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Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP) received some advice yesterday: they should emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan by calling to congratulate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council (APC PCC) advised the duo to contact the APC standard bearer who appeared to be the frontrunner for the presidential ticket. APC PCC Special Adviser, Media, Public Affairs, and Strategic Communications, Mr. Dele Alake gave the advice yesterday at a news conference in Abuja. He stated that the two candidates should take the honorable path, having received details…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has been declared the winner of the Feb. 25 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State, received 8,794,726 votes to defeat his main rivals, Atiku Abubakar of the People Democratic Party (PDP), who received 6,984,520 votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party, who received 6,101,533 votes out of the total 24,965,218 votes cast. Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) finished in fourth place with 1,496,687 votes. “That Tinubu Bola Ahmed of the APC has met the…

The All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, launched a legal battle on Tuesday to prevent opposition parties from halting the ongoing collation of presidential election results from Saturday. The candidate and his party filed a lawsuit to stop the Labour Party and the People’s Democratic Party from continuously announcing and collating poll results. The suit was filed before the Federal High Court in Kano and was marked FHC/KN/CS/43/2023. The Action Alliance and the Independent National Electoral Commission were added as defendants, with Kashim Shettima, the APC’s vice presidential candidate, also named as a plaintiff. According to…

The refusal of the INEC chairman to comply with the electronic upload of results mandated by Section 60 of the Electoral Act 2022 is unacceptable, according to the three parties. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Labour Party (LP), and African Democratic Congress (ADC) have demanded a fresh election, saying the February 25 presidential election has been “irretrievably compromised”. At a joint press conference in Abuja on Tuesday, the LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, the PDP National Chairman, Iyorchia Ayu, and their ADC counterpart, Ralph Nwosu, announced this. They claimed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials at polling…

Ifeanyi Okowa and Datti Baba-Ahmed, vice presidential candidates for the Peoples Democratic Party and the Labour Party, respectively, said there was no transparency in the recently concluded Saturday elections. On Tuesday, they held a joint press conference in Abuja to announce their positions. During a joint press conference, the PDP, the LP, and the African Democratic Congress demanded that the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, step down over what they called irregularities in Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections. BREAKING: INEC suspends Port Harcourt NASS elections Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, the PDP’s vice presidential…

Hundreds of angry protesters stormed the National Collation Centre at the International Conference Centre in Abuja on Tuesday, demanding that the Independent National Electoral Commission keep its promise to implement electronic results transmission. A similar group gathered near the National Defence College, a few meters away from the center, chanting “INEC, keep your promises,” “No IREV, no collation,” and other slogans. During Tuesday’s protest, angry youths expressed their displeasure with the electoral umpire’s refusal to use live feed to electronically transmit election results. Addressing journalists gathered to cover the protest on Emeka Anyaoku street (about a kilometer from the collation…

Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has been declared the winner of the Ebonyi State election. Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) finished second, while Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) finished third. The results were announced on Tuesday at the Ebonyi Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abakaliki, the state capital. Obi is victorious in Anambra, Imo, Delta presidential poll Prof Charles Igwe, Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria (UNN), announced the final results as the Collation Officer for Ebonyi State. He claimed that Obi received 259738 votes, Tinubu…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has halted National Assembly elections in Rivers State’s Port Harcourt City Local Government Area. The Commission also advised anyone who is bullying or threatening the State Presidential Election Collation Officer and Vice-Chancellor of Federal University, Otuoke, Prof. Teddy Adias, to avoid him. Dr. Johnson Sinikiem, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), said the senatorial election in Port Harcourt and the PHALGA II House of Representatives poll had been suspended due to alleged irregularities. Sinikiem stated on Tuesday at the INEC Collation Centre in Port Harcourt that the commission would conduct thorough investigations before deciding on…

Mr. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has been declared the winner of the Saturday, February 25th election in Anambra, Imo, and Delta States. Obi received 584,621 votes in Anambra, his home state, compared to 9,036 votes for People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Atiku Abubakar. Prof Nnenna Oti, the state’s returning officer and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), declared the results at the INEC collation center in Awka. The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, received 5,111 votes, while the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) presidential candidate,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Abia South National Assembly elections inconclusive. Prof. Georgina Ugwuanyi, the Returning Officer for the Abia South National Assembly elections, announced this on Tuesday while speaking to party agents at the collation center in Aba. Ugwuanyi stated that there were 108 polling units that had issues that necessitated a rescheduled election. She did, however, announce the available election results without declaring the winners. According to her, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe of APGA received 49,693 votes in the elections. 2023 polls below expectation, INEC lacks transparency – NDI/IRI She further announced that LP’s Chinedu…