Politics

The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno as the winner of Saturday gubernatorial election. The Returning Officer,  Prof. Jude Rabo, while announcing the result, said Zulum of All Progressives  Congress (APC) pulled 545, 542  votes to  defeat his closest rival, Mohammed Jajari of People’s Democratic…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says it has yet to take decision on zoning of positions or offices of the 10th National Assembly as speculated in the social media. Mr Felix Morka, the APC National Publicity Secretary said this in a statement in Abuja. “The attention of the APC has…

A Federal High Court, Abuja has fixed May 31 for judgment in a suit filed by Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers praying for an order restraining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from suspending or expelling him from the party. Justice James Omotosho fixed the date on Monday after counsel to…

The Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has lambasted the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, for promising to deliver credible governorship elections by ensuring that INEC staff found to be negligent during the presidential election would be barred from engaging in the…

Eight days after Nigeria held its presidential poll, the United States, has said that the exercise failed to meet the expectations of Nigerians. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the election after polling 8,794,726 votes, almost two million votes…

The Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says there is no law making it mandatory for INEC to transmit electoral results electronically. Mr Dele Alake, Special Adviser on Media and Communications at the PCC made the declaration in Abuja on Friday when he spoke at a…

Chairman Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) Gombe State Chapter, Rev. Fr. Joseph Shinga, dismissed a letter on social media that Christians in Gombe would not vote for incumbent APC Gov. Alhaji Inuwa Yahaya in the March 11 Governorship Election. Shinga stated this while addressing news men in Gombe on Friday. The…

* He garnered a total of 8,794,726 votes *Satisfied the requirements of the law and scoring the highest votes is hereby declared winner and elected *To get Certificate of Return at 3 p.m The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC),…

The presidential election collation agent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dino Melaye has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission to halt the collation of Presidential Election Results presentation. Dino, who severally raised objections to how the electoral umpire is carrying out its proceedings, emphasized that INEC is not being…

ConcisedailyNews- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to the challenges with its Results Viewing Portal (IReV) saying it is totally due to technical hitches related to scaling up the IReV from a platform for managing off-season, State elections, to one for managing nationwide general elections. A statement by…