing to allow the upload of results on its portal. One of the leading Civil Society Organizations, YIAGA Africa, in a statement on Saturday expressed disappointment at the failure of the commission to upload the results. “Yiaga Africa is deeply concerned with…