Month: February 2023

No Corps Member caught changing Election result in Enugu – NYSC

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The National Youth Service Corps NYSC has described as misleading, a report trending online stated that a female Corps Member allegedly manipulated election results in one of the polling units in Abakpa Ward in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State to favour one of the presidential candidates.   NYSC statement read in full:   “To put the records straight, the Corps Member in question confessed that she was stressed out in the work and was very tired during the counting of ballots, she admitted making a wrong entry…

Senator Olujimi Loses Return Bid To APC’s Adaramodu

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The incumbent Senator for Ekiti South Senatorial District and former Senate Minority Leader, Biodun Olujimi has lost her seat to the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and member of the House of Representatives, Yemi Adaramodu.   The APC candidate polled 63,189 as against Olujimi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 36,191.   Notably, the APC cleared all the National Assembly seats in the just-concluded election in Ekiti.   APC’s Opeyemi Bamidele, who represents Ekiti Central Senatorial District, polled 69,351 to defeat his closest rival Ajijola Lateef…

BREAKING: Tinubu loses Lagos to Peter Obi with 10000 votes

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Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has won the presidential election in Lagos state. He defeated Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the All Progressives Congress (APC) standard bearer, after the votes were calculated from all the 20 LGAs in the state. Tinubu is a former Lagos governor and the state is historically his stronghold. APC: 572, 606. LP: 582, 354 NNPP: 8442 PDP: 75 750 SDP: 772 Accredited voters: 1,347152 Total Valid votes: 1271451 Rejected votes: 64278  

Yemi Ali Taufiq of APC wins Lagos Federal Constituency Mushin 1

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.     Rt Honorable Yemi Ali of the All Progressive Congress has defeated his rivals to clinch Mushin 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos state.   In a result declared by INEC on Sunday and made available to news men stated that the ranking federal lawmaker polled 16,522 to defeat his closest rival of the LP who trailed with 3,906 and PDP with 2,079.   The federal lawmaker is returning to the green chamber for the third time in a row, after serving for many times as local…

#NigeriaElections2023: PDP sweeps Senatorial, Reps seats in Osun

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    The Peoples Democratic Party won all the National Assembly seats in Saturday’s general election.   In the results of the elections obtained at the State Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission on Sunday, Francis Fadahunsi, the current lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial was reelected.   He polled 127877 to defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Ajibola Famurewa, who garnered 95670.   In Osun Central Senatorial, Senate spokesperson, Ajibola Basiru of the APC polled 117609, losing to Olubiyi Fadeyi of the PDP who was returned…

#NigeriaElections2023: NHRC presents preliminary report … Charges INEC to ensure participation of disenfranchised Nigerians in rescheduled elections

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The National Human Rights Commission has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission to ensure that Nigerians who were disenfranchised on last Saturday elections are able to vote in the rescheduled elections.   This was contained in preliminary statement of the 2023 Presidential and National Assembly elections presented by the Executive Secretary, National Human Rights Commission NHRC,Bar Tony Ojukwu SAN at NHRC Situation Room in Abuja on Sunday 26th February,2023.     Ojukwu said disenfranchisement is a violation of the right to vote and could be a major trigger for…

2023 ELECTIONS: NYSC exonerates brutalized Corps Member ,says it was a case of mistaken identity

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The NYSC Management has reacted to a story making the rounds on the social media with the caption”2023 ELECTIONS: ANGRY MOB BEATS CORPS MEMBER TO DEATH”   While reacting to the report through a statement signed by Eddy Megwa Director Press and Public Relations NYSC explained that a Corps Member deployed to LEA primary school, Lugbe as INEC ad-hoc staff was brutalised by angry mob on the suspicion that he was involved in the act of thumbprinting ballot papers in favour of one of the presidential aspirants.   The management…

Usman Austin Okai rejects Dekina Election Results over irregularities

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The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP), Flag bearer, Hon Usman Austin Okai, has has called on INEC to cancel the outcome of the elections in Dekina Local Government Area, and order for rerun on a later date.This followed the irregularities that mared on Saturday being 25th February 2023 Presidential, Senate and House of Representative Elections in most wards in the Local Government Area   Hon Usman Austin Okai accordingly said; “The affected wards where All Progressive Congress’s (APC) Thugs carted away and desrupted the voting process were: Odu one and Two,…

INEC declares Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu Reps election inconclusive

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The 2023 Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu House of Representatives election in Kogi State has been declared inconclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).   This followed the difference between the margin of winners and cancellation of results in two polling units of the federal Constituency.   The returning officer, Dr Adams Baba who declared the result inconclusive in Kabba on Sunday said the difference in the results between the winner, Arch Salman Idris of African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Kolawole Matthew was not up…

Let us accept God’s choice through us, by Hassan Gimba

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As you read this, the nation is awaiting the results of the presidential election held two days ago – some anxiously, some eagerly, and some with their hearts in their mouths, but all are hopeful for a new dawn because, depending on the results, hopes for a better nation can either be actualised or marred.   There are 18 presidential candidates, out of which we have the “big four”, among whom we expect the next president of Nigeria to emerge. They are Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the All Progressives…