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“Election is not war, and should never be seen as a do or die affair,” President Muhammadu Buhari said on Wednesday. Mr Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) defeated Mr Abubakar of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Saturday’s presidential election. The president scored 15,191,847, while Mr Abubakar polled 11,262,978. Mr Buhari was declared […]

The runner-up in last Saturday’s presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, has provided more reasons why he is rejecting the result of the election. Mr Abubakar, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lost by over 3 million votes to President Muhammadu Buhari, according to the electoral commission, INEC. Mr Buhari, according to the electoral body, […]

Atiku Abubakar will not concede the presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has assembled a team of lawyers to challenge the result in court, TheCable understands. Buhari, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is projected to win the election with the results declared by the Independent National Electoral […]

The Returning Officer for  Saturday’s Anambra South senatorial election, Prof Meshach Umenweke,  has written the Independent National Electoral Commission recanting his earlier declaration of the candidate of the  Young Progressives Party, Ifeanyi Ubah,  as the winner of the poll. In the  letter,  he  claimed   the  election was inconclusive. He  also said he was forced  to  […]

The United States (US) Ambassador to Nigeria, W. Stuart Symington has urged all candidates in the 2019 general elections to honour the peace accord they signed. Presidential candidates had, ahead of the elections, signed a peace accord pledging to ensure a violence-free election. The governorship candidates also signed peace accord in their states ahead of […]

The Peoples Democratic Party has said that it will not accept the outcome of the presidential election. It said the results being announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission were incorrect and unacceptable to it. National Chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, stated this at a press briefing in Abuja yesterday. Uche Secondus said […]

The Returning Officer for the Imo West senatorial election on Saturday, Prof Innocent Ibeawuchi,  has alleged  that he  was forced to declare Governor Rochas Okorocha  the winner  of the poll by the  supporters of the All Progressives Congress candidate. According to the result, Okorocha polled  97,762 votes to  win the election ahead  of the Peoples […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he will wait for the formal results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission on the outcome of Saturday’s presidential and National Assembly polls, instead of relying on rumours. Buhari spoke shortly on arrival in Abuja from Katsina, his home state, where he spent the weekend to participate in […]

Craig Coley never should have spent 39 years in prison. On this, everyone seems to agree. They also concur the 71-year-old should spend the rest of his life as a wealthy man. Simi Valley announced Saturday it would settle a federal lawsuit, giving Coley $21 million for his almost four decades of wrongful incarceration in […]

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has lost the Kwara Central Senatorial District election to Ibrahim Oloriegbe of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Returning Officer, Professor Olawale Olatunbosun, announced this on Sunday shortly after collating the results of the election in the zone. According to him, Oloriegbe polled a total of 123,808 votes to defeat […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared that, contrary to the rumour, it has not cancelled any election so far in any part of the country where the presidential and National Assembly polls had held. The chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, stated this during a press briefing held at the National Collation Centre in […]

The Presidential candidate of the People Democratic Party and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has thanked Nigerians for turning out to vote for him in their millions and confirmed that the initial indications from the PDPs Simultaneous Vote Count show a PDP victory is assured. Atiku in a statement issued in Abuja by his Special […]

The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, won his polling unit on Saturday. Mr Sowore cast his vote at RCM Primary School, Apoi Ward II, Unit 005 in Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Earlier, the presidential candidate commended the large turnout that greeted Saturday’s polls in Kiribo, Ese-Odo […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday morning reaffirmed his confidence in winning the presidential election. Buhari told newsmen shortly after voting at Kofar Baru, Sarkin Yara “A” ward in Daura, his home town, that he would win the election and congratulate himself. Clad in a light blue `Babbar Riga’, the president was accompanied by his wife, […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was a victim of a malfunctioned card reader, as the machine rejected his fingerprint seven times, before the problem was eventually resolved. Mr Obasnjo later cast his votes at about 11.15 a.m yesterday. He voted at Ward 11, Polling Unit 22 in Olusomi compound, Totoro community in Abeokuta North Local Government […]

The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has won the elections in the polling units at the Presidential Villa, Abuja The Villa has two polling units: PU 021 and 022. Mr Abubakar scored 505 votes in PU 021 while the president scored 552 votes. In PU 022, Mr Abubakar scored 525 votes […]