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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has won the presidential election in Lagos state. He defeated Bola Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, after the votes were calculated from all the 20 LGAs in the state. Tinubu is a former Lagos governor and the state is historically his stronghold.…
Hon. Abdel Majid Segun Adekoya, current Deputy Minority Whip and member of the House of Representatives representing Ijebu-North/East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency of Ogun State, has failed in his bid to represent the constituency again. Adekoya, popularly known as “Attacker” who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, lost to the candidate of the All…
On Saturday, the National Assembly Election was held and Senator Solomon Adeola, who is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and APC Senatorial candidate for Ogun West Senatorial District, emerged as the winner. He received a total vote of 112,887, while his closest rival, Ganiyu Dada Obanibasiri, the PDP candidate, scored 60,189. The…
Mr Donatus Mathew, the Labour Party candidate, was declared the winner of the Kaura Federal Constituency seat in the presidential and National Assembly elections held in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State on February 25. According to the Returning Officer, Prof. Elijah Ella, Mathew received 10,508 votes, defeating his closest opponent, who is also…
Former VP Alh. Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is currently leading in the presidential election in Osun State, The PDP flag bearer has so far secured 256,733 votes compared to that Bola Tinubu, who has scored 237,592 votes. The results of 23 of the 30 local governments in Osun…
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is the leading candidate of other political parties, in the Presidential election results of the election of the Local government received so far. The APC candidate won all the 10 Local government areas declared so far, while the candidate of the Peoples…
On Sunday, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of Ogun State, Niyi Ijalaye, announced that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has received results from 10 out of the 20 local government areas of the state. Mr Ijalaye disclosed this while opening the INEC collation centre in Abeokuta and also revealed that the Vice Chancellor of…
On Sunday afternoon, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, was declared the winner of the presidential election in Ekiti State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Presiding Officer, Akeem Lasisi, at the State Collation Centre in Ado-Ekiti. According to earlier reports by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Tinubu secured a total of…
On Friday, the Ogun State Police Command assured the public that they have engaged with all political actors to ensure peaceful elections without violence or killings in the state. The police spokesman noted that adequate measures had been put in place to ensure free, fair, and credible elections. Additionally, all political actors had signed undertakings…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has thrown out an appeal by a former Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, challenging the candidacy of the presidential flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Delivering judgement on Friday, the appeal court three-member panel held that Nwajiuba’s appeal was without merit. They backed…
