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Residents of Ogun State have been urged to troop out enmasse and cast their votes for the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC)in the forthcoming Governorship/State Assembly Elections slated for Saturday 9 March, 2019 across the nation. Making this plea in a statement was the Convener of Gateway Renewal Group, Comrade Babatunde Dada, who commended the people of Ogun State for voting for the candidates of the APC in the Presidential/National Assembly Elections, which held in the country on Saturday 23 February, 2019 all over the country. It will…

Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 23 presidential election, on Wednesday said he would reclaim his ‘stolen’ mandate. Speaking during a world press conference in Abuja, he said the result of the election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission did not reflect the wishes of Nigerians and the votes of the electorate. He said the election was the worst in 30 years, adding that he was consulting not only with his party members but other relevant stakeholders on his next line of…

Violence broke out yesterday in Lagos leaving three persons dead and many others, including policemen, injured at Alaba Rago, Ojo area in Lagos State. Scores of miscreants had gone on rampage, attacking traders and other road users while celebrating the victory of President Muhammadu Buhari. It was gathered that the violence erupted at Okokomaiko before noon when youths in their hundreds stormed the expressway in celebration of Buhari’s declaration as winner of last Saturday’s presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). According to sources, the youths armed with…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared President Mohammadu Buhari winner of the 2019 Presidential election as he polled 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest rival, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party in the presidential poll conducted on February 23. Atiku polled 11,262,978 to lose the election with a margin of 3,928,869 votes. This is according to the Independent National Electoral Commission’s collated figure of votes from all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory released on Wednesday morning. According to the constitution,…

The collated results from 18 states of the country and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, had an early lead over his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, opponent, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar in last Saturday’s presidential election. According to authenticated results from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Buhari led Atiku with about 1,000,000 votes as at press time in what could pan out as Nigeria’s keenest presidential race. So far, the 1993 presidential election remains the toughest followed by the…

Prof Innocent Ibeawuchi, the Returning Officer for the Imo West senatorial election on Saturday, has alleged  that he  was forced to declare Governor Rochas Okorocha  the winner  of the poll by the  supporters of the All Progressives Congress candidate. According to the result, Okorocha polled  97,762 votes to  win the election ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party’s Mr Jones Onyereri (68,117) and All Progressive Grand Alliance’s Osita Izunaso (30,084). Ibeawuchi claimed, while addressing  reporters after announcing the result on Monday in Owerri, that he was held hostage from 7pm on Sunday till 11am on…