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Ogun Gov. Abiodun’s Iperu country home invaded by gunmen, snatched ballot box, disrupted polls

Ogun Governor Dapo Abiodun’s town was invaded by gunmen on Saturday as ballot boxes were destroyed and polls disrupted at a polling unit...

February 25 polls: APC National Chairman, Adamu, loses polling unit to Peter Obi

In a major upset, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, on Saturday lost his polling unit to...

Results just coming in from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, poling units and Lekki, Lagos

Results just coming in from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, poling units and Lekki, Lagos APC — 520 PDP — 179 LP...

Jubilant FCT residents celebrate Obi’s victory in polling units in Aso Rock

Feverish jubilation on Saturday greeted the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi’s winning of strongholds of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and...

EFCC nabs 17 people in Katsina, Kano for vote buying

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says it has arrested 17 people for alleged vote buying in Katsina and Kano States in...

Breaking: #PSN Nigeria Decides: Tinubu loses Speaker Gbajabiamila’s polling unit in Lagos to Peter Obi

Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly polls sprung surprises and upsets as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, fails to...

Presidential election results for PU Ikate land 1 08/04/005 Lagos

Presidential election results for PU Ikate land 1 08/04/005 Lagos LP 46, APC 31, PDP 1 #NigeriaDecides2023 Unit 3, Ward 34, Obio/akpor –...

Just in: EFCC nabs woman in Kaduna with 18 voter’s cards

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a sting operation, on Saturday intercepted a woman, Maryam Mamman Alhaji, in the early hours...

Violence mars elections in Kogi as thugs destroy electoral materials

Thugs have unleashed violence on Odaba polling unit in Dekina Ward n Ogege Road in Kogi State while the polls were in progress....

Just in: LP’s Peter Obi, wife, vote at Agulu, Anambra

The Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has cast his vote at polling unit 19 at Agulu in Aniocha Local Government Area...

Osinbajo, wife, Dolapo, cast vote in Ikenne, Ogun

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) and his wife, Dolapo, have cast their votes in polling unit 014 in Ikenne in Ogun State in Saturday’s...

Tinubu, wife vote at Ikeja, Lagos, ward

The Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has cast his vote at his Ikeja ward in the ongoing...

Breaking: EFCC officials storm Tinubu’s polling unit in Lagos

The Commission’s officials arrived at the polling unit 085 Ward F in Ikeja at about 9.15am to possibly bust vote buying. Officials of...

Breaking: Atiku casts vote in Adamawa

He said the process was simple and straight forward and that he cast his vote without any hitch. The Presidential Candidate of the...

Logistics challenges, late arrival of INEC officials mar commencement of election in Ibadan

The presidential election kicked off on a shaky start in many parts of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday as many voters,...

Grief-stricken Peter Obi mourns as Enugu LP senatorial candidate is murdered on eve of Saturday’s polls

Grief-stricken Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has condemned the gruesome murder of the party’s senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial...