APC, PDP trade blame over cancelled ballot in Benue State
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State have engaged in a shouting match over the violence and alleged polls fraud, which led to the…
Ikpeazu wins Abia guber poll, APGA, APC reject result
Abia State Governorship election returning officer and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka Professor Benjamin Ozumba this evening declared Dr Okezie Ikpeazu of the People’s Democratic Party as the…
PDP’s David Umahi wins Ebonyi Guber poll
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, David Umahi has been declared the winner of the governorship election held last Saturday after polling total votes of 392,291…
Makinde of PDP wins Oyo state from APC
The Oyo State governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Engineer Seyi Makinde has won the March 9, governorship election. He defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Chief…
Record low turnout mars Governorship/State Assembly elections
The alleged manipulation of the presidential and National Assembly election, incidents of multiple deaths, and the militarization of the exercise, among other factors were blamed for the severe voter apathy…
Atiku to re-file motion for forensic inspection of election materials
Following the refusal by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to allow the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, the power to have a forensic examination of ballot…
Nigerian among 157 victims of Crashed Ethiopian Airlines Plane
Prof Pius Adesanmi, a Nigerian was among the 157 dead victims of the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 Max that crashed this morning shortly after take-off in Addis Ababa. The…
INEC suspends election in Rivers
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said Sunday it has suspended electoral processes in Rivers State due to “widespread disruption” of elections on Saturday. “The initial reports suggest that violence…
Gunmen kill security officers, abduct INEC’s staff
Gunmen have killed a policeman, an official of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and abducted three ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Katsina.…
Gunmen burn electoral materials in Benue
All electoral materials for Mbalom ward in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue, were in the early hours of Saturday, burnt by armed hoodlums. According to a witness, the…