INEC Declares Ambode Lagos Governor-elect
The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Akinwunmi Ambode, winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Lagos. INEC says Ambode got 811,994 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Jimi Agbaje of the Peoples…
APC Candidate Rejects Enugu Governorship Poll Outcome, Calls for Its Cancellation
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the outcome of the governorship election held in Enugu State on Saturday. The APC guber candidate in Enugu State, Barr. Okey Ezea, who addressed journalists alongside Dr. Ben Nwoye, the State Chairman of…
Governorship Election: Ajimobi, Dankwambo, Masari, Ugwuanyi Victorious
Winners are emerging from Saturday’s governorship election accross the country. The incumbent and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, has been re-elected in Oyo State as governor. Ajimobi, in what amounted to breaking the jinx of the…
Enugu Governorship Election: Ugwuanyi in Landslide Victory
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Enugu State, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi is set to win the state governorship polls. He leads his closest rival, Barr. Okey Ezea of the All Progressives Congress, APC, with a wide…
INEC Releases Niger Assembly Election Results
The Nigerian electoral umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday released results of Saturday’s state assembly polls in four constituencies in Niger State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that results from Shiroro, Chanchaga, Bida 1 and Bida…
Nigeria Elects First Female Governor
Results from Nigeria’s governorship election, Senator Aisha Jummai Al-Hassan may have made history by becoming the first Nigerian woman to be elected a State Governor. As Nigerians await official results of the polls, reports from Taraba State show Jumai, the…
Obama, Ra̼l Castro in Historic Meeting Over U.S. РCuba Relations
In attempts to establish closer ties with Cuba, President Obama and President Raúl Castro of Cuba met Saturday, in the first face-to-face discussion between the leaders of the two countries in a half century. The meeting on the sidelines of…
Ebonyi Council PDP Chairman Shot Dead
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Emeka Nworie, has been killed by gunmen suspected to be political thugs in the early hours of Saturday. The late PDP chairman was attacked in his…
We Won’t Vote if We Don’t See Result Sheets – Amaechi
Rivers State governor, Rotimi Amaechi, has disclised that members of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will not take part in Sarurday’s governorship and House of Assembly elections if INEC officials fail to show them election result sheets at…
Kidnapper ‘Nanny’ Demands N15 Million For 3 Lagos Kids
A female house help, hired through the Internet in Lagos State, has demanded the sum of 15 million naira as ransom for the release of three kids she abductor last this week in Surulere area of the state. The nanny…
Breaking: How Air Force Helicopter Crashed in Lagos
AÂ Nigerian Air Force helicopter has crashed in Lagos State, Nigeria. The crash occurred at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) at about 10a.m. on Friday after a training mission. Director, Public Relations and Information, Nigeria Air Force, Air Commodore…
