Election

After failing at the Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, the Alliance for Democracy, AD, governorship candidate in the March 9, 2019 election in Lagos State, Chief Owolabi Salis, has gone to the Supreme Court to request for the cancellation of the victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of the All ...

The Kogi State Government has reacted to the memo in circulation requesting political office holders to state the election results of their Polling Units. Answering questions from journalists in Lokoja on Tuesday, the Director-General of Media and Publicity to the Governor, Kingsley Fanwo the noise surrounding the memo was not ...

Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has come out to say there was no governorship election conducted in Bayelsa on November 16, 2019. According to him, the election conducted by INEC on that day was an insult to the people of the state. He added that what happened on November 16 ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission a.k.a INEC has come out to say that it will keep deploying smart card readers in all its elections, including the Saturday, November 30 rerun in Kogi West. The electoral umpire disclosed this today through its verified Twitter handle @inecnigeria. INEC added that they will ...

APC has begged partisans to see elections as a democratic contests and not a do or die matter. The party revealed this as it blasted the post-election violence reported in Kogi State which led to the death of a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) woman leader, Salome Abuh and the destruction ...

Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde is not happy with the way the recently concluded Kogi governorship election went down. He said this as he began work on the Moniya-Iseyin road project, just 2 months after withdrawing it from the initial contractor. According to Gov Seyi, Nigeria is still nowhere near ...

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has come out to say that ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan is happy with the result of the November 16 governorship polls in Bayelsa State. The APC Governorship candidate in the election, David Lyon was announced as the winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC as ...

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has hailed the electorate in Bayelsa on the peaceful conduct of Saturday’s governorship election. NSCDC Assistant Commandant General (ACG) Mr. Ideba Pedro, who was the leader of a monitoring team for the election, dished out this praise in an interview with newsmen ...

Ahead of the gubernatorial election in Kogi and Bayelsa State on Saturday, November 16, 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned governorship candidates in the 2 states to accept the result of the election when it is released. In several tweets, Buhari told voters in Bayelsa and Kogi to vote in ...

Nollywood beauty, Daniella Okeke recently shared that she is fed up of her country and she is ready to escape to another place she can call her home. She disclosed this as a reaction to the ongoing presidential election results being announced in several states. Her words, “I HAD A ...

Simi has had her say on the forthcoming Nigerian election. She said she was hoping the citizens will vote with the knowledge that it was for their future. Her words, “I hope this weekend we vote with the understanding that it’s our future we’re voting for. “Not for twitter bragging ...

I Go Dye has shared his reaction to the the Presidential election postponement from February 16th 2019 to Feb 23rd. The comedian jumped on Instagram to say the president of the electoral commission must be suspended and the President himself, Muhammadu Buhari must apologize to every Nigerian. Alongside a throwback ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has praised 2Face Idibia a.k.a 2baba and other celebrities for using their position in the society to encourage the youths to be play a role in the electoral process. According to INEC, the general elections set to happen in Feb will be for the ...

Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), has said there will be war if the successor of Rivers State governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi fails to probe his administration. According to him, the outcome of Amaechi’s successor failing to probe him would be hellish. Asari ...

The Presidential adviser on Niger Delta Affairs, Kingsley Kuku yesterday, said if there was anything President Goodluck Jonathan was passionate about at this moment, it is winning the October 20, Governorship Election in Ondo state for the candidate of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Olusola Oke. Kuku also dismissed the claim ...