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REMARKS BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI DURING THE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATE OF RETURN BY INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION (INEC) AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE ABUJA 27TH FEBRUARY 2019 Chairman and INEC Commissioners Members of the Domestic and International Observer Groups Members of the Local and Foreign Media Ladies and Gentlemen, I am grateful to God for sparing our lives to witness …

Yakubu said that the registered voters was 82,344, 107, accredited voters was 29,364,209, total votes cast was 28,614,190, total valid votes was 27,324,583 and rejected votes was 1,289,607. Yakubu also said that Felix Nicholas of the Peoples Collation Party (PCP) scored 110,196 votes, while Ositelu Isaac Babatunde of Accord Party (AP) polled 19,209 votes. In 2015, Buhari scored 15, 424,921 …

The Peoples Democratic Party has said it would explore every option, including the legal process to ventilate its grievances on the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari as the winner of the 2019 election. The party which refused to sign the result sheet said the announcement of Buhari who sought re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress by the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has won the 2019 presidential election polling 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest challenger and former vice president, Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party. Mr Abubakar Atiku, who served as vice president between 1999 and 2007, polled 11,262,978 votes to finish as runner-up. Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declared Mr …

President Muhammadu Buhari has won his re-election bid 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 …

Edo State Traffic Management Agency (EDSTMA) has given owners of vehicles impounded for traffic offenses by the agency a 30-day ultimatum to come and reclaim their vehicles in its offices across the state. In a statement, the agency said 46 vehicles have been abandoned in its premises, urging the owners to come forward to reclaim them with valid vehicle particulars. …

The Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, won the presidential election in Edo state with 7,849 votes more than his main rival, President Muhammadu Buhari. The State Collation Officer for the Presidential election, Ndowa Lale, announced at the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters in Benin that Mr Atiku scored 275,691 votes, while Mr Buhari of the All Progressives Congress …

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has stated that in spite of the reported inadequacies that attended last Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections in Kwara State, he is wishing the candidates who emerged from the election the best of luck. Dr. Saraki in a statement signed by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Yusuph Olaniyonu stated that while the …

The Senate resumed plenary on Tuesday but adjourned over its inability to form a quorum. This is its first meeting since the presidential and National Assembly elections. The lawmakers were scheduled to resume on February 19 but the resumption was postponed to 26th as a result of the change of date of the elections. Upon resumption, the Senate Leader, Ahmed …

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Tuesday declared the senatorial election in Imo North inconclusive. This came two days after the INEC office in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area in the senatorial district was set ablaze by persosns suspected to be political thugs. Allegations of snatching of ballot boxes,kidnapping of electoral officers and manipulation of the process had trailed …