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European Union monitored the Nigeria’s general elections coming out with its report which seem to give no-to-too fine conclusions Elections held on schedule, but lack of transparency and operational failures reduced trust in the process and challenged the right to vote Abuja, Nigeria, 27 February 2023. This preliminary statement of the EU election observation mission (EU EOM) is delivered before the completion of the entire electoral process. Critical stages remain, including tabulation of results and adjudication of petitions. The EU EOM is now only in a position to comment on observation undertaken to date, and will later publish a…

A video has gone viral claiming that some thugs have set ablaze spare parts shops belonging to Igbo traders in the popular Ladipo spare parts market, Mushin Area of Lagos. The video shows some shops already consuming many goods with many bystanders watching the scenario. The video has been circulated widely creating panic in many parts of the country of a possible reprisal attacks. Part of the claims was that the shops were set ablaze as part of protests against Igbo traders believed to have voted against the All Progressive Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the Saturday…

By Halimah Olamide The All Progressive Congress has countered the Peoples Democratic Party which earlier on Monday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission and the APC of conniving to manipulate the outcome of the Saturday’s presidential election. Dele Alake, Director Strategy of the Presidential Campaign Council of the APC, who addressed journalists in Abuja, said the police must arrest those inciting their followers to violence over the outcome of the election. He Alake, who was accompanied by other chieftains of the campaign like Festus Keyamo, Femi Fani-Kayode and Bayo Onanuga, said the agent of the PDP at the Collation Centre,…

By Halimah Olamide Aftermath of the defeat of the presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu by his Labour Party’s candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, a celebrity, Debo Adedayo, popularly called Mr. Macaroni, has said power is now in the hands of the young people. Macaroni, a comedian, is one of the celebrities who have shown their support for Labour Party’s candidate in his bid for the presidency. He said Obi won the election in Lagos in spite of the many cases of violence allegedly visited on the voters. He said the margin could have been more had…

By Halimah Olamide The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressive Congress (APC) presidential candidate Asiwaju Bola Tinubu winner of the presidential election in Jigawa State. Results declared by the collation officer, Professor Arma Ya’u Hamisu Bichi of Federal University Dutsin Ma said the exercise was peaceful. Bichi said: “APC- 421,390, LP- 1,889, NNPP- 98,234 and PDP- 386,587 votes”. APC won two senatorial seats, eight House of Representatives seats while the opposition PDP won one senator, two Representatives seats and NNPP won one House of Reps seat. Alhaji Mustapha Khabib of PDP won in JIgawa south west…

By Kamil Opeyemi The collation agent of the Peoples Democratic Party in the ongoing exercise, Senator Dino Melaye, has been accused of deliberately disrupting the collation exercise. Prof Mahmud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, made the allegations after appealing to Melaye several times over his allegations over uploading of the results of the elections since election day. Melaye had raised objections over the manner of the presentations of the results challenging the INEC boss to allow a display of the election results at the collation centre. The agent of the All Progressive Congress, Babatunde Ogala SAN, had…

By Kamil Opeyemi and Halimah Olamide The Independent National Electoral Commission has resumed collation of the Presidential election results held on Saturday across the country. The commission earlier commenced collation on Sunday with Ekiti but suspended till today owing to the inability of the State Collation Officers for Presidential Elections (SCOPES) to arrive in Abuja. Commission chairman, Prof Mahmud Yakubu, invited the Resident Electoral Commissioner for Kwara state for the presentation of the results. FOLLOW THE RESULTS BELOW:

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi, has won the presidential election in Lagos state, the home state of his All Progressive Congress candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Tinubu, a former Governor and perceived as the Grand Commander of the politics of the state, scored a total o572,606 while Obi polled 582,454. Their Peoples Democratic Party’s counterpart, Atiku Abubakar polled 75,750. Kwankwaso polled 8,442 while Atiku polled 75,750. Though Tinubu won 11 local government areas in the state while Obi won the overall votes in the state, with a landslide victory in nine powerful local governments with numerical strength…

By Kamil Opeyemi and Halimah Olamide The All Progressive Congress and the Labour Party are neck-to-neck in the battle for the soul of Lagos with the results so far released on the presidential election held on Saturday. While the candidate of the APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has won 10 local government areas, leaving 7 to his Labour Party counterpart, Mr. Peter Obi, the LP candidate has won more votes than Tinubu. Results so far released at the collation centre in Yaba, showed that Obi is leading with 448,878 votes ahead of Tinubu’s 447,192 while their Peoples Democratic Party’s counterpart, Alhaji…

The Independent National Electoral Commission has again shifted its collation of results to the presidential election to Monday at 11am. Commission chairman Prof Mahmud Yakubu, announced this just as Ekiti State completed submission of its result at the resumed collation Sunday evening. Yakubu, while announcing the postponement, said it was only Ekiti state that was ready to present its results. After asking which of the states was ready there was none. He told those present that many of the states collation team were on their ways to Abuja. He then said the centre would open again at 11 am. Details…