Going by the senatorial election results announced in states by Returning Officers, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) seems set to dominate the 109-member Red Chamber. Out of the 18 seats in the Southwest, the APC won 14, leaving four to the PDP. It is being trailed by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). There […]

We are not involved – OPC The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has condemned alleged disenfranchisement and violent attacks on Ndigbo during last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in Lagos. It lamented that the political merchants and their thugs did not only engineer disenfranchisement and violence on the Igbo community, but went as far as […]

All Progressives Congress, APC, House of Representatives candidate for Akoko North East/North West Federal constituency of Ondo State, Mr Olubunmi Tunji Ojo, has defeated the incumbent lawmaker and candidate of Action Alliance, AA, Hon Stephen Olemija and the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Wale Ogunleye. He polled APC 20,988 votes, while his […]

By Banji Ayoola Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate in last Saturday’s presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has won 11 of the 18 local government areas of Ondo State. Prof. Kayode Soremekun of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, who is the state’s Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission, declared this on Sunday in Akure. […]

PDP kicks as INEC declares election inconclusive By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, today faulted the non declaration of the results of the last Saturday’s senatorial election in Ondo South Senatorial District, which it believed was won by its candidate, Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo. At a press conference in Akure, which was addressed by […]

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has disputed the results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), describing them as “incorrect” and “unacceptable”. It also protested the cancellation of over 157, 000 votes in Nasarawa State. INEC had announced the cancellation over what the electoral body described as irregularities and violent disruption of voting. […]

The International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos has expressed strong concern over reported incidents of attacks on journalists and other media professionals during the Presidential and Senatorial elections held of Saturday February 23, 2019. In a statement titled “Media and Election Situation Room Report”, and signed by Melody Akinjiyan, Safety Alert Desk Officer, the centre said […]

A senator from Ondo State, Prof Ajayi Boroffice has blamed the division in the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the poor performance of the party in the Saturday’s presidential and National assembly elections in the state. This is just as he said he was not aware Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu worked for […]