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Atiku Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has won the presidential election in Osun state. Folashade Ogunsola, the state’s collation officer for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced the development on Sunday. Abubakar polled 354,366 votes to defeat Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who scored […]

Adams Oshiomhole, former national chair of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been elected to represent Edo north senatorial district at the national assembly. Oshiomhole was declared the winner by Benjamin Adesina, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer, on Sunday. The APC chieftain polled 107,110 votes to defeat Francis Alimikhena of […]

The Labour Party (LP) says it will be a “rape of democracy” if results of the general election don’t reflect the people’s will. Julius Abure, national chairperson of the party, said this on Sunday in an interview with AIT while reacting to the concerns raised over the result viewing portal of the Independent […]

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, has won reelection for a sixth term in office. Gbajabiamila, who has spent 20 years in the lower chamber of the national assembly, defeated Bosun Jeje of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Surulere 1 federal constituency election. Gbajabiamila polled 19,717 votes to […]

Haruna Mohammed, publisher of WikkiTimes, an investigative media platform based in Bauchi, has been arrested in the state. Yakubu Mohammed, editor of WikkiTimes, in a statement on Sunday, said the publisher was arrested while covering a protest during the general election in the state. The media organisation also accused the Bauchi government […]

A collation centre at Takai LGA of Kano state was, on Sunday, almost razed following an attack by some persons. Confirming the incident, Abdullahi Kiyawa, police spokesperson in the state, said election materials were removed from centre and the fire was extinguished. Kiyawa added that some suspects have been arrested over the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Donatus Mathew of the Labour Party (LP) as the winner of Saturday’s election for the Kaura federal constituency seat in Kaduna state. Elijah Ella, the INEC returning officer, announced the result in Kaura on Sunday. Mathew polled 10,508 votes to defeat Gideon Gwani of […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says issues faced with its result viewing portal (IReV) is caused by technical hitches. In a statement on Sunday signed by Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner, the commission said it is aware the IReV has been relatively slow and unsteady. Although voting ended in some places […]

Ajibola Basiru, lawmaker seeking another tenure to represent Osun central senatorial district on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has lost the election. Basiru is the spokesperson of the senate. According to NAN, Ibrahim Usman, a returning officer of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), announced the results on Sunday.  […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far uploaded less than 30 percent of presidential election results to its results viewing portal (IReV). As of Sunday afternoon, TheCable found that out of the more than 176,8460 polling units where results are to be uploaded, only 41,649 have been uploaded to the portal.  […]