Government

GOVERNOR Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has won in 31 out of the 33 local government areas in the state The gubernatorial election was held in all 33 local government areas of the state on Saturday. Newsextra24 reports that three major candidates contested the election. They included Makinde, who is …

LAWAN Musa, a 35-year-old candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party has unseated the Speaker Yobe State House of Assembly, Honourable Ahmed Lawan Mirwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the just concluded 2023 State House of Assembly election in Yobe state. The Returning Officer, Dr. Habib Muhammad, who announced the …

THE chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to cancel the election results in areas where voter intimidation took place during the Guber and State Houses of Assembly elections on Saturday, March 18, Newsexra24 reports. In a statement released on …

FESTUS Keyamo, the spokesperson of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has congratulated Desmond Elliot for winning Surulere 1 constituency seat. Desmond reportedly defeated the youthful Olumide Oworu of the Labor Party. LP Supporters, popularly known as Obidients, had vowed to vote for Oworu to …

THE Resident Electoral Commissioner of Ekiti State, Prof. Abayomi Salami, said the state assembly election in Ekiti was largely peaceful except for the only challenge in the low turnout of voters. The REC said this while addressing newsmen on Saturday at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission after …

CANDIDATES of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State won 25 out of 26 seats in the Osun State House of Assembly in Saturday’s election. But the All Progressives Congress won Boripe/Boluwaduro State Constituency seat with its candidate, Olufemi Popoola, polling 15,594 votes to defeat PDP’s Adesina Aina, that …

THE Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr Yakubu Sanda and the Majority Leader, Mr Daniel Nanlong, both of All Progressives Congress (APC) have lost their seats to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidates. Sanda, who represents Pengana State Constituency, was defeated by Mrs Happiness Akawu of PDP in the House …

RESULTS are already trickling from local government areas in Saturday’s governorship election in Benue State. The election was keenly contested between Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia of the Peoples Democratic Party, APC and Titus Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party, APC. Here are some results so far announced by INEC. APC: …

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Desmond Elliot as the winner of the Surulere Constituency election. INEC Returning Officer, Dr. O.J Fenuga made the announcement on Sunday. He said Desmond Elliott of the All Progressives Congress, APC, polled 17,837 votes to defeat his closest rival Adebayo Bode of …

THE Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin, has been re-elected to represent Ibarapa East State Constituency in the Assembly. The Returning Officer, Prof. John Oladeji, who announced the result of the election on Sunday in Ibadan, said Ogundoyin of the PDP scored 10,039 votes to defeat 12 …