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…Election Results: Labour wins 5 LGs in Plateau The Labour Party, LP, has won five out of the seven local government areas so far declared in Plateau State while the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, won two and the All Progressives Congress, APC, is yet to make an appearance on the winners’ list. The LP won in Bokkos, Langtang North, Jos …

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday evening commenced the collation of presidential results from the 27 Local Government Areas of the state. The collation commenced amidst a peaceful protest by the Labour Party and Ohaneze Youth Council, who alleged a compromise in the outcome of the National Assembly elections conducted in Orlu Senatorial zone. The State Collation Officer, Prof. …

…Commends Edo voters for voting for Peter Obi Benin City, Nigeria – Amid tension and apprehensions in Nigeria over the Presidential and National Assembly elections, members of the Obidient Movement worldwide have been advised to remain calm and be extremely vigilant while the official results are being expected. Comrade Igbotako Nowinta, the Chairman of Media & Publicity Committee of the …

Apprehends group sharing rice to eligible voters. Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in the early hours of yesterday, intercepted a woman with 18 voter cards in a sting operation at Badarwa area of Kaduna, Kaduna State. The woman, Maryam Mamman Alhaji, who is a member of the support group of one of the leading political parties, …

• Suspends Esan, Igueben Federal Constituency In Edo The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed elections in 141 polling units in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, due to violence. The commission also suspended the election in the Esan, Igueben Federal Constituency in Edo State. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, who stated these at the second media briefing in Abuja, said …

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents, yesterday, disrupted presidential and National Assembly elections in Gwoza Council of Borno State. Confirming the incident in Gwoza, the Emir, Mohammed Shehu Timta, said: “The insurgents struck by firing two mortar bombs into the township and injured five people, while casting their votes to elect leaders at the national level.” He said the injured had been …

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission has arrested 19 people suspected of vote buying in Katsina, Kano, Benue and the Federal Capital Territory. The EFCC Kano Zonal Commander, Farul Dogondaji, told the News Agency of Nigeria that 16 of the suspects were arrested in Kano and one in Katsina. Dogondaji said that six suspects were apprehended in the Tofa and Ungogo …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission monitoring the presidential and National Assembly polls arrested some suspected vote-buyers in Benue State on Saturday. A lecturer with the Sarwuan Tarka University (formerly known as the University of Agriculture), Makurdi, Dr. Cletus Tyokyaa was arrested at the RCM Polling Unit in Daudu, Guma Local Government Area of the state with the …

Some lawyers on Saturday faulted the open display of ballot papers by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) and the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, after casting their votes for their preferred candidates. They stated that though it was wrong for the President and the governor to openly engage in such an act, it would not affect the election results. …

•BVAS glitches, ballot snatching reign  The three leading presidential candidates were optimistic of victory in yesterday’s poll, the seventh in the Nigeria’s Fourth Republic that was marred by violence, delayed voting, Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, BVAS, hitches and snatching of ballot boxes in many locations across the country. The trio of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC; Alhaji Atiku …