Politics

Bad news for Atiku as INEC debunks transmission of 2019 election results

Atiku – It was bad news again on Monday for Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party as a senior official of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) debunked the existence of a server. INEC National Commissioner in charge of Southwest, Solomon Adedeji Soyebi, said INEC did not transmit results of the […]

Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha (The Nation)
National Politics

Okorocha stays hopeful of getting Certificate of Return

Okorocha expressed this optimism while speaking with State House Correspondents after a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. INEC had withheld Okorochas Certificate of Return for the Imo West Senatorial District as the states returning officer alleged he was made to declare the governor winner of the Feb. […]

Politics

Oshiomhole says INEC worked against APC in 2019 elections

The party chairman said this in an interview on Channels TV on Friday, March 29, 2019. He said, “I have huge reservations about the way INEC conducted this election. INEC bias against APC is so clear”, he said. “INEC was biased even in the way it dealt with our primaries, INEC was biased in the […]

Imo state governor Rochas Okorocha
Politics

INEC gives Okorocha condition for his Certificate of Return

Okorocha, the Imo State governor, was declared winner of Imo West senatorial election. But, the presiding officer, Francis Ibeawuchi, however, said he was forced to make the declaration under duress. Sequel to this, INEC removed Okorocha’s name from the elected senators’ list and said it was reviewing the situation in the district. Okorocha, who was […]

Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso.
Politics

Kwankwaso urges INEC to conduct fresh elections in Kano

INEC fixed Saturday, March 23, 2019 for the supplementary governorship election which it declared as inconclusive. According to Premium Times, the former Governor said elections did not hold in Kano. Kwankwaso also accused the police, led by Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Anthony Micheal–Obizi of helping thugs to disrupt voting. According to him, “It is […]

Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi votes at his polling unit
Politics

Gov. Ugwuanyi wins Enugu governorship poll for second tenure

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) the winner of Saturday’s Governorship election in Enugu state for a second tenure. The state Returning Officer, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku, who announced the result in Enugu on Sunday, said that Ugwuanyi won in the 17 local government areas […]

Politics

Tribunal orders INEC to allow Atiku inspect electoral materials

Justice Abdul Aboki, Chairman of the tribunal led two other justices to give the ruling in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the PDP is listed as the second applicant. Aboki, however, turned down the applicants prayer for access to scan and conduct forensic audit on all the electoral materials, including technology […]

Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, with the PDP's national chairman, Uche Secondus
National Politics

PDP, Atiku file motion before tribunal to examine INEC’s card readers, others

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has filed an ex parte application before the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to give it access to inspect materials used for the 2019 presidential election. The party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, lost the February 23 election to President Muhammadu Buhari of the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has won a second term to remain in the Presidential Villa till 2023
Politics

Votes won by all 73 presidential candidates in 2019 election

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 […]

Atiku
Politics

“We have original results,” PDP rejects INEC’s presidential election result

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 […]