FORMER President, Olusegun Obasanjo said the Saturday’s presidential election failed integrity test and as such, the election must be cancelled. He particularly asked the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu to save Nigeria from the looming danger and disaster waiting to happen. He said this in a statement titled “2023 Nigeria Presidential Election: An Appeal For Caution and Rectification.” According to him, it is no secret that INEC officials at operational level have been allegedly compromised following the manual transmission of results which has been manipulated and doctored. News Point Nigeria reports that on January 1,…
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A BUSINESSMAN and candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State, Dr Jimoh Ibrahim, has been declared winner of the senatorial election held on Saturday. Ibrahim defeated the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and the immediate past deputy governor of the state, Mr Agboola Ajayi. The announcement of the election result was disclosed by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state. According to the INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Johnson Fashimilehin, Ibrahim polled 110, 665 votes while Ajayi scored 65,784 votes. Announcing the result,…
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, Bola Tinubu in the February 25, 2023 poll says he is bound to accept the outcome of the just-concluded election as a Democrat. The former Lagos State governor also said the victory of his counterpart in the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi in the state shows the beauty of democracy. Tinubu also warned his followers to be calm and maintain peace, saying Obi’s victory in Lagos should not be a source of provocation. “The APC candidate further said that as a democrat he is bound to accept the outcome of any election whether…
ARMED thugs on Monday invaded some markets in Lagos, attacking traders in the process. Markets allegedly invaded include Ladipo auto parts market, Balogun and Ebute-Ero on the Lagos Island and Mainland. Those affected alleged that some of the thugs broke into shops and made away with goods. Some traders were said to have sustained injuries while trying to flee from the area. James Onwuaman, a trader at Balogun Market, Lagos Island alleged that he sustained injuries during the attack. According to him, they received threat messages on Sunday, warning them to stay away from the market. Another trader at the…
THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has won in all the 33 local government areas of Oyo state following the announcement of the remaining 2 local governments’ results on Monday. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Prof Babatunde Olusola Kehinde, announced the results at Dr. Mutiu Agboke Collation Centre in Ibadan on Monday. Prof Kehinde, the acting Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB), however, called for a break of about 30 minutes to put all the results from the 33 local government areas together and announced the final results. The…
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi has defeated the APC Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Lagos, his home state. Though Tinubu won more local governments, Obi defeated him with the majority of the votes cast. All the results of the 20 local governments have been declared. Tinubu won in 11 while Obi won in nine local governments. The local governments won by Tinubu include Agege, Apapa, Badagry, Epe, Ibeju-Lekki, Ifako-Ijaiye, Ikorodu, Lagos Island, Lagos Mainland, Surulere and Mushin. Obi on the other hand won Eti-Osa, Amuwo Odofin, Ikeja, Ajeromi-Ifelodun, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, Alimosho, Ojo and Somolu. With…
THE incumbent Senator for Ekiti South Senatorial District and former Senate Minority Leader, Biodun Olujimi has lost her seat to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and member of the House of Representatives, Yemi Adaramodu. The APC candidate polled 63,189 as against Olujimi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 36,191. Notably, the APC cleared all the National Assembly seats in the just-concluded election in Ekiti. APC’s Opeyemi Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, polled 69,351 to defeat his closest rival Ajijola Lateef of the PDP who polled 26,181.
THE results of the Saturday’s Presidential elections in the eighteen council areas of Ondo State have been announced by INEC. The State Returning Officer for the presidential election and the Vice Chancellor, Federal University , Oye-Ekiti, Professor Abayomi Fashina, announced the results at INEC headquarters in Akure last night. APC polled 369,924 votes PDP polled 115,463 votes LP polled 47,350 votes ADC polled 5612 votes ZLP polled 4783 votes SDP polled 1293 votes Accredited voters : 571,402 Votes cast : 570,017 Votes rejected: 19,009
THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi is leading his counterpart in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu with over 1,000 votes in 17 local government areas (LGAs) in Lagos State. As of the time of filing this report at 07:30am on Monday, Obi polled 448,878 while Tinubu scored 447,187 votes in 17 local government areas in Lagos. The figures are according to results collated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the February 25 presidential election in Lagos. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje opened the floor at the state collation centre in the…
THE candidate of Labour Party, Thaddeus Attah, has been declared as winner in Eti-Osa Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives. Attah polled 24,075 votes, beating his counterparts, Olubankole Wellington (Banky W) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had 18,666 votes, and Babajide Obanikoro of the APC, who had 16, 901 votes. Babajide, who is a son of former Minister of Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, is the current lawmaker representing the constituency. INEC Returning Officer, Prof Funmilayo Odukoya made the declaration on Sunday at the Collation Centre, Lagos State Model Nursery and Primary School, Marwa, Lekki 1. “That Thaddeus…
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the presidential election in Ogun State, beating out the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other political parties. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State, APC candidate Bola Tinubu finished in first place with 341,554 votes, while the PDP’s Atiku Abubakar polled 123,831. In third, fourth and fifth place, respectively, were Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) who got 85,829 votes, Dumebi Kachikwu of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) with 10,529, and Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) polling 2,200. The number of registered voters in the…
PRESIDENTIAL candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, has defeated his All Progressives Congress (APC( rival, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in Ikeja Local Government Area of Lagos State. In the results announced by the Collation Officer, Obi polled 30,004 to defeat Tinubu in his home Local Government Ikeja. Tinubu scored 21,216.
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has been re-elected for the fifth term to represent Surulere 2 Federal Constituency. Gbajabiamila polled 19,717 votes to defeat other candidates. In the results declared by returning officer, Virgy Ebere Chukwu Onyene, PDP scored 5,121 to come second while Labour Party has no candidate in the election. SDP polled 838 votes while ZLP got 660.
THE Presidential candidate of People Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won 20 out of 30 Local Government areas in Osun State, leaving his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, Bola Tinubu, won 10 Local Government areas. According to the results collated and officially announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) State collation officer for the presidential election, Folashade Ogunsoa, out of the 1,954,800 registered voters in Osun state, 759,362 were accredited for the elections. The INEC state collation officer announced that Atiku scored 354,366 votes while Tinubu scored 343,945 out of 756,744 total votes cast in the state. The…
THE Senate Spokesperson, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, has lost his bid for re-election into the Senate from Osun Central on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Bashiru lost to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Fadeyi Olubiyi, in Saturday’s election. Prof. Ibrahim Usman, the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) Returning Officer, who announced the results on Sunday in Osogbo, said that Olubiyi polled 134, 229 votes to defeat Bashiru, who scored 117, 609 votes. For Osogbo Federal Constituency, INEC returning officer, Dr Isiaq Egbewole, announced the PDP candidate, Adewale Muruf, as the winner. The returning officer said that Muruf…
THE presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has defeated the candidates of both the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party in 12 local government areas of Oyo State announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The local governments are: Ibadan North West: APC 13078, PDP 6011, LP 4820 Kajola: APC 11917, PDP 9358, LP 503; Afijio: APC 8876, PDP 4112, LP 1925; Itesiwaju: APC 6180, PDP 4948, LP 387; Atisbo: APC 7928, PDP 4031, LP 1178; Atiba: APC 15046, PDP 6180, LP 1234; Lagelu: APC 16011, PDP 5112, LP 4066…
ONE person was reportedly shot dead in Idanre, Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday at the collation centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission in the local council area. It was gathered that the deceased, Akinlabi Akinnaso, popularly known as Oluomo, was allegedly killed by the security agents guarding the electoral commission’s office.
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adegboyega Adefarati, as the winner of the House of Representatives election for Akoko South West and Akoko South East federal constituency in Ondo state. Adefarati, who is also the son of the former governor of the state, the late Adebayo Adefarati, polled 25,872 votes to beat his closest rival in the election exercise, Gbenga Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Kolawole scored 18,403 votes. Professor Ibukun Emmanuel, INEC’s returning officer for the National Assembly election in Ondo state, declared Adefarati, who is…
THE Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has been defeated in the polling unit and local government of his Campaign Council Director General, Dr. Akin Osuntokun. News Point Nigeria reports that, Obi lost the local government, Ekiti West in Ekiti State, to the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in the saturday’s presidential election. According to the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Local Government Collation Officer, the APC cleared all the 11 wards in the council. The results showed that APC secured 14,516 votes while the LP scored 391 votes. The People Democratic…
THE presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu has won 12 local government areas (LGAs) in Ekiti State. In the result of 12 out of 16 LGAs announced so far by the Ekiti State Presiding Officer for INEC, Prof Akeem Lasisi, Tinubu recorded the highest votes in the LGAs ahead of his closest rival, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP). Results from four local governments are still expected to complete the statistics. See the results of the 12 local governments already announced: 1. Ilejemeje Local Government APC…