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Mr. Chinedum Orji, Speaker of the Abia House of Assembly, lost Saturday’s election for the Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency. Mr. Obi Aguocha of the Labour Party (LP) defeated Orji, the son of former Governor Theodore Orji. The Returning Officer, Prof Uma Oke, announced the results on Monday, saying that the LP candidate received 48,199 votes, defeating PDP candidate Orji, who received 35,196 votes. He stated that Mr. Ogbonnaya Obilor of the APC received 4,042 votes, while Mr. Ogbonna Abariukwu of the APGA received 2, 758 votes. He also said that Mr. Obinna Nwosu of ADC scored 2386, while Mr.…

After roughly 18 hours of collation, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) completed the state collation of Presidential Election results in Lagos State on Monday. On Saturday, the presidential and NASS elections were held concurrently across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The collation of results from Lagos state’s 20 Local Government Areas (LGAs), which began at 6.30 p.m. on Sunday evening, was completed at 12 noon on Monday, 48 hours after the election ended on Saturday. The exercise was carried out at the Lagos State Collation Centre for the Presidential Election, which is located at INEC’s Media…

Election Monitoring Coalition (EMC), a civil society organization, has praised the conduct of Military personnel, during Saturday’s Presidential and, National Assembly elections. The coalition remarked in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by the Director of Monitoring, Bello Yahuza, and the Director of Politics, Yewande Amusa. They stated that their team specifically went out on Saturday to assess the conduct of military personnel and discovered that they had carried out their responsibilities with high ethical standards. According to the group, their investigation was based on promises made by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, that the armed…

Gbadebo Rhodes, the Labour Party’s governorship candidate in Lagos state, has accused the Independent National Election Commission of conspiring with the ruling All Progressives Congress to rig the recently ended general elections. Last Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly elections will be remembered. This was stated by Rhodes on Arise News on Monday. He said, “INEC has been colluding with the ruling party in Lagos state and it is really disgraceful. The moment transmission of results did not happen from polling units, these elections have been compromised.” He disclosed that the election was marred with irregularities orchestrated by the apex electoral…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu received the most votes in the presidential and National Assembly elections held in Jigawa State on Saturday, according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The collation officer, Professor Arma Ya’u Hamisu Bichi of Federal University Dutsin Ma, stated the presidential election was calm as he announced the results. According to Bichi, the APC received 421,390 votes, the LP 1,889 votes, the NNPP 98,234 votes, and the PDP 386,587 votes. The ruling APC received two senatorial seats and eight House of Representatives seats, while the opposition PDP received one…

Former Nasarawa Governor Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has lost his re-election attempt to represent Nasarawa South to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Mohammed Ogoshi Onawo. According to the returning officer, Dr. Ahmed Ashiku, who declared the results, the PDP candidate received 93,064 votes, defeating Al-Makura of the APC, who received 76,813 votes, and Mohammed Agwai of the NNPP, who received 30640 votes. Arch Shehu Tukur, the APC national Chairman’s preferred candidate, lost in Nasarawa West to Ahmed Aliyu Wadada of the Social Democratic Party, a former member of the House of Representatives (SDP). The INEC returning officer of the election…

Mr. Abdullahi Lado of the All Progress Congress (APC) lost his re-election bid for the Suleja, Tafa, and Gurara Federal Constituency against Tanko Adamu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). According to media reports, Lado is a current Suleja/Tafa/Gurara Federal Constituency member. In announcing the results, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Tanimu Garba, stated that the PDP candidate received 40,632 votes, defeating the APC candidate who received 38,217 votes. Garba was proclaimed the winner of the PDP candidate after meeting the legal conditions and being re-elected. Other contestants were George James of ADC who scored 344 Ibrahim Ibrahim…

Out of the 23 local government districts in Sokoto State that have been announced so far, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the APC’s presidential candidate, is in the lead in 10. He has received 101,612 votes so far. Atiku Abubakar, a candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), comes in second with 98,080 votes. The Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi now has 342 votes. At 10 p.m. on Sunday, the results of the presidential election started to be announced. Tinubu adds Oyo to his wins, clears all LGs Tureta, Kware, Bodinga, Shagari, Gudu, Yabo, Rabah, Tangaza, Binji, and Wurno are the…

Erhriatake Ibori-Suenu, the Peoples Democratic Party’s nominee for the House of Representatives in the Ethiopia Federal Constituency, has defeated the incumbent, Ben Rolands Igbakpa of the New Nigerian People’s Party. Ibori-Suenu is the daughter of Chief James Onanefe Ibori, a former governor of Delta State and national leader of the PDP in that state. The Independent National Electoral Commission announced Erhiatake Ibori-Suenu as the winner of the Ethiopian Federal Constituency. FG, Delta State clash over £4.2m linked to Ibori PDP received 20,814 votes, APC 15,172, NNPP 8,901; APGA 2,155; ADC 637; and ZLP 563, according to the INEC-certified results of…

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, won the presidential elections held on Saturday in Oyo State. BREAKING: Peter Obi beats Tinubu to win Lagos polls Tinubu prevailed in the 33 local government areas of the state, placing Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, in second place. Peter Obi, the presidential candidate for the Labour Party, finished in a distant third place overall in the state. This was what the INEC returning officers for each local government area in the state announced from Sunday through Monday at the state collation…