The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has been declared winner of the Yobe North Senatorial District. Lawan was formally declared winner on Sunday night by INEC which announced that Lawan polled 91,318 votes, representing 74.7 per cent of the total valid votes (122,193), to defeat his closest rival, Bello Ilu of PDP who polled 22,849 votes. […]

 The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has appealed to candidates of political parties to think more of Nigeria as the nation await results of Saturday elections. The group’s Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, made the call in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday. Akintola urged all candidates to avoid inflammable statements and to demonstrate faith in […]

The Director, Strategic Communications for the Atiku-Okowa Presidential Campaign Council, Chief Dele Momodu, has raised alarm over an alleged attempt by the All Progressives Congress, APC, to induce officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Lagos, Ebonyi and Imo to alter the results of Saturday’s Presidential elections.

The Returning Oficer, Dr Hashim Suleiman of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, announced the result in Zaria.

By Efosa Taiwo The Nigeria men’s basketball team, D’Tigers will not be at the FIBA World Cup holding this year after missing out on qualification, losing 65-59 to Angola on Sunday. The competition is scheduled to be jointly hosted by multiple nations in Asia; the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia and will hold from 25 August […]

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo has described the Presidential and National Assembly elections in which Nigerians trooped out massively on Saturday to vote as the will of the people.

By Efosa Taiwo On-form Super Eagles and Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen is set to pocket N120m if he reaches 30 goals for the Parthenopeans in the ongoing 2022/23 season. According to Italian media La Gazzetta dello Sport, the forward recently activated his goals bonus in his contract after scoring his 20th goal of the season, […]

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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP  Peter Obi has defeated the presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Lagos, his home state. According to the results declared, Obi polled 582,664 while Tinubu scored 541,850. Although, the APC candidate won more local government areas, Obi defeated Tinubu with the majority of the votes cast in the […]

According to the Returning Officer, Yar’adua of the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored a total of 153,512 votes, against 152,140 votes scored by Aminu Sirajo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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He stated, “That Gaza Jonathan of the SDP having satisfied the requirements of the law is hereby declared the winner and is returned elected.”

Pep Guardiola admits Manchester City cannot afford to drop any more points if they are to catch leaders Arsenal in the Premier League title race. Guardiola’s second-placed side will trail Arsenal by five points if the Gunners beat Everton in their game in hand on Wednesday. City had seized top spot when they won 3-1 […]