PDP wants election results halted
As Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) crumbled in the presidential election, the party petitioned the Independent National Electoral…
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Only 8 senators present as Saraki adjourns Senate to March 12
The Senate on Tuesday adjourned plenary until March 12, for lack of quorum. The News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) reports that President…
2019 elections: APC assembles legal team
While the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is hopeful that President Muhammadu Buhari will be declared the winner of the presidential election,…
APC leads in National Assembly in election results released
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused the American government of manufacturing a crisis in an attempt to start a war in South America,…
Election Update 2019: Imo delivers for Atiku
Former Vice President and Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the presidential election held last Saturday has defeated President Muhammadu Buhari of the…
Drunken returning officer unsettles INEC
Mr Salihu Adamu Musa, INEC Electoral Officer in Bokkos Local Government of Plateau, on Monday apologised over the “shameful” behaviour of the…
Kwara Central: Saraki accepts defeat, congratulates winner
The President of the Senate Dr Bukola Saraki has accepted the outcome of the Kwara Central Senatorial elections which he lost and…
7 lessons learnt in Nigeria’s presidential election
It is now crystal clear that Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress is heading for a crushing defeat of Alhaji Atiku…
APC wins Lagos Senatorial seat
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Sen. Solomon Adeola (Yayi) of the All Progressive Congress (APC) winner of the Lagos…
NYSC confirms attack on corps members on election duty in Anambra
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Anambra has confirmed attack on its members deployed as ad hoc staff in the general…
Orji Kalu wins Senate, Reps seats for APC in Abia
Former Abia State governor, Chief Orji Kalu has defeated incumbent Senator Mao Ohuabunwa in the battle for Abia north senatorial seat. Kalu…
INEC announcing ‘incorrect’ results, says Secondus
The national chairman of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus has rejected the results of the country’s presidential election currently…
Elumelu declared winner of House of Reps election in Delta
A younger brother to the chairman of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Tony Elumelu, Ndudi Godwin has won a seat at the…
No winner yet in Akwa Ibom North West race: INEC
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in Akwa Ibom, Mr Mike Igini, has said that the Commission has not declared a winner in Akwa…
RECs, observers, security operatives, others decry slow collation of results
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bayelsa yesterday said the snail speed collation of results of the presidential and National Assembly…
Nigeria election violence killed ‘at least 39’
Civil society groups monitoring Nigeria’s presidential and parliamentary election said on Monday that 39 people have been killed in violence linked to…