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With resounding victory, Obi ends Tinubu’s dominance in Lagos

Lagos State, the political base and traditional stronghold of All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has fallen irretrievably to his Labour...

One of Wike’s G-5 Governors, Ugwuanyi of Enugu meets his waterloo in Enugu North Senatorial seat poll

One of the political disciples of Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike known as G-5 governors, Enugu State Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi and the People’s Democratic...

Cross River Gov. Ayade and APC’s Senatorial Candidate beaten hollow, incumbent PDP’s Agom-Jarigbe wins

Cross River Gov. Ben Ayade and APC’s Senatorial Candidate has suffered a skunking in Saturday’s parliamentary poll in the state, Persecondnews reports. Ayade,...

Atiku defeats Tinubu in majority votes in Buhari’s home state, Katsina

The Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has pipped his main rival, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All...

Upset as Kano Gov. Ganduje’s son, Abba, loses House of Representatives seat

Mr Abba Ganduje, son of Gov. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State was upset in Saturday’s House of Representatives poll in the state....

Breaking: DSS nabs Abia INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have reportedly arrested the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...

As electoral violence rocks the country, the independent National Electoral Commission office in Takai Local Government Area of Kano State has been burnt...

INEC dares Nigerians, postpones collation of results again till Monday

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has for the second time in 12 hours postponed the collation of results earlier scheduled for Sunday...

Election: Burnaboy warns INEC against compromise as Adekunle Gold says performance disappointing

Amid fears and allegations that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) might tamper with the will of the people as election results trickle...

Just In: Anxiety, tension as INEC again postpones collation of results till 6pm

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the collation of the results of the 2023 Presidential Election until 6.00pm on Sunday fuelling...

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...