The Independent National Electoral Commission has postponed the governorship and state assembly elections scheduled to hold on March 11 by one week. The elections will now hold on March 18, 2023. A state Resident Electoral Commissioner who spoke to our…
INEC declares Tinubu winner of 2023 presidential election
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu as winner of the 2023 presidential election. The INEC chair made the declaration on Wednesday at…
PDP, LP, ADC ask INEC Chairman to resign, demand cancellation of presidential poll
Three political parties, the Peoples Democratic Party, Labour Party and the African Democratic Congress, have called on INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, to step down from further presiding over the ongoing election process on account of his alleged biases. The three…
Polls: PDP senatorial candidates reject Lagos West/Central results
Lagos Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidates in the just-concluded National Assembly election have rejected the results of the Lagos West and Lagos Central Senatorial Districts poll conducted, last Saturday, in the state. The candidates, therefore, appealed to the Independent National…
Abiru wins East Senatorial seat for APC in Lagos
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Mr Adetokunbo Abiru, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, as winner of Lagos East Senatorial District election. Prof. Simeon Adebayo Oladipo, the Senatorial Returning Officer, announced Abiru as the winner on Monday…
Lagos Violence: Several arrests have been made, say Police
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Idowu Owohunwa, has disclosed that several arrests have been made regarding electoral violence recorded in some parts of the state on Saturday. The Commissioner made the disclosure on Saturday while speaking with journalists…
Violence erupts outside Oba Elegushi palace, ballot boxes snatched
A polling unit outside the Oba Elegushi Palace at Ikate in Eti-Osa, Lekki, Lagos State has been attacked by thugs The hoodlums reportedly attacked the area on Saturday afternoon carting away ballot boxes and chasing away the presiding officer of…
Election will not hold in 240 polling units – INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said on Monday that elections will not be holding in about 240 polling units across 28 States of the federation during the February 25 and March 11 general elections. The Commission also warned that…
Deadline: 87.8% PVCs collected in Lagos State-INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State says a total of 6,708,451 voters collected the Permanent Voter Card (PVC) out of the 7,637,402 voters that registered in the state. Mrs Adenike Tadese, INEC’s Head of Voter Education and…
Hoodlums attack INEC office, police station in Anambra
Some yet-to-be-identified assailants have attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The hoodlums also attacked the Nnobi Police Station and a residential building within the station, located also…