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Tuesday, 26 February 2019 05:35

More heavyweights fall in senatorial race

As National Assembly resumes plenary today after a one month break, no fewer than 23 out of 66 senators that sought re-election in last Saturday’s rescheduled National Assembly poll lost at the poll, going by the results released so far by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Out of the 109-member Senate, 66 Senators won their parties’ tickets last October to contest with 33 others failing in their re-election bid, while eight others will be contesting governorship election in their various states on Saturday, March 9. Those who lost the senatorial election, according to INEC official results as at press time,…

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 05:33

Ajimobi reacts to loss of senatorial election

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has conceded defeat to an opposition candidate he lost to in a senatorial election. The election was held in the nine local government areas in Oyo South Senatorial District. The election was won by a former Commissioner for Commerce and Cooperatives, Mr Kola Balogun, of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Ajimobi while reacting in a statement made on Monday by his Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Mr Bolaji Tunji, expressed appreciation to the people of the state for their peaceful conduct and large turnout during the elections. The governor while accepting the result…

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 05:32

How I was forced to announce Okorocha winner of Senate seat – INEC Returning Officer

Sunday night’s melodrama snowballed into a full-blown controversy Monday morning when returning officer for Imo West Senatorial District, Mr Innocent Ibeabuchi, said he was “detained at the centre for days.” He said this while announcing results of the senatorial election for the zone. Before reeling out figures at the district collation centre in Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) Office in Orlu, Ibeabuchi, a professor, said he was being held “under duress” to announce the results. “My name is Ibeabuchi Izuchukwu Innocent, a professor at Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), returning officer for Imo West (Orlu) senatorial zone”, the official said.…

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 05:31

EU, AU, others okay polls, say elections ‘conformed with Nigeria’s legal framework’

A delegation of joint foreign election observers has described last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly election as “largely peaceful, orderly and in conformity with Nigeria’s legal framework.” They also noted that the polls provided an opportunity for consolidation of democracy, and broadened the political space in Nigeria despite obvious challenges. The observers, drawn from African Union (AU), European Union (EU), The Commonwealth of Nations, National Democratic Institute (NDI), and Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa (EISA), made the observation yesterday at a joint press conference at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. Addressing newsmen, Head of AU Election Observation Mission to…

Monday, 25 February 2019 05:09

Buhari, Atiku in tight race as INEC opens collation centre

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Sunday performed the last step in the conduct of 2019 presidential election by opening National Collation Centre for the collation and announcement of results. Chairman of INEC and Chief Returning Officer, Mr Mahmood Yakubu, who performed the brief ceremony held at International Conference Centre in Abuja, however, adjourned sitting for the collation and announcement of presidential results till 11am today (Monday) after setting the ground rules. Earlier during an updated press briefing, Yakubu said Ekiti State was the first state to have completed the collation of the results of presidential election and is expected…

Monday, 25 February 2019 05:08

APC, PDP in war of words

All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party were last night locked in a war of words as anxiety rose among political actors over the results. Noting returns from the polls, PDP’s presidential candidate Mr Atiku Abubakar in a statement yesterday called for vigilance from supporters saying that he was confident of being declared winner. “With strong shares of vote in South- South, South- East as well as an increased share in South-West and North-Central, we are very pleased with the progress PDP has made,” Abubakar’s spokesman, Mr Phrank Shaibu said in a statement early yesterday. The statement said with PDP’s…

Monday, 25 February 2019 05:07

Saraki defeated in Kwara

Senate President Bukola Saraki lost in his bid to return to Senate in Saturday’s National Assembly elections in Karate Central Senatorial District. Mr Saraki, who contested on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, lost to Mr Ibrahim Oloriegbe of All Progressives Congress. The Senate President lost all four of the local governments in his senatorial district. The local governments, which include Asa, Ilorin East, Ilorin West and Ilorin South, were all won by Oloriegbe. Declaring result of the elections in the district, returning officer, Mr Olawole Obiyemi, a professor of human kinetics education at the University of Ilorin, said Saraki…

Monday, 25 February 2019 05:06

Dogara wins in Bauchi

Speaker of House of Representatives has been declared winner of Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Federal Constituency election in Bauchi State. Mr Dogara, candidate of PDP, scored 73,609 votes to defeat APC candidate, Mr Dalhatu Kantana, who scored 50,078. He was declared winner by returning officer for the constituency few minutes past 10 p.m. on Sunday. PT

Monday, 25 February 2019 05:05

Gombe gov loses senatorial bid

Governor of Gombe State, Mr Ibrahim Dankwambo, has lost his bid for the Senate seat of Gombe North Senatorial District. He lost to All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Sa’idu Alkali, in Saturday’s National Assembly election. Announcing the result at Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the collation centre in Malam Sidi of Kwami Local Government Area of the state, Returning Officer, Mr Umar Gurama from Federal Unversity Kashere, said Alkali polled 152,546 votes. Dankwambo polled 88016 votes during Saturday National Assembly elections at Gombe North Senatorial district in the state. Also, APC’s House of Representative candidate, Yaya Tongo, won Kwami,…

Monday, 25 February 2019 05:04

NBA reports disenfranchisement, manipulation during elections

Nigerian Bar Association has released its first report based on the organisation’s observation of Saturday’s general election. In a statement signed by Mr Afam Osigwe, the association’s chairman of Election Working Group (EWG), NBA noted that failure of card readers and other technical hitches affected the elections. The committee lamented what it described as an excessive deployment of voting materials in some polling units ”and an under-deployment of the material, ballot papers witnessed in other polling units”. According to the association, EWG was established to observe three key areas, namely the level of compliance by stakeholders in the voting process,…

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Sunday, 24 February 2019 04:45

Buhari, Atiku in neck-to-neck as violence mars polls

President Muhammadu Buhari has won in his unit in Daura, Katsina State, in presidential and National Assembly elections held throughout the country on Saturday. Though the elections were marred by violence in some states including Lagos, Rivers, and Anambra, voter turnout was impressive in most polling units, while it was rather low in others where voting took place. Mr Buhari, who voted at Polling Unit 003 in Sarkin Yara A Ward, Kofa Baru by Gidan Niyam, defeated candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Atiku Abubakar. Buhari, who is presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, polled 523 votes to defeat Accord…

Sunday, 24 February 2019 04:42

I’ll congratulate myself - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday morning reaffirmed his confidence in winning the presidential election. Mr Buhari told reporters shortly after voting at Kofar Baru, Sarkin Yara “A” ward in Daura, his home town, that he would win the election and congratulate himself. Clad in a light blue ‘Babariga’, the president was accompanied by his wife, Aisha, and some security details. Mrs Buhari was the first to vote before the president at 8.06 a.m., while the president voted at 8.10 a.m. “So far, so good. Nigerians understand and are behaving themselves,’’ Buhari said when asked to give his assessment of the…

Sunday, 24 February 2019 04:40

I’ll accept result if poll is credible - Atiku

Presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Atiku Abubakar, voted in his Ajiya Ward polling unit in Jimeta, Yola, yesterday with a pledge to accept result of the presidential election even if he loses, provided the poll is credibly conducted. Abubakar said as a democrat he has no problem with accepting poll results. “I am a true democrat unlike others. So far so good,” he said. The former Vice President who had a brief chat with the media after casting his vote at Unit 012 in Ajiya Ward near one of his houses at Old GRA, Jimeta, reiterated that…

Sunday, 24 February 2019 04:39

APC raises alarm over alleged PDP’s planned violence

PRESS RELEASE It has come to our knowledge from insiders within PDP Campaign Council who are making last-minute efforts to switch allegiance to President Muhammadu Buhari and All Progressives Congress that PDP is currently recruiting armed thugs and miscreants nationwide to attack ward and local government collation centres this evening till the wee hours of tomorrow (Sunday) morning. The purpose is to disrupt the collation process of the elections nationwide in order to cause crises and make this election inconclusive. As we know, most of these collation centres are usually in schools or other places that are poorly protected. This…

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