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The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has won the March 18 governorship election in the state. He scored 160,895 votes to defeat his closest rival, Chijioke Edeoga of the Labour Party (LP), who polled 157,552 votes. Frank Nweke Jnr of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) scored 17,983 while Chief Uche Nnaji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 14,575 votes to come a distant third and fourth respectively. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state, Prof Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe declared Mbah the winner Wednesday evening…

The Commission met today, Monday 20th March 2023 and reviewed the conduct of the Governorship and State Assembly elections held nationwide on Saturday 18th March 2023. Arising from the meeting, the Commission took the decision to suspend forthwith further collation of the Governorship election results in some parts of Abia and Enugu States. It will be recalled that our office in Obingwa Local Government Area was invaded by thugs yesterday Sunday 19th March 2023 and our officials held hostage in relation to the collation of results from the Local Government Area. Similarly, reports from Enugu State call for a review…

Former Governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has lost his reelection bid in Enugu East Senatorial district to Labour Party candidate, Sir Kelvin Chukwu. The LP candidate polled 69, 136 to beat Chimaroke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who scored 48,701 votes. Kelvin replaced his brother, Oyibo Chukwu, who was murdered a few days before the Feb. 25 presidential and National Assembly elections. Oyibo’s death led to the postponement of the Enugu East senatorial election to March 18 same day the governorship and State Assembly elections would be held. Meanwhile, Senator Nnamani has sent a congratulatory message to…

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom, Umo Eno, has been declared the winner of the governorship election in Akwa Ibom State. Mr Eno was declared the winner on Sunday in Uyo, the state capital, by Emmanuel Adigio, a professor and Returning Officer for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mr Eno won in 29 of the 31 local government areas in the state with a total of 354,348 votes to defeat his top challenger, Bassey Albert of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), who won in two local governm The candidate of the All Progressives Congress…

The incumbent governor and APC candidate seeking reelection cleared 18 of the 19 Local Governments (LGs) announced so far while the Labour Party candidate won one LG. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has cleared 18 of the 20 local government (LGs) in the March 18 governorship election conducted in the state. The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate and incumbent who is seeking reelection has 718,595 votes at the collation of 15 local government results on Sunday. Sanwo-Olu is ahead of Labour Party (LP)’s Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour who presently has 257,502 from the 15 LGs announced so far. The LP candidate…

It was learned that the APC candidate polled 7,521 to defeat her rival in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 6,957 during Saturday’s election. Rukayat Shittu, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, has been declared the winner of Owode Onire state constituency of Asa Local Government Area in Kwara State House of Assembly election. It was learned that the APC candidate polled 7,521 to defeat her rival in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 6,957 during Saturday’s election This made her one of the youngest candidates in Nigeria to contest and win a political seat. She is…

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) breaks silence on Supreme Court Judgement, and disclosed that the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes remain legal tender until December 31, 2023. CBN spokesperson, Isa Abdulmumin, who announced the development in a statement, stressed that the apex bank has ordered commercial banks to dispense and accept the deposit of old Naira notes The statement reads: “In compliance with the established tradition of obedience to court orders and sustenance of the Rule of Law Principle that characterized the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and by extension, the operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria…

“It is unthinkable that Kwankwaso would hastily congratulate Asiwaju Tinubu on his questionable mandate which other candidates also claimed they won and had approached the court to seek redress.” The New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, has given reasons why Rabiu Kwankwaso, did not congratulate the president-elect, Bola Tinubu. NNPP said Kwankwaso didn’t congratulate Tinubu because the presidential election was flawed. A statement by NNPP’s National Publicity Secretary, Agbo Major, said reports circulating that Kwankwaso congratulated Tinubu was a figment of the fertile imagination of anti-democrats, political hirelings and fifth columnists. Major said the party rejected the outcome of the election…

Following the alleged rigging of the poll, the United States chapter of NADECO last weekend, announced his expulsion from the group, citing a ‘fraudulent electoral process’. Nigeria’s president-elect Bola Tinubu has accused the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi of allegedly sponsoring one Lloyd Ukwu, a United States-based Nigerian who is the Executive Director of the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), to smear him and discredit the February 25 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, as the winner of the February 25 presidential election on March 1, 2023,…

An unspecified number of people have been injured after a passenger train has crushed a Lagos state government staff bus at PWD junction, Ikeja area of the state on Thursday. The accident happened around past 7am. According to an eye witness, the train was coming from Agege, met a BRT vehicle with the Lagos state government workers on board crossing the rail to link Ikeja GRA. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Taofiq Adebayo, said rescue operation was ongoing. “The accident recorded many casualties as the bus is fully loaded with Lagos State government staff members going…