#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...
#NigeriaElections2023: Mark’s daughter, Akume’s wife, others win Rep seats in Benue
Blessing Onuh, daughter of a former president of the Senate, Senator David Mark, has won her re-election in Otukpo/Ohinmimi federal constituency. Mrs Onuh contested her re-election on the platform of the All Progressive Congress. Mrs Onuh polled 29,031 votes to defeat his closest rival Alex Ogbe of PDP who pulled 21,741. Also, the wife of Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs,...
Drama as PDP, LP, AA reject Ekiti results, allege over-voting
A former chairman of the Senate Committee on the Federal Capital Territory, Dino Melaye on Monday caused a stir at the National Collation Centre when he rejected the presidential election result declared for Ekiti State, alleging over-voting. The drama started before the beginning of collation when Melaye, who is also the agent ofs the Peoples Democratic Party, raised an observation...
