When the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election, it generted debate as to whether 25% of the votes cast in FCT must also be secured to win, together with the two-thirds of the 36 states. Section 134 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) stipulates Read More
The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) have clinched all the three senatorial seats in the state. Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on Sunday night declared the Turaki of Ilorin, Mustafa Saliu winner of Kwara central seat. He polled 109, 823 votes to defeat his closest rival and former Minjster of Sports Mallam Abdulganiyu Bolaji Abdullahi who scored 69,202 votes. Read More
Governor Nasir el-Rufai’s son, Muhammad Bello el-Rufai of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has won the Kaduna North Federal Constituency seat with 51,052 votes. Bello defeated incumbent member representing Kaduna North, Malam Suleiman Samaila of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 34,808 votes, Malam Aliyu Mohammed Ahmad of NNPP scored 10,148 and Shehu Mohammed Faisal of Labour Party (LP) scored Read More
The Member representing Zaria Federal Constituency, Dr. Abbas Tajudeen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been reelected to represent his constituents after scoring 49, 595 votes. Shuaibu Musa Indabo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 47, 419 votes to place second. Shamsudeen Abubakar of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) was third with 13,882 votes, while Hon. Suleiman Read More
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, has won the presidential election in two Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Out of the three Area Councils declared so far, Tinubu won in Kwali and Abaji Area Councils, while the candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, won in Kuje area council. The Federal Capital Territory has six Area Read More
Labour Party (LP) candidate, Mr. Donatus Mathew, has been declared winner of the Kaura Federal Constituency election. The Okada rider was declared winner of LP’s first Federal House of Representatives election in Kaduna state on Sunday by the returning officer, Prof. Elijah Ella. He said Mathew polled a total of 10,508 to defeat the incumbent member and candidate of the Read More
The Member representing Damaturu, Gujba, Gulani, Tarmuwa federal Constituency, Khadija Bukar Abba Ibrahim, has joined her fellow Nigerians to exercise her civil right. Khadija voted at 005 polling unit at Damaturu Emir’s Palace in Damaturu, Yobe state capital. Shortly after casting her vote, the lawmaker urged youths to conduct themselves peacefully during and after the election. Kadija said she was Read More
Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has revealed that his party was aware of moves by opposition political parties to cause commotion in some parts of the country “in order to discourage people from coming out to vote”. Abure who stated that it was a mere threat to stop them or instill fear in them, to prevent them from coming out Read More
Governor Nasir el-Rufai has told Kaduna state citizens to follow the Supreme Court order and continue spending the old and new naira notes together till the next adjourned date of the suit on naira redesign. This is despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s broadcast on Thursday banning the old N1,000 and N500 naira notes, and allowing the old N200 notes. Speaking in Read More
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa state has called on the people of the state not to waste their votes by voting political parties that are bound to lose the election but to vote the All Progressives Congress (APC). He made the call on Saturday, at a campaign rally in Agidi of Nasarawa Eggon local government area of the state. Sule Read More
The wife of Governor Ben Ayade, Doctor Linda, has restated her support and that of the entire women in South South region to the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, in the February 2023 presidential polls. Dr Ayade, who said this in Calabar during the zonal women rally of the party in Calabar, weekend, noted Read More
The Osun state governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke, Sunday berated Governor Adegboyega Oyetola for approaching the state’s election petitions tribunal to upturn the results of the July 16 governorship election. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate as the winner of the election after polling 403,271 votes while Oyetola garnered 375, 027. The governor had since approached Read More
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