Gov Gabriel Suswan has lost in his bid to return to the National Assembly after an eight-year stint as governor of Benue state. Suswam was elected governor in 2007 after serving two terms as member of the House of Reps. Suswam lost to a former National Chairman of the PDP Barnabas Gemade, who contested under APC. Announcing the results on Monday at the INEC headquarters in Makurdi, the returning officer for Benue North East Senatorial election, Prof Mohammed Adah, said Gemade polled 140, 715 votes to beat Suswam, who polled 118, 603 votes.

The opposition leader Muhammadu Buhari has scored a narrow victory over President Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria’s largest city Lagos, officials results from the country’s general election showed Tuesday.

By Bala Ajiya DAMATURU – The All Progressives Congress APC has won the presidential election in Yobe state. Announcing the results at the INEC headquarters in Damaturu the Yobe state capital, the presidential collation officer for the election in the state Professor Ibrahim Njodi said APC polled a total 446,265 votes, while the PDP scored […]

Chief Oghne Egoh, the first non-indigene to win a federal constituency seat in Lagos, on Tuesday expressed the desire to attract infrastructure development to the state.

President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, won Rivers state with 1,487,075 against the 69,238 recorded by the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won the presidential election in Yobe state north east Nigeria.

There were a no. of points as to why the Comm should cancel/reschedule elections: 1)No elections 2)No result sheets 3)Subst. of officials

FOUR days after the presidential and national assembly elections in Delta State, suspected arsonists on Monday set ablaze the Isiokolo office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC damaging files and other sensitive items within the building.

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Tuesday, denied a media report of the death of two Corps members, who served as ad-hoc staff in Gombe State at the just concluded March 28 Presidential and the National Assembly

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Umeh Monday night declared that contrary to INEC declaration that PDP won the three Senatorial seats in the zone,his party APGA won the three seats and has rejected the result declared by INEC, for allegedly being concocted.

By Jimoh babatunde Sokoto state governor Aliyu Wamakko, who emerged the winner of the Sokoto north senatorial seat in Saturday’s election, has urged political leaders to accept the will of the people as expressed in the elections. While noting the eyes of the international community are on the country, he called on political leaders to […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced results of Saturday’s Presidential Election in 10 more states to bring the total number of states to 18 states and the FCT. The states are Kano, Jigawa, Katsina, Kwara, Kaduna, Anambra, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Plateau and Imo. The results were announced by the returning officers of the states at the National Collation Centre in Abuja. INEC had earlier announced results of Ekiti, Enugu, Osun, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Nasarawa and the FCT.

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega has dismissed the accusation of bias leveled against him by the Peoples Democratic Party, stressing that the party did not follow the right channel of communication in submitting its petition.

The representative of the Peoples Democratic Party at the Presidential Collation Centre, Mr. Godday Orubebe has accused the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attaihiru Jega of bias over his failure to investigate the party protest letter on the election in Kano, Katsina, Jigawa. Mr. Orubebe noted that while Jega set up a committe […]

Following the recapture of Gwoza from Boko Haram terrorists, Nigerian troops in cordon and search operations have rescues scores of elderly persons and women locked up while another bomb making factory has been discovered.