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Inec in Edo state has declared some results of both the senate and house of representative election in the state. The results were annouced at various constituent and local govt area collation centre and declared by the returning officers assigned. The results released so far are; SENATE : EDO NORTH SENATORIAL RESULT. APC – 117,783 FRANCIS ALIMIEKHENA (WINNER) PDP – …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has called for calm over an attack on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Owina Primary School, in Ward 3, Oredo Local Government Area, while participating in the Saturday, February 23, Presidential and National Assembly elections. Obaseki who visited the victims of the attack at the Central Hospital in Benin City, on Sunday, …

About 48 hours after Nigerians voted in the presidential election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commence the final announcement the results. Millions of Nigerians on Saturday went to the polls to elect a president who will lead Africa’s most populous country for the next four years. The voters also elected federal lawmakers who will represent them at the …

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has expressed concern over what it described as the poor management of the Presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission. While demanding an independent inquiry into the poor performance of INEC, it said “The election has been a step back from the 2015 general elections.” The organisation also called on …

Northern Nigeria’s only female senator, Binta Garba, has lost the Adamawa North senatorial election to a new entrant in politics, Ishaku Abbo of the Peoples Democratic Party. While Abbo polled 79, 337 votes, Garba garnered 63, 219 votes. Garba, who is 52, was a first-term senator. Earlier, she had served the Federal House of Representatives three times, from 1999 to …

However, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has been declared the winner of Dass/Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Federal Constituency election held on Saturday. Dogara, who contested the seat for the fourth term was declared winner by the Collation Officer for Dass/Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Constituency by the Prof. Mahmoud Abdulhamid. The result was declared at the Zwall Collation Centre, in Tafawa …

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, on Sunday became one of the major casualties of the 2019 general elections as he lost his bid to return to the Senate. Apart from Saraki, the other two senatorial candidates of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, lost to the All Progressives Congress. Saraki lost to the Kwara Central Senatorial District candidate of …

Meanwhile, INEC on Sunday performed the last step in the conduct of the 2019 presidential election by opening the National Collation Centre for the collation and announcement of results. The Chairman of INEC and Chief Returning Officer, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who performed the brief ceremony held at the International Conference Centre in Abuja, however, adjourned sitting for the collation and …

The Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday morning declared Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, the winner of the Imo West senatorial election. The Returning officer, Prof Francis Ibeawuchi, who announced the results at the collation center in Orlu Local Government Area, said that Okorocha of the All Progressives Congress polled a total of 97762 votes to defeat his two …

INEC has declared Mr Dennis Idahosa, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Ovia Federal Constituency, as the winner of the election into the House of Representatives seat. Idahosa, a former Commissioner in Edo, polled 28,509 to defeat the incumbent Ms Omosede Igbinedion, daughter of Chief Gabriel Igbinedion and younger sister to the former Governor of the state, Chief …