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President Muhammadu Buhari has admitted that his second four-year term in the Presidential Villa will be a tough one. The president was on Wednesday declared the winner of the February 23 presidential election as he polled 15,191,847 votes with his main opponent, Atiku Abubakar, gaining 11,262,978 votes in the final tally. While speaking to members of the Federal […]
President Muhammadu Buhari is the winner of the 2019 presidential election, according to the result announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In an election that had a total of 73 candidates, Buhari won 15,191,847 of the total votes cast while his closest opponent, Atiku Abubakar, gained 11,262,978 votes, an astonishing victory margin of 3,928,869 votes. Felix Nicholas of the […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the results of the 2019 presidential election currently being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). At a media briefing in Abuja on Monday, February 25, 2019, PDP chairman, Uche Secondus, said the party has evidence of several electoral misconducts committed to favour President Muhammadu Buhari of […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that Buba Galadima has been kidnapped by masked security operatives. This was made known in a tweet by PDP’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan on Sunday, February 24, 2019. The spokesman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign council, Festus Keyamo had earlier called for Galadima’s arrest. According to Keyamo, […]
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu has moved the collation of election results to Monday, February 25, 2019, by 11:00 am. The presidential and national assembly elections held on Saturday, February 23, 2019. Election marred by violence Reports from several polling booths across the nation shows that violence was the […]
Rampaging armed men in military uniform have killed Reginald Dei, a Government House photographer, and one other person at Oweikorogha, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Dei was killed alongside Seidougha Taribi, the Ward Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the area. According to an eye witness who spoke with SaharaReporters, […]
Security operatives in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, have arrested some thugs who engaged in violence along Bama Road, Maimusari Primary School, where 016 voting points are stationed. They were engaged in a fight with knives over N50,000 given to them by an unnamed politician. In the course of the fight, one of them was […]
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the list of the eligible voters including that of the president and his wife has since been displayed at the polling unit by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The president and his wife are numbered 187 and 182 respectively on the list. President Buhari, […]
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The Kwara State Police Command has arrested Senator Rafiu Ibrahim (Kwara South – PDP) just a day before the National Assembly elections in which he’s contesting to be re-elected. The lawmaker was taken into custody to be questioned a day after the All Progressives Congress (APC) accused him of masterminding an attack on his opponent, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerians to give democracy the chance to flourish in the country as it’s not the “easiest thing to achieve and maintain”. The president said this during a national broadcast in the early hours of Friday, February 22, 2019, ahead of the general elections set to commence with the Presidential and […]