Protests Failed To Stop INEC From Declaring Wike Rivers Governor-elect
Complaints of widespread violence and electoral malpractices, to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by aggrieved political parties in Rivers State were not weighty enough to convince the electoral umpire from declaring the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party…
Anniversary: Buhari Backtracks On Chibok Girls Rescue
Ten days to presidential election, precisely on March 18, 2015, Nigeria’s President-Elect, General Mohammadu Buhari promised to rescue schoolgirls kidnapped from Chibok village in Borno State by Boko Haram fundamentalists. He made the promise at a town hall meeting Abuja,…
I’ll Have No Sectional Agenda, Okowa Tells Deltans
Delta State Governor-elect, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has assured the people of the state of keeping the promises he made during his campaign by ensuring that his administration operates on a progressive and all-inclusive template that has no sectional agenda. Senator…
INEC Declares Taraba State Governorship Election Inconclusive
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer for Taraba State has declared the state governorship election inconclusive after collating election result from sixteen out of the seventeen local government areas in the state. The returning officer for the governorship…
(PHOTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iwuala, Shekarau, Spotted With APC Leaders
The Nigeria’s Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was spotted at the airport in the early hours of Monday laughing and talking with APC leaders, Senator Kabiru Gaya and Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso….
Ex-Ogun Gov Candidate, Okunniyi, Congratulates Amosun
The governorship candidate of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in Ogun State in the 2011 election, Che Olawale Okunnyi, has congratulated Senator Ibikunle Amosun on his victory at the just concluded gubernatorial polls of the state. Okunniyi recently…
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…
