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 […]
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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 […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has demanded the immediate release of one of the spokespersons of its Presidential Campaign Council, Alhaji Buba Galadima. The national chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, in a statement he personally signed on Sunday, said Galadima was Sunday evening, arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS). […]
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National Chairman, People’s Alternative Front (PAF), Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to take over the prosecution of the electoral offenders arising from the 2019 elections. In a letter dated February 22 and addressed to INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, Falana said that this has become necessary to prevent official […]
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…alleges plots to alter election results The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted on the official release of results already delivered at the various polling units for its presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. A statement on Sunday night by the PDP spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, cautioned that Nigerians will not accept any figures except what was […]
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Acclaimed strong man of Kwara State politics and current Senate President,Dr Bukola Saraki has lost the Kwara Senatorial district election to the All Progressives Congress candidate, Ibrahim Yahaya Oloriegbe. In the four local government areas that constitute the Kwara Central Senatorial district, APC polled a total of 123, 808 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party […]
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By Banji Ayoola All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, in Saturday’s election, Prof Ajayi Boroffice, has won his bid to retain his representation of the Ondo North Senatorial District in the Senate. He emerged victorious after polling 53,199 to beat the Action Alliance (AA) candidate, Dr Tunji Abayomi with 43,100 and Mr Segun Alonge scoring 34,490. […]
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Presidential candidates of Young Progressives Party (YPP) Kingsley Moghalu and that of the Alliance for New Nigeria (ANN) Fela Durotoye have condemned violence and killings during Nigeria’s presidential and National Assembly elections. Ballot snatching, killings and other forms of violence characterised Nigeria’s general election that commenced on Saturday, February 23. Contrary to hitch-free polls promised […]
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Spokesman of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Buba Galadima, has been “kidnapped by masked security operatives.” The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, made this disclosure on Sunday on his Twitter handle. “Nigerians and the world over should know this— Alhaji Buba Galadima has just been kidnapped by masked security operatives, his whereabouts is […]
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bauchi state has urged the general public to patiently wait for official announcement of results of the National Assembly and Presidential elections held on Saturday. It warned that most of the results circulated on social media are fake. The Resident Electoral Commissioner, INEC, Bauchi State, Ibrahim Abdullahi, in […]
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