Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State has been re-elected for a second term. The Returning Officer for the election, Professor Richard Kimbir, announced this on Sunday at the collation centre for the governorship election in Jos, the state capital. According to him, the governor who is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was…

… calls on international community to hold FG, Bauchi Gov, security agencies responsible for killings, inciting violence It is now clear that Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is working in concert with Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar to rob Bauchi people of their mandate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara, has disclosed. The…

The European Union has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his re-election as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and expressed willingness to work with his government. In a letter dated March 22, 2019 and jointly signed by  Donald Tusk for the European Council and  Jean-Claude Juncker for the European Commission, the Union said:…

…Decries voters’ suppression, intimidation …As APC, PDP thugs clash at Kano polling units As INEC concluded the conduct of the scheduled supplementary elections in some states, YIAGA AFRICA, a civil society organisation (CSO), on Saturday, disclosed that there were widespread reports of vote buying and selling at polling units in Plateau, Kano and Benue States….

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday declared Mr Shekwogaza Gabaya of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of Bwari Area Council Chairmanship Election. Prof. Mohammed Umaru, the Returning/Collation Officer for the council’s supplementary elections announced that Gabaya of PDP polled a total of 31,114 votes, and therefore declared him winner. He said ”…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday congratulated Sen. Ademola Adeleke over  his victory at the Osun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Friday in Abuja. A statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday quoted the former president as commending Adeleke for his “statesmanship in going to court to seek justice.” He described the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP)…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ibeju-Lekki State Constituency I, Mr Fatai Mojeed,  winner of the supplementary election in the area. INEC conducted supplementary election in nine polling units of the state constituency on Saturday. The commission had declared the March 9 election in the constituency…