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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…

Sen. Ahmed Lawan of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been elected to the Yobe North Senatorial District. Lawan received 91,318 votes, according to the Returning Officer, Prof. Omolala Aduoju of Federal University, Gashua, who declared the results in Gashua on Monday. “Having met the requirements of the law and received the most votes, Alhaji Ahmed Lawan of the APC is hereby declared the winner and re-elected,” she said. Sheriff Abdullahi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came in second with 22,849 votes, while Alhaji Garba Umar of the New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) received 7,210 votes. Lawan received 91,318…

Ibrahim Dankwambo, a former governor of Gombe State, has won the Gombe North Senatorial District election, defeating incumbent Sen. Saidu Alkali of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Dankwambo, a two-term governor of the state, ran for office on the People’s Democratic Party platform (PDP). Prof. Umaru Gurama, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, Federal University, Kashere, announced the results on Monday in the Malamsidi headquarters of the state’s Kwami Local Government Area. He stated that Dankwambo received 143,155 votes, defeating his closest competitor, Alkali of the APC, who received 77,948 votes. ”Having satisfied the requirement of the law and scored the highest votes,…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Bello, of the All Progressives Congress the winner of the Niger North senatorial election. According to the returning officer, Zacchaeus Kolo, who announced the results, Bello polled 100,197 votes and having satisfied all conditions was declared the winner. Bello won the senatorial election against the PDP and NNPP candidates who scored 88,158 and 13,886 votes respectively. He has served as a two-term governor on the platform of APC. He was born on 17 December 1967.  He attended ST. Loius primary school, Kano from 1974 – 1979 and later…

Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, has won the Edo North senatorial seat. 2023: Group pledges N120m for Oshiomhole’s ambition The Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer, Benjamin Adesina, announced the results in Auchi, the senatorial headquarters, saying Oshiomhole received 107,110 votes to defeat the incumbent, Francis Alimikhena of the Peoples Democratic Party, who received 55,344 votes. “Adams Oshiomhole of APC, having scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared as the winner of the election conducted on the 25th of February for Edo north senatorial district,” Adesina said.

Gov. Ben Ayade has been defeated in his bid to return to the Senate by Sen. Jarigbe Agom-Jarigbe, the incumbent senator representing Cross River North. Ayade, who served in the Senate from 2011 to 2015, was defeated in Saturday’s National Assembly elections by Agom-Jarigbe of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who received 76,145 votes. Dr. Emmanuel Emanghe, speaking on behalf of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced the results of the polls around 3:05 a.m. on Monday. According to Newsmen, Agom-Jarigbe, a two-term member of the House of Representatives, was elected to the Senate in a bye-election in September…