INEC adjourns collation till 2 PM today
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjourned the collation of the 2023 presidential results at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. INEC National Commissioner, Festus Okoye, at 12 noon on Tuesday said collation will resume at 2 pm. Okoye explained that though results from five states are available, the commission was expecting at least 10 more states to join today’s...
#NigeriaElections2023: Obi defeats Tinubu, Atiku in FCT
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has won the election in the Federal Capital Territory. Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, defeated the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, and the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. Obi polled a total votes of 281,717 to win all the six area councils...
#NigeriaElections2023: Abia Deputy Speaker loses Rep seat to LP
The Deputy Speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly, Chief Ifeanyi Uchendu, has lost the Arochukwu/Ohafia federal constituency election. He lost to the candidate of the Labour Party, Ibe Okwara-Osonwa, who was declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Okwara-Osonwa polled a total of 8,946 votes to defeat his closest rival and the candidate of...
#NigeriaElections2023: Obasanjo’s call for election cancellation condemnable – Ex-COAS, Akinrinade
A former Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Staff, General Alani Akinrinade, has knocked former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his call for the cancellation of the elections. Akinrinade said the recent statement by Obasanjo over the recently concluded elections must be condemned in the strongest terms by democracy-loving Nigerians and those who care about the unity of the...
Atiku, Tinubu, Obi, in tight race as run-off looms
•Tinubu polls 4.1m, Atiku 3m, Obi 1.6m in 14 states •APC wins in Ekiti, Kwara, Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, JIgawa •PDP in Osun, Yobe, Gombe, Adamawa, Katsina •LP in Lagos, Enugu, Nasarawa •What the law says The Presidential candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress; main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; and Labour Party, were locked in a tight race, last night as results of...
‘It’s sham’, NNPP faults INEC over election results
The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has described the process of collating and presenting presidential election results by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as a “sham.” The spokesperson of the NNPP Presidential Campaign Council, Ladipo Johnson made this assertion during an interview with Arise News morning show on Tuesday. Nigerians went to the polls on Saturday to elect their preferred...
Lagos: Tinubu calls for calm, says he’ll accept election outcome
The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has appealed to the people of Lagos State to be calm and eschew any act that can lead to a breakdown of law and order. This is even as the former Lagos State governor stated that he would accept the outcome of the presidential poll, whether favourable or not. Tinubu’s plea is...
#NigeriaElections2023: PDP retains Jos South, East federal constituencies
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared Dachung Bagos of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of Saturday’s election for Jos North/Bassa Federal Constituency in Plateau State. The INEC Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Jonathan Dabak, of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Jos declared the results on Monday. According to the Returning Officer, Bagos scored 95,637 votes to...
#NigeriaElections2023: Ex-gov T.A Orji’s son loses Abia Rep seat to LP
The speaker of the Abia State House of Assembly and son of former Governor of Abia State, Chinedu Orji has lost his ambition to represent Ikwuano, Umuahia federal constituency in the House of Representatives. The candidate of the Labour Party for the seat, Chief Obi Aguocha, won the election after polling a total number of 48,199 votes to defeat Orji, who...
#NigeriaElections2023: Drama in Borno as Tinubu maintains lead in nine LGAs
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has continued to lead with 70,892 votes in Borno State, winning in the nine local government areas so far announced by the returning officers. They include Gubio, Kaga, Magumeri, Mafa, Kwaya Kusar, Konduga, Nganzai, Dikwa and Bayo LGAs. The former Lagos State governor is closely trailed by the presidential candidate of...
